The Harbus sat down with Atakan Hilal (OF), who returned to his home country of Turkey for the summer. Atakan came to HBS with four years of experience at Nestle www.replicabestsale.co.uk, a brand respected worldwide, and hoped to spend his summer trying his hand at consulting. He shared his frustration of being an international student… Continue reading Where in the World did you Spend your Summer–Atakan Hilal (OF)
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Inside Hell Week
If hell week doesn’t get you, the Boston winter will. There’s a reason “hell week” is so named, but unfortunately, the hell of the job search isn’t confined to one week in February. A glimpse into the life of a first-year student searching for an internship reveals the grueling process of landing a summer job.… Continue reading Inside Hell Week
Summer Stories – Fabrizio Fantini, iPrice, MBA ’09, OD
Fabrizio spent his summer starting a new UK company, called iPrice. Through data mining, iPrice extracts insight from retailers’ transactions and provides “value pricing” and broader “insight marketing” optimization recommendations. In this article he describes his experience, and shares some lessons he learned about starting a business. Looking back, it has been a successful summer… Continue reading Summer Stories – Fabrizio Fantini, iPrice, MBA ’09, OD
Alumni Panel on High Fashion and Beauty:
On Wednesday, February 27th the Luxury Goods and Design Club welcomed a panel of young and entrepreneurial Alumni to share their experiences in the high fashion and beauty industries. Yael Melamed (MBA 2005), Mary Ruisanchez (MBA 2005) and Katlyn Gao (MBA 2007) commented not only on the “emotional aspect” of selling luxury products, but also… Continue reading Alumni Panel on High Fashion and Beauty:
Faculty Perspectives
You will ascend in your careers at a time of generational transition similar to what is occurring now in U.S. politics. You will have the opportunity – if you choose to seize it – to redefine what it means to be a business leader by choosing to engage your talents in solving the large, complex,… Continue reading Faculty Perspectives
Career Profiles
Name Brendan Whitworth Career Field Prior to HBS United States Marine Corps; United States Department of State Summer Internship PepsiCo, Leadership Development Program (LDP), Dallas, Texas What made leadership development stand out to you during interviews? I have a very strong interest in a general management career track. Considering my background in the military and… Continue reading Career Profiles
Random Rants
It seems that last week’s Random Rants column was not nearly controversial, provoking or insulting enough to generate the scores of angry emails I was hoping to see flood my inbox. In attempt, therefore, to prod my beloved readers out of their mid-Fall rainy day apathy I have chosen this week to rant about people… Continue reading Random Rants
A Burden To Us All
The norm of making decisions without consulting students needs to change, but only if the SA gets some teeth I wrote several articles last term with one very common theme: complete and utter risk aversion. In fact, almost shameless cowardice. In every single piece, I totally hedged my bets-a discussion on Finance could not be… Continue reading A Burden To Us All
The Harbus Foundation
Writing large checks may not be unusual among HBS students, but a select group has found a way to write checks that make a difference to the Boston community.bankrolled by the nation’s only MBA student-run foundation. The Harbus Foundation is the only entirely student-run foundation in the country. It was originally founded in 1997 by… Continue reading The Harbus Foundation
Business Plans for China Dominate Competition
China is one of the most intensely discussed countries in most business conversations today and has found its way into almost every RC course. It is not surprising therefore that the winning business plans for both the traditional and social enterprise (‘concept’ phase) tracks were targeted to Chinese communities. The HBS Business Plan Contest Awards… Continue reading Business Plans for China Dominate Competition
The Harbus Foundation Celebrates Area Grant Recipients
The dust of another Harbus Foundation grant-making process settles this week with the annual Grantee Celebration held on campus. The event gathers together Harbus Foundation team members and community stakeholders to hear each organization describe its mission and celebrate their receipt of grant funds to further that mission. “It’s a time to come together to… Continue reading The Harbus Foundation Celebrates Area Grant Recipients
Harbus Foundation: Students Grant Local Nonprofits Funds and Expertise
Writing large checks may not be unusual among HBS students, but a select group has found a way to write checks that make a difference to the Boston community.bankrolled by the nation’s only MBA student-run foundation. These students spent the fall term assessing grant applications from local nonprofit organizations on behalf of the Harbus Foundation,… Continue reading Harbus Foundation: Students Grant Local Nonprofits Funds and Expertise
AASU Guiding Light Program for Small Businesses
On February 17, 10 minority businesses from the Dudley Square area of Boston participated in an on-campus financial training workshop sponsored by the African American Student Union (AASU) in partnership with the City of Boston. The workshop, a component of AASU’s Guiding Light Program, which provides small, black-owned businesses with free consulting services, focused solely… Continue reading AASU Guiding Light Program for Small Businesses
Careers in the Energy Industry
Energy is hot. Oil, natural gas and electricity prices are all near record highs. Debate over global warming continues to divide the US and other nations, as ongoing conflict in the Middle East underscores the strategic importance of natural resources. Meanwhile, ExxonMobil made a profit of $9.9 billion last quarter, the largest ever for any… Continue reading Careers in the Energy Industry
Brain Teasers Are Least-Favorite Interview Type
Hell Week has come and gone for ECs as RCs start thinking about a time not too far into the future when they’ll have to face rapid fire of interviewers eager to evaluate, rank, analyze, and grade. Interviews can be painful at times, as we’re sure many ECs can attest. Ever felt like there was… Continue reading Brain Teasers Are Least-Favorite Interview Type
Top 10 Differences between Consulting and Banking
10. In consulting, your bed is in a hotel in smalltown America. In banking, your bed is under your desk. 9. In consulting, your vocabulary is excluded to words like “granularity,” “value-add,” and “traction.” In banking, your vocabulary consists of “31.45 billion,” “9.28 times EBITDA,” “10.77 times EBITDA,” and “comps universe.” 8. In consulting, you… Continue reading Top 10 Differences between Consulting and Banking
The Harbus Foundation: Giving Has its Rewards
Marni Weil is a member of one of this year’s Harbus Foundation Venture Philanthropy Teams. Come learn more about HBS’ Harbus Foundation and meet student-selected grant awardees at a celebration on Wednesday, April 20th from 5:15 pm to 6:15pm in the Spangler Meredith Room. Before I came to HBS, the word “philanthropist” conjured up names… Continue reading The Harbus Foundation: Giving Has its Rewards
