Category: Touch MBA Podcast
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#222 Mid-Career MBA Alternatives with Richard Campbell (HBS Program for Leadership Development, LBS Sloan Masters in Leadership & Strategy, 500 Global Accelerator)
What should you do if you have 10+ years of working experience but are looking for an MBA-type experience to build your skills and network? Richard Campbell, Founder and CEO of 10Adventures, joins the show to discuss his experience with three mid-career MBA alternatives: Harvard Business School’s Program for Leadership Development (HBS PLD), London Business…
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#221 Excellent Advice for Living (and MBA Applications!)
Inspired by Kevin Kelly’s Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I Knew Earlier, Darren shares 10 bits of life wisdom that could materially improve your chances of getting into business school and building a successful career.
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#220 GLOBIS MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Tomoya Nakamura – “Find Your Kokorozashi”
Professor Tomoya Nakamura, President of GLOBIS USA, discusses what makes the GLOBIS MBA unique, the school’s admissions process, career opportunities and more.
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#219 From Military to MBA, Consultant & More with Beau Gresham, NYU Stern MBA ’20 – “Find Your Champions”
Beau Gresham, Director of Strategic Initiatives at Mastercard and NYU Stern MBA ’20, shares his journey as an applicant, student, and alumni of NYU Stern. How did Beau transition from the military to consulting through the MBA? How was the NYU Stern Full-time MBA experience? How did Beau break into mergers & acquisitions consulting at…
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#218 Lessons from Listeners (Vol. 2): Drawing a Roadmap for Admissions, Prioritizing Conversations, Prematurely Applying, Being Strategic Yet Flexible
Darren shares more hard-earned application lessons from four listeners (now graduated MBAs): drawing a roadmap for the admissions team, prioritizing conversations when picking schools, “prematurely applying” and being strategic yet flexible
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#217 Lessons from Listeners (Vol. 1): Working for Unknown Companies, Determining Best-Fit Schools, Dealing with Dings
Darren shares three lessons from three admitted applicants that have stood the test of time: how to present yourself if you work for a relatively unknown company, how to determine best-fit b-schools, and how to deal with dings.
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#216 The GMAT Focus Episode (GRE, too)
Darren asks Admissions Directors from two top schools – Toronto Rotman (#1 in Canada) and IESE (#1 in Spain) – tough questions about the new GMAT Focus test and other standardized tests. Listen on to get your GMAT Focus questions answered and to understand how top b-schools use standardized test scores when making admissions decisions.
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#215 Frankfurt School of Finance & Management MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Prof. Adrian Buss
Dr. Adrian Buss, Associate Professor of Finance and Academic Director of MBA Programs, at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, discusses what makes the Frankfurt School’s MBA unique, the school’s admissions process, career opportunities and more.
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#214 Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Prof. Wan Wongsunwai
Professor Wan Wongsunwai, Associate Dean of MBA Programmes and Director of MBA Programmes at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School, discusses what makes the CUHK MBA unique, the school’s admissions process, career opportunities and more.
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#213 Duke Fuqua Daytime MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Shari Hubert
Shari Hubert, Associate Dean at Admissions at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, discusses what makes the Duke MBA unique, the school’s admissions process, career opportunities and more.
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#212 Georgia Tech Scheller MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Jonathan Clarke
Dr. Jonathan Clarke, Interim Dean at Georgia Tech’s Scheller College of Business, discusses what makes the Scheller MBA unique, the school’s admissions process, career opportunities and more.
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#211 Vanderbilt MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Sue Oldham
Sue Oldham, Associate Dean at Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management, discusses what makes the Vanderbilt MBA unique, the school’s admissions process, career opportunities and more.
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#210 Georgetown MBA Program & Admissions Interview with Shelly Heinrich
Shelly Heinrich, Associate Dean, MBA Admissions and Director of Marketing at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, discusses what makes the Georgetown MBA unique, the school’s admissions process, career opportunities and more.
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#209 How Wharton Reviews MBA Applicants & More with Thomas Caleel, Former Head of MBA Admissions for Wharton
Thomas Caleel, former Head of MBA Admissions for Wharton, takes us behind the scenes of how an Admissions Director builds a class and what he or she looks for from applicants. What are the key qualities and characteristics that admissions committees look for? How did Thomas’ team review 8,000 applicants per year? And how can you…
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#208 Undercover MBA Subrankings
Darren shares his top 5 “undercover” subrankings that can help you shortlist best-fit MBA programs.