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 | 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 | Jun 1, 2013 | Bschool admissions, Business School, Leaving job for Bschool, mba, pre-mba summer, Stanford GSB
Facebook is a great way to stay in touch with friends and contacts from different parts of your life. It also provides a way for people who’d like to get in contact with you to do so. One thing that I learned today is that Facebook isn’t exactly a...
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 | 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 26, 2011 | Business, Business School, career, career-life balance, consulting, Conversations, entrepreneurship, Leaving job for Bschool, mba, my peoples, professional advice, Stanford GSB, strategy, transition
In this entry, you’ll be introduced to Tanisha Drummer, a Strategy professional and former Management Consultant. Tanisha is a friend of mine from my years at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and has done some really interesting things in her career....
