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
Tips for those starting internships
What's going on, y'all. It seems like forever since I've posted an entry, but it isn't because I've been ignoring the reader emails in my Inbox. It just seems that many of the most recent messages have been asking very specific things, so I've been giving...
Following up with a past reader submission — question about timing of bschool
The email below is a follow-up email from a reader that I replied to a while back. He actually sent this second email back in February, but told me to respond to others in the queue first because he'd already gotten some of my time. You know, i find that really cool...
Techie with an MBA trying to transition into Consulting
What's good, y'all. I'd like to start this entry by making another request for people to take the time to read through the past entries on here before emailing me with a question. I've gotten a lot of emails lately on topics that I wrote entries about as recently as a...
Upcoming conference on entrepreneurship at Stanford, June 6-12, 2008
I just got an email about the ASES Summit 2008 coming up at Stanford and I thought I'd pass the information along for all you Bay area folks who might be interested in checking it out.-------------CT wrote: "Hi,My name is Christian and I am Co-Director of ASES SUMMIT...
Happy Easter…and PLEASE no more questions about Stanford’s MS&E program
Hey there, folk. I'd like to start off wishing everyone out there a Happy Easter. All of you may not celebrate Easter, but I do, so I thought I should give a shout out to the Man Upstairs during the holiday celebrating His son's resurrection...I mean, I am the one...
A little something to help incoming MBA students…
I know that many of you are about to make the journey into business school and I wanted to lead you to a tool that might help you along that path. I can't claim credit for it, but I wish I'd had the forethought to come up with it back in the day. Instead, the credit...
Shout out about Stanford GSB’s BBSA Conferenece
What's up, y'all. I'm posting a quick entry to spread the word about the Stanford GSB Black Business Student Association Conference that will take place in Palo Alto on April 25-27, 2008. Traditionally, it is a Saturday afternoon event, but, since this is the 25th...
Reader asking for advice on choosing business school options
What's up, folks. By now, you've probably seen all of the footage of downtown ATL after the tornado came through last night and I'm still in shock. I just happened to be on the way to dinner with a friend right after the storm hit and we noticed that an entire power...
Affording to have fun in business school
What's good, folk. Just when I said that I was going to start writing more often, things started getting busier at work and I found myself not writing stuff that wasn't work-related for a while. Well, I'm sitting on a plane right now, which gives me time to plug away...
Shout out to my man Jullien and his blog
I was reading through my man Jullien's blog earlier this morning and saw a couple of entries that were like 'whoa!', so I wanted to share them:The 8 P's of Purpose--> He lays out an 8-question framework for helping people to determine overall their life purposeJay-Z...