by Marquis | Dec 5, 2016 | About Marquis, About this blog, Business, Business School, career, career path, career-life balance, Education, Education, mentorship, my peoples, shout outs to me
In the words of the immortal Randy Watson, I believe that children are the future…we need to teach them well and let them lead the way :-). And, this topic is the point of this blog entry. First, a little background… Over 20 years ago, during my Freshman...
by Marquis | Aug 22, 2014 | About Marquis, Business School, career, Education, mba, professional advice, real life stuff, Self-confidence, Stanford GSB
The email below came from a reader who received deferred admission to the Stanford MBA program during this year’s admissions cycle. He reached out because he’s battling with Impostor Syndrome, which is something that my longtime readers will recognize from...
by Marquis | Feb 19, 2014 | Business, Business concepts, career, Education, entrepreneurship, mba, my peoples
Hey folks, So many people email me and ask if an MBA will help them be a better entrepreneur. My answer is always “No.†An MBA stands for Masters In Business Administration. It was originally designed for managers, not entrepreneurs. If it was called a Masters in...
by Marquis | Nov 22, 2013 | About Marquis, career, consulting, Education, Education, Technology
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...
by Marquis | Oct 14, 2013 | About Marquis, About this blog, Business, career, career path, career-life balance, mentorship, professional advice, real life stuff, Self-confidence, Stanford GSB
On Oct. 14, 2003, I posted the first entry of this blog back when I was in the early stages of applying to business school. That’s right…this is the 10-year anniversary of my blog. When I started this thing, I never thought that it would still be going...
by Marquis | Mar 6, 2013 | About Marquis, Business, career
The email below came to me from a college Freshman who attended a talk that I gave a few months ago. This young lady is an African-American student and her question is about my experiences being a Black professional in the workplace. During my talk, I noticed that she...
