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Zeya Yang from Plaid Discusses His Independent Project at HBS
- 21 Aug 2019
Leveraging Academic Opportunities to Attain My Post-HBS Job
In essence, I was able to understand Plaid's business at a more intimate level than I would have been able to through an ordinary interview preparation process. Exploring the academic side of the job search also opened me up to experiences I would have never imagined. [...]
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Snigdha Sur (MBA 2017) is the Founder and CEO of The Juggernaut, a digital media company for South Asian stories
- 06 Aug 2019
Entrepreneurship and Global Capitalism - Discovering the Business of Storytelling
I’ve been drawn to media since I was little. During a traditional Bengali ceremony for babies when they can eat their first solid food, they are presented with three choices on a tray: grain, a pen, and a gold coin. Grain represents a love for food. The pen, a love for learning. And gold, a love for business. My mom told me I picked up the pen with one hand and the gold coin with another. Even as a baby, I wanted to have it all. [...]
What will I do to ensure that I balance my personal and professional goals in life moving forward? My strategy is revealed through decisions I make every day and how I spend my time. If I do not create time to reflect and reassess, I can easily find myself off-track. [...]
Azita Sharif (MBA 2000) is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of DSI- Precision Medicine Biobanking and BINDS
- 09 Jul 2019
Solving the Complexities of the Biotechnology Industry
Biological systems are fascinatingly well-programmed and well-constructed. Despite vast knowledge we have accumulated in medicine and biotechnology, there is very little we know about this complex system. [...]
While nothing about having kids ever goes quite as imagined, HBS did give me the gift of time with Jonathan. I could take advantage of free afternoons to nurse him at daycare and my schedule was totally predictable, allowing me to always be there to pick him up. But more than anything, HBS gave me peace of mind that I wasn’t throwing my career off track to have kids (which for too many women at many firms is still a major risk). [...]
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