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When I was 17, I moved to the US to study. Back home in Greece, the country was succumbing to a financial crisis. I questioned whether I would ever be able to move back to my country. Many years later, I find myself as Director of Business Operations for Blueground, one of the few bright exceptions, working between our New York headquarters and our offices in Athens.The actual process of discovering these passions is daunting. [...]
“We’re tackling challenges like hunger, sanitation, water, and agriculture in Africa, Asia, and about a dozen countries around the world.” [...]
Although Stan had no commitments to any particular industry, he saw his internship as a gateway to entrepreneurship. “Microsoft was immense,” he says. “I wanted to work at a smaller company.” [...]
Allie Bienenstock is switching from CPG to startups with an HBS MBA
- 09 Aug 2019
Making the Switch from CPG to a Self-Driving Car Startup through my Summer Internship
Coming from an incumbent CPG company, it was a significant change working at a pre-revenue startup. At the time, I was considering whether an internship in San Francisco was the right choice for me. Seven months later, I find myself living in San Francisco and riding to work in the back of a self-driving car. [...]
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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. [...]
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