Blog
Blog
MBA Voices
MBA Voices
My earliest assignments in Schlumberger were in the Gulf of Mexico on ships that were equipped to look for oil and gas ~40,000 feet below the surface of the water. Being the youngest engineer and one of the three women in a crew of 50 men reminded me of why my father had no female colleagues. This realization only increased my determination to do well. [...]
Of the 900+ students in my class, 94 of us were reapplicants. Just because you don’t get into HBS the first time, doesn’t mean you won’t at some point in the future. [...]
While working as an engineer, I found myself fascinated by the inner workings of the company. Realizing my penchant for general management, I became increasingly interested in pursuing an MBA. [...]
This is why I decided to come to Harvard Business School—to give life to the technology that has the potential to change how we do things, and whose only barrier is a poor revenue model or a misaligned product-market fit. I’m now better equipped to solve these problems, identify the right segment, launch plan, financing, strategy, etc. to get great new ideas off the ground. [...]