A major component of this site is a weblog that has had several lives, from its start as a featured MBA applicant/student blog on a separate site to its own presence on the Blogger system and now to its own domain as my personal website.
As you read through the entries, you'll see me go through three distinct phases in my life:
- Pre-MBA experience: Experiences that one typically goes through before matriculating at business school
- Life as an MBA student: Highs and lows of my time as a student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in much more detail than most would expect to see
- Post-MBA life...and serving as a career/education/life coach to the masses: Responses to questions emailed to me by readers, where I use what I have learned through my own missteps and experiences to help others achieve their goals and avoid making the same misstepsÂ
Conversation with Damien Ritter, Co-founder and President of Funk Volume
In this entry, I present the second installment in my "Conversations" series of interviews with professionals in the business world. In the video below, I am interviewing Damien Ritter, who is the co-founder and President of an independent hip-hop label and production...
Promotion from a career prep resource provider for registered members of this site
During tough economic times like this, I'm sure that everyone could use as much information as possible about how to find the right career path. Please check out the video and text below to find out about a promotion for a really cool career prep resource that has...
The art of the elevator pitch
I've devoted several posts to important business topics over the past few years, but one topic that I don't think I've covered is the "elevator pitch". For those who don't know, an elevator pitch is a short (usually 30-120 seconds in length) overview of some concept...
Conversation with Graham Richmond, Co-founder of Clear Admit
Recently, I realized that I could provide an additional service to my site visitors by presenting other people's paths into the business world. With this in mind, I'm kicking off a new addition to MarquisParker.com, "Conversations", an interview series where I'll...
Don’t Be Too Specialized If You Want a Top Level Management Job
The article linked below is from the Stanford GSB Monthly Newsletter and describes some really interesting research from Professor Edward Lazear, who is a world renown labor economist and a former Chair of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors under Pres. George Bush....
Question about prepping for MBA summer internship recruiting
The email below comes from a reader who has been following my blog for a couple of years now. She reached out to me a few months back to let me know that she'd been admitted to Stanford GSB and we've exchanged a few emails since then. Now, she's in the middle of her...
Question/concerns about campus visits
Hey, folks. At this time of year, there are literally thousands of people diving into the MBA application process and a major part of that process for many will be campus visits. These applicants will either make individual visits to their target schools or will...
15 Famous CEOs Who Didn’t Major in Business
Back when I was applying to business school, I thought that I didn't have a legitimate shot because I had no background in business. Until then, my professional career had consisted of several years' worth of plugging away at Java code and an academic background...
Ways to offset a low GPA (in B-school apps)
The message below was sent to me by a Platinum member of this site a couple of days and, as I always try to do for my Platinum members, I made sure to get a response to his email recorded and uploaded as quickly as I could. The sender is a Canadian MBA aspirant who is...
MBA student targeting Big Three consulting with some challenges
The email below came from a first-year MBA student who is interested in pursuing a summer internship with a Big Three consulting firm (McKinsey, Bain, or BCG) as the start to a career in emerging market consulting. In his email, the student stated that a potential...