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While in undergraduate, I was hungry to learn more about leadership and having a positive impact on communities through business leadership. Outside of the classroom, I was very involved with entrepreneurship and small businesses on campus through Harvard Student Agencies (HSA). As a student business manager within HSA, I gained valuable business and leadership experience managing teams of up to 25 employees and helped launch a startup that was venture funded and is still growing today. As I approached my final year of undergraduate, I knew I wanted to get some real-world business experience after graduation, but eventually would want to pursue a management and leadership education. I applied to the 2+2 deferred admission program because it was a great fit for my long-term goals. [...]
- 13 Jan 2021
Staying Curious with the Harvard Innovation Labs Ahead of the 2021 Virtual President’s Innovation Challenge
The President’s Innovation Challenge (PIC) is a call to action for Harvard students and alumni pursuing ventures that push the boundaries of their fields. We have five total tracks and three student tracks in the competition: Social Impact; Health & Life Sciences; and the Open Track for ventures that transcend categories. [...]
I remember feeling tense on the day of my HBS interview. Not only because I was nervous about the interview—although I was—but because if I was admitted, I was unsure whether I belonged at HBS. I am a Midwestern, first-generation college graduate from a blue-collar family. It didn’t matter that I spent six years living in New York and Switzerland and that I built my career in public accounting and finance. Harvard—and the Ivy League for that matter—always felt like a place for other people. [...]
In May 2020, the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences program graduated its first cohort of students, growing the program’s alumni base from 0 to 28. These alumni joined the program’s existing 32 Alumni Advisors - a group of entrepreneurs, VCs, and business leaders - in forming the program’s Alumni Network. In effect, the Alumni Network nearly doubled overnight. [...]
I decided to apply to HBS via the 2+2 deferred admission process because I knew I wanted to be a leader, and I believed HBS was the best place to grow and learn. I’ve always been entrepreneurial and loved to build things. I was excited about the case method and how it continually pressure-tests your ideas and forces you to think critically. There aren’t many other environments where you present and defend your ideas daily in front of 90 people. [...]
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