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Gaining Insight on Business in India

If you follow this blog regularly, you have probably read about some of the recent events that the student body has organized, including Fuqua Idol, Dancing with the Faculty, etc. It’s difficult to be a student at Fuqua and not be involved with an event. My foray with organizing a student event came with the [...]

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America’s Economy and India

‘Why a Resurgent American Economy Matters for India Inc,’ a recent article from Forbes India examines the US’s recovery from recession and how India is impacted. Jagdish Sheth, professor of marketing at Goizueta weighs in on why the recovery is important for multinational corporations. Read his comments and the entire article here.

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Admissions Q&A: Interview Invitation Timeline and Interview Day Activities

Each Wednesday at 12:30 -1:00 p.m. (ET), Darden hosts a weekly online chat for prospective students. Here is the transcript from today’s chat: Question: Is there any update at this time on domestic Round 2 interview invitations? Answer: Invitations to interview go out in batches.  Some invitations have gone out now. We will continue to [...]

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How an International MBA Helps Indian Family Businesses

Guest blogger and future Fuqua student Eapen Alexander with Dean Bill Boulding. To state it plainly, there is no greater entrepreneurial environment than India. And whether in country or abroad, Indians have a demonstrated talent for starting and running successful businesses. Yet once Indian businesses reach a certain level of size and complexity, it becomes [...]

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MISB Bocconi – Everything Like SDA Bocconi, From the Heart of Mumbai

Italy’s top global B-School SDA Bocconi started its two-year MBA programme at Mumbai International School of Business Bocconi (MISB) in Mumbai this July. SDA Bocconi is one of the leading universities in the field of economics and management and among the top 10 European B-schools according to the Financial Times rankings. We have been getting [...]

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Applying design thinking to business and international development

SOM prides itself on its integrated curriculum, which also bleeds over to clubs and other activities around Yale.  After starting our Fall-2 core classes, our first foray into the SOM’s integrated curriculum, I have been incredibly impressed by how concepts have blended together, to the extent that it is almost hard to tell which class [...]

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Beyond The MBA Hype!

We got our hands on one of the latest books in the market which gives a different perspective to MBA education. Beyond The MBA Hype: A Guide To Understanding And Surviving B-Schools is a guide that dissects every aspect of an international MBA in a candid manner to help aspirants begin their MBA journey with renewed [...]

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Spotlight On IIT Kharagpur, India

111th 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Spotlight On IIT Kharagpur, India Today’s roundtable was jointly organized by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT KGP) and the 1M/1M program as part of the former’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit organized by the student-run e-cell. For the uninitiated, IIT KGP is considered one of the top technology schools [...]

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Are You Fundable?

115th 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Are You Fundable? Today’s roundtable had a couple of interesting businesses, but before I get to them, I want to underscore thatentrepreneurs MUST gauge fundability before assuming that they can build their businesses by raising money. We’re getting this question constantly: Can 1M/1M help us raise money? This short video addresses that question: Click [...]

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114th 1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: YCombinator vs. 1M/1M

Today’s roundtable, as usual, was an international affair, with entrepreneurs presenting from different parts of the US, India, Israel, and many other geographies. Before I share what we heard from them today, I want to highlight an important aspect of 1M/1M that is repeatedly underscored in these roundtables: the international, inclusive, democratic nature of the [...]

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