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Jacqueline Burgos (MBA 2014) grew up in Brooklyn, New York and received a BBA from Pace University’s Pforzheimer Honors College with a concentration in Accounting and minors in Economics and Latin American Studies. During her time at HBS she interned at Univision and The Raine Group. She currently works at Google in their Go-to-Market organization supporting the largest media advertising agencies in the world. [...]
I wanted to go to a school that prepares generalists, invites dialogue in the class, and attracts truly diverse candidates. With my desire to live and work outside of the US, an internationally-recognized brand was a deciding factor too. HBS was the only one that fit the bill. A lot of schools prepare you for your first post-MBA job, but the HBS case method goes further. HBS classroom discussions simulate the kind of multifaceted challenges that senior executive leaders face which prepares you to be the leader you want to be in 20 years. [...]
The HBS Summer Fellows Program enables students to apply their classroom training as they explore career opportunities in roles or regions where compensation is generally lower than the traditional MBA level. This summer, we are connecting with some of our 61 Social Enterprise Summer Fellows including Furman Haynes (MBA 2023), who is working at Year Up between his first and second year. [...]
The very first time I visited HBS was for the Health Care Conference in 2018. A friend of mine from undergrad was planning the Start-up Fair as part of the Conference and asked if I would join on behalf of my employer. Up to that point, I was not seriously considering business school, but was totally wowed by the speakers featured in Klarman Hall that day and somewhere in the back of my mind, I started picturing myself as an MBA student. [...]
At HBS, Laitsas translated his love for sports into the business of sports and a world of opportunities he didn’t know existed. “You don’t know what you don’t know,” Laitsas shared. “I didn’t know there were opportunities in the sports industry, so I took the chance to peek under the hood and meet as many people as possible.” [...]
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