Spring Break
"Please don't tell gay jokes-there are gay people on this bus!" my cousin called from her seat. The darkness of the humid Tennessee night made her request anonymous. "Oh yeah, who's gay on this bus?" the joker fired back. "We are." "Do you need a sperm donor?" The bus was filled with awkward laughter and then a pregnant silence. (0) comments
In this Alumni Perspective, Paul Shafer, class of 1979, shares his career experience with readers and confers several revelations based on 30 years of IT practice in corporate America. We will start with a brief introductory Q&A followed by key lessons Paul learned. (10) comments
Alejandro asserts that most HBS students can be grouped into seven categories based on their career aspirations and motivations for attending business school. Which one are you? In the second-year class Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (BSSE), students read a case titled The Disruption of Management Education in which Professor Christensen paints the picture that cheaper, faster and better alternatives to the MBA will eventually displace even the illustrious Harvard Business School. (1) comment
Who can say they he or she worked in a bike shop for his or her business school summer internship? I can, and I loved it. I worked for Pedal Revolution, a full service bicycle sales and repair shop located in San Francisco's Mission District. The shop is one of three social enterprises run by the youth development nonprofit Golden Gate Community, Inc. (0) comments
