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Search Results for: the disruptors (249 results found)

Covid-Era Grads’ Shared Trauma Created Stronger Ties With Their B-School: Survey (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: February 27, 2024

In the movies, shared trauma — escaping disaster, defeating an arch-villain, overcoming extreme challenges to emerge triumphant — often leads to romance. In at least in one prominent recent case, it's the same with business school — with significantly greater alumni engagement substituting for on-screen love. B-school alumni whose studies were impacted by the coronavirus…

Most Disruptive MBA Startups Of 2023 (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 6, 2024

When it comes to MBA student startups, you can’t blame customers and investors for being skeptical. Sure, these founders have great ideas and credentials. In the end, these ventures are hobbies, most figure. And they’ll disappear once their founders get their offers from McKinsey. Not Rooney Lee. It would be an understatement to say Rooney…

2023 Most Disruptive MBA Startups: Flagler Health, Wharton School (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 4, 2024

Flagler Health Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Industry: Healthcare Founding Student Name(s): Albert Katz Brief Description of Solution: Flagler Health creates artificial intelligence-based software tools that help musculoskeletal (Ortho, Interventional Pain, Physical Therapy) physicians improve their suite of clinical offerings to patients. Funding Dollars: $1 million What led you to launch this venture? Prior…

2023 Most Disruptive MBA Startups: epiSLS, University of Michigan (Ross) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 4, 2024

epiSLS University of Michigan, Ross School of Business Industry: Medical Device Founding Student Name(s): Parker Martin, Cory Cooney Brief Description of Solution: epiSLS is a medical device enabling point-of-care allergy testing. Currently, the gold standard for allergy testing is the skin prick test administered by allergists. While accurate, this method often involves long wait times…

2023 Most Disruptive MBA Startups: Habit, Northwestern University (Kellogg) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 4, 2024

Habit Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management Industry: Food & Beverage Founding Student Name(s): Miguel Caruncho, 1Y MBA Class of 2023 Brief Description of Solution: Habit is a ghost kitchen company that started in the Philippines, that has turned full-on F&B operator. For context, ghost kitchens are commercial kitchens that primarily serve customers through delivery.…

2023 Most Disruptive MBA Startups: Brikap, ESADE Business School (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 4, 2024

Brikap ESADE Business School Industry: EdTech – Social Impact Founding Student Name(s): Juliana Vélez Brief Description of Solution: Brikap is an educational platform for adults driven by artificial intelligence, aiming to bridge educational gaps while providing technical training to vulnerable single mothers with low education levels. Through a practical and interactive methodology based on adult learning,…

2023 Most Disruptive MBA Startups: Odyssey, UCLA (Anderson) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 4, 2024

Odyssey UCLA, Anderson School of Management Industry: SaaS/AI/digital health Founding Student Name(s): Natalia (Natalie) Dranchuk (MBA ’23) Brief Description of Solution: Odyssey utilizes AI to help underserved populations address unmet health-related social needs (such as food, transportation and housing) by connecting them to community health workers who can provide personalized support and assist in obtaining…

2023 Most Disruptive MBA Startups: NewSublease, University of Virginia (Darden) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 4, 2024

NewSublease University of Virginia, Darden School of Business Industry: Real Estate / Tech (PropTech) Founding Student Name(s): Rooney Lee (Darden 23) Brief Description of Solution: NewSublease is a hassle-free platform specializing in subleasing, connecting students and professionals to affordable mid-term housing within their trusted networks, such as alumni and professional groups. Funding Dollars: $28,000 What…

2023 Most Disruptive MBA Startups: MacroCycle Technologies, MIT (Sloan) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 4, 2024

MacroCycle Technologies MIT, Sloan School of Management Industry: Plastic Recycling Founding Student Name(s): Stwart Peña Feliz (MIT Sloan MBA ’23) & Jan-Georg Rosenboom (MIT, Postdoc in Chemical Engineering) Brief Description of Solution: Through MacroCycle’s patented technology, plastic waste of any quality can be upcycled to virgin grade plastic with zero carbon emissions. Funding Dollars: $4.0M…

2023 Most Disruptive MBA Startups: PRONOE, INSEAD (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 4, 2024

PRONOE INSEAD Industry: Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Founding Student Name(s): Nicolas Sdez, INSEAD MBA 23J Brief Description of Solution: PRONOE is a France-based startup company working at the ocean-climate nexus. We restore the ocean’s natural capacity to permanently remove CO2 from the air, in a sustainable, scalable and asset-light manner. We develop and deploy automated…

2023 Most Disruptive MBA Startups: Rescale, Dartmouth College (Tuck) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 4, 2024

Rescale Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth Industry: Technology/Supply Chain Founding Student Name(s): Julia Megson Brief Description of Solution: Marketplaces that match food brands with food manufacturers Funding Dollars: $2,500,000 What led you to launch this venture? I’ve been working in the food supply chain for 10-plus years, including as director of operations at Trader…

2023 Most Disruptive MBA Startups: medikana, MIT (Sloan) (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 4, 2024

medikana MIT, Sloan School of Management  Industry: HealthTech Founding Student Name(s): Corina Negron Brief Description of Solution: Medikana is an MIT-backed platform that streamlines and automates international medical device commercialization. We make it easy for medical device manufacturers to sell their technologies and expand to new markets while providing distributors access to innovative products. We…

