by Marquis | Jun 6, 2012 | Business School, career, career path, consulting, entrepreneurship, management consulting, mba, recruiting, Stanford GSB
The email below came to me from one of my classmates from Stanford GSB, who was seeking my advice regarding a potential job search. Following our MBA graduation, he launched a start-up and has been grinding on it full-time since then. Recently, he’s been...
by Marquis | May 14, 2012 | career, career path, consulting, management consulting, professional advice
The email below came in from a reader who is currently in medical school and is considering joining McKinsey & Company after graduation. His question is about job security as a Consultant and whether he’d be making a risky move by passing up a surefire...
by Marquis | Apr 26, 2012 | Business, entrepreneurship, other sites
Recently, I was contacted by the founder of a pre-launch start-up called Flevy, which will be a marketplace for selling formats for business documents. Basically, these formats will be templates that folks can use as a starting point to create their own deliverables...
by Marquis | Apr 11, 2012 | Bschool admissions, Business, Business School, Education, mba, Stanford GSB
The email below is from an Analyst in Accenture’s Management Consulting group, who I met through a program where I serve as a coach to consultants in the first couple of years in their careers. During a recent in-person seminar for participants in this program,...
by Marquis | Mar 19, 2012 | career, career-life balance, consulting, management consulting, professional advice
The email below came to me from a college junior who has scored a unique opportunity for a summer internship at McKinsey that is unlike any other that I’ve ever heard of. He found out about me through the interview I did for ManagementConsulted.com a couple of...
by Marquis | Mar 13, 2012 | About Marquis, Business, my motivations, Reader comments, real life stuff, Self-confidence
The email that I’ve posted below is from a college Freshman who attended a keynote presentation that I have a few months ago. I talked about many things in that speech, including the ideas of goal setting and self confidence. When I saw this email, I...
