by Marquis | Mar 8, 2014 | Business, Business School, career, career path, consulting, management consulting, professional advice, strategy
The email below is from someone who found me after reading the interview that I did on Management Consulted a few years ago. I swear that that interview is the gift that keeps on giving in terms of bringing people to me with questions. 🙂 The person is an undergrad...
by Marquis | Feb 28, 2014 | Business School, career, career path, consulting, Education, healthcare, management consulting, mba, Pharma, professional advice
The email below came to me from a recent college graduate who I met through my Princeton alumni network. He’s a really sharp guy who is interested in a career that bridges the areas of business and healthcare/pharma. In our previous conversations, we’ve...
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 | Feb 5, 2014 | Business School, Education, Financing the MBA, GMAT, mba
This morning, I was contacted by the folks at The Economist GMAT Tutor with a heads up about their launch of a $25K scholarship program for stellar applicants to MBA programs. Along with some other people in the MBA/business blogging community, they asked me to help...
by Marquis | Jan 24, 2014 | career, internship, professional advice, recruiting
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...
by Marquis | Dec 27, 2013 | career, career path, Education, internship, professional advice, recruiting
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...
