by Marquis | Dec 18, 2010 | Business, career, consulting, Conversations, Corporate executives, entrepreneurship, job opportunities, job search resources, other sites, professional advice
In today’s entry, I’m presenting another edition of the “Conversations” interview series with Iain Lopata as our featured businessperson. Iain is a former Partner at Accenture who left Consulting a few years ago and moved on to launch a couple...
by Marquis | Dec 1, 2010 | admissions consulting, application process, Bschool admissions, Business, Business School, career, Conversations, entrepreneurship, mba, notable organizations, other sites, professional advice
In this edition of the “Conversations” interview series, I’ll be speaking with Jesse A. Mejia, Founder and President of MBA Catalyst, an MBA admissions consultancy based in the Washington DC area. I’ve known Jesse for a couple of years through...
by Marquis | Nov 17, 2010 | admissions consulting, application resources, Bschool admissions, Bschool experience, career, Conversations, entrepreneurship, Joint degree, mba, other sites
This edition of the Conversations series features Kaneisha Grayson, a 2010 Harvard MBA/MPA and well-known blogger and entrepreneur. My long-time readers have seen me mention her on this site before, but, for my newer members, I’ll give a quick introduction....
by Marquis | Nov 7, 2010 | admissions consulting, Bschool admissions, Business, Business School, career, career-life balance, Conversations, entrepreneurship, mba, other blogs, other sites
In today’s entry, I bring you the third installment of the “Conversations” interview series, featuring a discussion with Linda Abraham, Founder and President of Accepted.com. Those of you who have applied to business school in the past few years or...
by Marquis | Nov 1, 2010 | Business, career path, consulting, Conversations, entrepreneurship, mba, music industry, notable organizations, Stanford GSB, strategy
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...
by Marquis | Oct 24, 2010 | Business, Business concepts, career, Communication, Networking, other blogs, professional advice
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...
