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
Couple of interesting articles about personality traits of successful CEOs and the future of B-schools
Hi, everyone. I recently came across a couple of articles that I thought might interest the MBAs and other future business leaders out there. In both cases, the articles were too long to copy into an entry, so I've posted some excerpts along with the direct links.The...
Response to some constructive feedback from a reader
Hello all, I hope you had a nice evening and have started off your day well. As you know, I regularly read comments that my readers post on my site and take time to consider all feedback that I receive. This entry is to respond to some feedback that came in and...
Question about what drives a B-school’s reputation
What's up, peoples. I hope all of you had a nice weekend and got through the first day of the work week alright. Random question...is it just me or does time pass really quickly when you're doing something that you like? I know that most people dread Mondays, but I...
Lessons about business courtest of Stanford GSB’s outgoing Dean Robert Joss
The article below was taken from the website of the Financial Times and was written by the current Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Robert Joss. It's hard for me to put into words how big of a fan I am of Dean Joss. First of all, he's a GSBer...
So what’s the big picture now???
What's good, folk. Gotta love lazy Sundays, right? I'm especially relaxed this weekend after having witnessed the college graduation of my youngest sister, MYP. It had been a long road to graduation for her and my entire family came together to help her through it, so...
An upcoming resource for those interested in VC…and a couple of other interesting things
What's going on, y'all. As you know, I enjoy publicizing cool things that my friends do and passing along information that might be helpful or interesting to my readers. Well, I've got something in this entry that covers both of these bases. My long-time readers...
Military experience as a preparation for B-school and consulting
Ahhhh, a short email from a reader...it's so much easier for me to address these kind of messages 🙂 This one is from an MBA aspirant who is considering entering the military prior to applying to business school. He's currently an HR consultant, but doesn't think his...
Question about the "transformational experience" of Stanford GSB
What's up, everyone. Is it just me or have I been posting a whole lot of entries lately? I've been going through a period of introspection over the past month or so and have been working through a lot of stuff in my mind during that time. I can't put it all into words...
Reader weighing corporate vs entrepreneurial options
What's good, peoples. Happy Cinco de Mayo!!!! I hope you all have a good time celebrating it tonight...I know that I will :-)Before diving into this entry, I'd like to thank everyone who responded to my last entry about why I don't link to my archived entries in a...
This blog has been listed as one of the 100 Best Blogs for MBA Students
Just wanted to make a quick post to let all of you know that this site has been recognized as one of the 100 Best Blogs for MBA Students (http://www.graduatedegree.org/blog/2009/03/100-best-blogs-for-mba-students/). The list went up over a month ago and I didn't know...