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
College Sophomore with questions about securing a summer internship
The email below is from a college Sophomore that I met at a talk that I delivered to some undergrad business school students a few months ago. Like most students his age, he has concerns about being able to secure a summer internship, especially given that he is still...
Online students won’t fail with these 3 traits (guest post)
Hello, all. Below, please find a quick guest article that came to me through a content syndicator. With the steady growth of online education and the more recent emergence of MOOCs (Stanford GSB is even thinking about launching some), I thought this might be an...
Recruiting advice for an undergrad with a background in tech and business
The email below is from a college Sophomore that I met a few months back while giving a talk to a group of university students. He's focusing his studies on topics at the intersection of technology and business and has a few questions for me about how to leverage that...
College student wondering whether to hold out for the perfect internship
Back in October, I gave a talk to a group of Freshman students in an undergrad business school here in the Midwest. The email below is from one of the students who attended my presentation. Unlike most Freshmen, he was lucky enough to have secured a summer internship...
Question from a college Sophomore about locations for study abroad programs
The message below is an excerpt from an email that was sent to me by a college Sophomore who is hoping to select a country to complete a study abroad program in the coming school year. He's wondering which location would be most beneficial when it comes to studying...
Advice for a college Sophomore interested in sustainable development work
The email below came from a college student that I met after a speaking engagement last Fall. He spent this past summer working in South America for a public service organization and developed a passion for that type of work. In his message, he had a few questions for...
Questions about how my Comp Sci and Education studies have impacted my career
The email below came to me from a current Freshman at the University of California at Berkeley who learned about me from an interview that I did a few years ago for ManagementConsulted.com. He had a couple of questions for me about the Computer Science and Education...
Question about prospects of starting a consulting career at age 50
The email below arrived in my inbox so long ago that it's just plain embarrassing. The reader emailed me way back in 2011 and, at the time, I had so many emails that I didn't have a chance to give him a response in a decent amount of time. Recently, I was looking back...
MBA applicant asking about including a news interview in his application package
The email below came to me from an Indian applicant who was recently interviewed for an article in BusinessWeek. His question to me is about whether he should include a copy of the article in his MBA application and, if so, how/where he should do so. ----- TD wrote:...
College student with questions about getting into a Big-3 firm and office selection
The email below came from a relatively new reader of my blog who is interested in pursuing a career in management consulting. He recently completed his Freshman year at Georgia Tech, so he's particularly interested in the Atlanta offices of McKinsey (and its peer...