Reflections from Rwanda By Lincoln Edwards (NE) What did you do over J-Term? I traveled to Rwanda as part of the first ever African IXP. The purpose of the trip was to provide volunteer consulting for non-profits in Rwanda. My team of six HBS students, plus one local business school student, worked with a USAID-funded non-profit (SPREAD). (11) comments
For just $35, you'll get a 40-page PDF that includes 12 pages of real interview questions from real interviews of real students along with question-by-question analysis from current HBS students! (21) comments
195 extraordinary works of contemporary art grace the walls of Spangler, Aldrich, Hawes and Shad. These works are the gift of alumnus Gerald Schwartz (MBA 1970). We pass a piece from the collection roughly every five seconds as we crisscross campus each day. (0) comments
Determining how much to offer to pay for a company took a long time to get comfortable with. 600 companies were on my target list, I got positive responses from 60 and decided to make offers on 12 of them. The first one took 3 weeks, the last one 3 days! PE companies make hundreds of offers, but for me, it was my own money, my career, a new life and my dream, not a business to add to a "portfolio". (0) comments
This week, as I was working with my co-chairs on the Social Enterprise Conference - Behrad Mahdi (OE) and Jacob Donnelly (NH) - we started chatting about the things that might be useful to think about as we reenter the real world. Behrad and Section OE had some recent alums join them for their Viewpoints last week, and he shared some of that collective wisdom with me. (0) comments
Stuff happens. Risk is all around us. Some you can predict using past indicators or technology, and others are more capricious. When things become harder to foresee, many people choose to protect themselves. Most do this in the form of purchasing insurance. (0) comments
With Hell Week still fresh on your mind and interview season now in full swing, we at The Harbus know you've got many big decisions ahead of you and wish to provide some firsthand insight from those who came before you. Whether you're hoping to try your hand at consulting or want to help alleviate extreme poverty in post-conflict African nations, it never hurts to heed the advice of those who've already been there and done that. (0) comments