In tech,” Henry Tsai (MBA 2017) says, “it’s ingrained in you to ask, ‘Where can I be impactful?’” After a summer internship serving in the San Francisco Mayor’s Office, Henry’s target location came into view. “Of all the different levels of government, cities are the closest thing to a business. Strategically, it made sense to look at public sector service at the city level.” [...]

The Class of 2018 has continued the trend of finding opportunities in diverse sectors across the landscape of MBA hiring, including positions in hospitality, real estate and health care delivery in addition to roles in consulting, private equity and technology. [...]

After starting our business in January, Melissa Bergin (Section A, 2019) and I (Section J, 2019) decided to work on our company, Bundle, for our summer internship. Bundle is a platform that provides back-up and flexible child care to working parents as an employee benefit. We not only were challenged and learned a ton, but also had a lot of fun working on our venture in NYC. [...]

After spending three years working in consulting before coming to HBS, I knew I wanted to use my summer to expand beyond the world of Board of Directors advisory and multi-national company strategic planning and try something completely different, such as an early-stage start-up. I had always been fascinated by Cyber Security and, therefore, as the summer approached, I started to look at opportunities in this area. [...]

This summer I had the opportunity to intern at a venture firm based in Boston called Underscore. Their approach during the interview process really stood out to me and set me up for a summer where I was able to make an impact. [...]