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July 3, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Many of us were applauding when earlier this year, NYU Stern unveiled two new one-year MBAs in Tech and Fashion & Luxury. With a tight focus on a single industry, and a duration of only one-year, Stern is bringing to the business school world a product that will serve many students well by being lower…
June 27, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “I want to go into private equity’” … ding, ding, ding…drink! Remember that old drinking game from college when you were say, watching Survivor, and Jeff Probst would say, “Here we go” and then everyone would take a shot? That’s how I sometimes feel when applicants tell me about their desire to get a…
June 23, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As noted in my previous blog, a credible MBA applicant doesn’t just say they want to go into “private equity” but knows exactly what type of private equity. To answer this question, you first need to understand private equities’ different flavors. Some types of private equity are easier to understand than others. GEOGRAPHY Some…
June 20, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In the past blog, I noted a couple of different flavors of private equity. Now, I want to discuss the most complicated category of PE investing which is the point in the life of the company when the investment is made. This would include anywhere from seed stage investments, all the way to investing…
June 13, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Joining the ranks of a growing list of one-year Masters Programs, including the recently announced NYU Tech MBA and the now firmly established Cornell Tech MBA, is Carnegie Mellon’s Master of Science in Product Management (MSPM). This joint effort between the Tepper School of Business and Carnegie Mellon University‘s School of Computer Science is…
June 8, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When I was in high school, every night I would call my friend, Kenny Chin, to go over the homework. Yes, it was every night. I would always ask, “Is Kenny there?” At that point, I would hear his mother yell the Chinese version of his name (which I can no longer remember, let alone…
June 5, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Name that Los Angeles organization that has taken off like a rocket? If you guessed Snapchat, you’d be … wrong. In fact, since its IPO, its stock price has fallen by a few dollars. A better guess is the Los Angeles Dodgers, though they are hardly rockets as they remain in third place in…
May 31, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] As Yale School of Management becomes one of the first business school to release its application dates, it is clear that Yale has now cemented its place among the top ten-ish business schools. But it has not always been this way. In fact, it took about 20 years for the Yale School of Organization and…
May 26, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On Thursday, May 25, 2017, University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business unveiled its new application deadlines and essays. They seem to be really excited by them. Clearly, a lot of care has been taken in moving away from last year’s more traditional essays (“What are you most proud of?” “Career path?”) to…
May 25, 2017
To view an up-to-date version of this post, click here. When asked why one business school is not like the other, most applicants will talk about things like scores, job placement, industries that grads go into, location, weather, and a few other things. What prospective applicants are less likely to mention is class size. This…
May 23, 2017
As essay questions and deadlines begin to be posted for most of the top business schools, one of the first questions that comes to mind is, “When should I apply?” or, more specifically, “What round should I apply in?” With most schools, there will be three rounds of application deadlines: generally in September, early January…
May 19, 2017
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] If you are a woman and considering business school, you must connect with the Forte Foundation which is a non-profit dedicated to helping women attend business school and then succeed professionally. They do this through scholarships, mentorship, conferences, workshops, networking and in other ways. As Elissa Sangster, the Executive Director explains, “the Forte Fellowship is…
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