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Advice to MBA Students Interested in Tech Careers

In 2012, 12.5% of Darden graduates received job offers for a position in the technology industry. These graduates earned an average base salary of $108,081 and worked for companies such as Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon. In the video below, Paco Contreras (MBA ‘03 ), director of product marketing at Microsoft Corporation, gives advice to [...]

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Yale Healthcare Conference Encourages Collaboration Among Leaders

Healthcare leaders were in New Haven in April for the annual Yale Healthcare Conference. The event is a joint effort between students at the Yale School of Management and the health professional schools at Yale. The theme of this year’s conference is “Partnerships in Healthcare: Cultivating Collaborative Solutions.” Eighteen breakout sessions led by industry experts [...]

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Yale Healthcare Conference Encourages Collaboration Among Leaders

Healthcare leaders were in New Haven in April for the annual Yale Healthcare Conference. The event is a joint effort between students at the Yale School of Management and the health professional schools at Yale. The theme of this year’s conference is “Partnerships in Healthcare: Cultivating Collaborative Solutions.” Eighteen breakout sessions led by industry experts [...]

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Denis Ring ’84 Discusses the Business of Organic Food

Dennis Ring ’84, the CEO of consulting firm Bode International, which provides marketing services in the natural/organic food industry, recently spoke to students about the industry and the story behind how Whole Foods came to launch its store brand. When Ring met Whole Foods CEO John Mackey in 1997, the national retailer had a problem [...]

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Moving Up the Chain

  Ralph Bower, 10EMBA, president of Popeyes' US division Ralph Bower 10EMBA knows a lot about persistence. His first job in the restaurant industry, as a manager-in-training in the late 1980s, paid him a legal rate of $4.75 an hour. “I like to boast that it took me only six months to work my way [...]

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Guest Post: Will T’14 on the PE Conference at Tuck

Will T’14 (husband of blogger Claire B. TP’14), is a native of a Chicago suburb.  He graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in economics, and worked as an analyst and associate at a mid-market investment bank before enrolling at Tuck. He enjoys playing hockey for the B team, skiing, visiting Long Trail Brewery on [...]

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A Day in My MBA Life

Before applying to B-school, I was told by many students how miserable their lives were because they were so busy and slept so little. Is it true? Let’s find out … here’s an agenda of one of my typical days: 7:30 AM. Head to school. I don’t like getting up before 7, but it makes [...]

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Real Estate Students Take a Real Look at Development

Alix Rice, 13 EMBA; Roy Black, Professor in the Practice of Finance; Jim Irwin, 07MBA Jim Irwin, 07MBA and Alix Rice, 13EMBA hosted a group of over 20 Goizueta students and alumni for a tour of the iconic Ponce City Market project. The 2.1 million square feet building located at 675 Ponce de Leon Avenue [...]

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Rockin’ and Rollin’ in the World of Sports Business

“Sport is like rock ‘n’ roll. Both are dominant cultural forces, both speak an international language, and both are all about emotions.” Guest blogger Simon Moore-Crouch, first-year student I found the above quote from Phil Knight, the founder of Nike. I ran across it while preparing for a presentation at Fuqua back in the fall, [...]

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Report Reveals Why Foreclosure Delay Prolongs the Housing Market Slump

Editor’s note: Funding for this research was provided in part by the financial services industry, including entities affected by the proposed settlement. The views expressed here are those of the authors, and do not represent the views of the associated institutions. NEW YORK—June 23, 2011—A report coauthored by Columbia Business School’s Charles Calomiris, Henry Kaufman [...]

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