by Marquis | Oct 12, 2017 | Bschool admissions, Business, Business School, career, career path, consulting, Leaving job for Bschool, management consulting, mba, professional advice
The message below recently came in from a prospective management consultant who is currently serving in the military. In addition to wanting to become a consultant, he wants to eventually earn an MBA, which begs the question of which path he should pursue...
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 | Jun 13, 2016 | Bschool admissions, Business School, Education, GMAT, Joint degree
The email below came to me from a young man that I met four years ago during his Freshman year when I delivered a keynote speech to a group of undergrad business students at his university. Over the years, I stayed in touch with him and answered any question that he...
by Marquis | Sep 20, 2015 | Business, career, career path, internship, interview advice, job search resources, professional advice
The email exchange below happened at the end of 2014 and I just realized that I’d forgotten to create a blog post for it. Better late than never, right? Anyways, the sender is a college student with whom I connected back in Fall 2013 when I had a speaking...
by Marquis | Aug 23, 2015 | Business, Business School, entrepreneurship, mba
The email below was written by my friend Deepak, who I’ve known for several years since connecting online during the “MBA student” era of this blog. In his email, he asked for my opinon about an article that he’d read about whether the MBA...
by Marquis | Jan 25, 2015 | Bschool admissions, Business School, Education, mba, military, pre-MBA grad degrees, professional advice
This topic of this blog entry is one that hits home for me because it involves something that I’ve experienced: the need to make up for a sub-par undergrad GPA when applying to business school. In this case, the reader is a member of the U.S. military who...