The Disruptors: Abilitie’s 12-Week MBA (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: January 31, 2024

There are 300 million management positions around the world, says Bjorn Billhardt. If you count up the MBAs from all the business schools, there are only about 3 million. It's a huge market, and that's where Abilitie, the leadership program developer founded by Billhardt, steps in. With a portfolio of programs, certifications, and simulations, Abilitie…

Meet the MBA Class of 2024: Zoya Agarwal, Columbia Business School (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: May 19, 2023

Zoya Agarwal Columbia Business School “Disruptor, visionary, pioneer, inspirational, passionate, dreamer, change- maker, path- breaker. Here to change the world! I M POSSIBLE!” Hometown: Delhi, Delhi Fun Fact About Yourself: I am hilarious and I love to bring a smile on people’s faces to give them a streak of happiness Undergraduate School and Major: St.…

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Scott Galloway’s Section 4: Business Education At A Fraction Of The Cost Of An MBA (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: May 12, 2023

What is about the TED Talk format that has made them so successful? It’s the brevity and the focus, says Section 4 CEO Gregory Shove. It’s taking an expert’s hour-long presentation, and forcing them to deliver the most important bits in 18 minutes. Section 4, a growing online platform for business education founded by Scott…

The Disruptors: An Online MBA For Under $10K? (NEWS)

By: Kristy Bleizeffer | Last Updated: October 21, 2021

Scrolling through his phone, Jeffrey Booth didn’t believe the advertisement’s headline. An online MBA for $10,000? It must be an error, he thought. Maybe a scam. Booth, a facilities and environmental services manager at a large healthcare system in Minnesota, had been kicking around the idea of getting an MBA for a while. But at…

The Disruptors: The Token MBA, Born Of A Disappointing B-School Experience (NEWS)

By: Riley Webster | Last Updated: October 13, 2021

Michael Chen thought he’d get much more out of his MBA than he did. “I spent my MBA cooped up in lockdown, taking classes over Zoom with my video off," the Class of 2021 London Business School MBA says. "Most of the time, I was exploring more timely content through YouTube, books, and podcasts." Worse,…

The Disruptors: The Business Caselette (NEWS)

By: Riley Webster | Last Updated: August 11, 2021

When Alexandra Spiliakos has a question, she turns to YouTube for the answer. “It’s like having your own personal tutor at your fingertips,” she says. During her MBA at Boston College Carroll School of Management, Spiliakos used YouTube as a resource to help her better understand business concepts and strategies. Expecting to find lots of…

The Disruptors: Miya Miya, Teaching Refugees In A War-Torn Region (NEWS)

By: Meghan Marrin | Last Updated: December 5, 2020

Just about everyone has a mobile phone — even those fleeing for their lives from war and oppression. This fact of modern life is the foundation for a new venture from the innovation studio Pedago, which introduced Quantic School of Business and Technology in 2019. The new learning platform is called Miya Miya, meaning “one…

The Disruptors: University Of The People (NEWS)

By: Meghan Marrin | Last Updated: October 15, 2020

There are three main barriers to higher education, says Shai Reshef. "University of the People," which he founded, was born to help students overcome them all. UoPeople is an online, tuition-free nonprofit university, “an alternative that will disrupt the current education system and open the gates to higher education for every qualified student regardless of…

For The ‘Free MBA’ Quantic, A Stratospheric Summer (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: September 2, 2020

The application picture is just beginning to come into focus at the top business schools in the United States. After much doubt and consternation over a spring and summer of coronavirus that followed a plunge in apps across the leading schools, we are seeing the first real evidence of what extended application deadlines, higher acceptance…

The Disruptors: ‘An Entire MBA In 1 Course’ — And More (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: September 13, 2023

A Columbia Business School MBA. An associate at Goldman Sachs. A portfolio analyst for a major hedge fund. Founder of his own investment firm. Talk about bona fides. Chris Haroun had the pedigree for a successful career in finance, and two feet in the door. But he didn't have what he wanted. He wanted to…

The Disruptors: Quantic, The Free MBA (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: May 19, 2020

Is right now the best time or the worst possible time to launch a new business school? Answer: yes. But while any new academic venture is fraught with peril, and that peril is magnified by a pandemic and global lockdown, an accredited MBA program where the majority of lessons are taken by smartphone has built-in advantages. That's…

A Peloton Chat With The Dean Of An Online MBA Disruptor (NEWS)

By: Nathan Allen | Last Updated: March 26, 2020

Since it's launch in 2016, we've been fascinated by the iMBA at the University of Illinois Gies College of Business. From its incredibly accessible price point of $22,000 to its fast growth from a little over 100 students to more than 3,500 in just four years to the College's full commitment in the online space by…

The Disruptors: Jolt, Home Of The NAMBA — ‘Not An MBA’ (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: March 3, 2020

As the traditional MBA struggles, new players arise to take its place. We call them the Disruptors. This is the second in an ongoing series about who they are, what they have achieved, and what they are planning; see our first installment here. Roei Deutsch started his first company at 14. At 16, he sold…

The Disruptors: ThePowerMBA, A New B-School Out Of Spain (NEWS)

By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: February 24, 2020

As the traditional MBA struggles, new players arise to take its place. We call them the Disruptors. This is the first in an ongoing series about who they are, what they have achieved, and what they are planning.  Calling themselves "Europe's fastest-growing business school," a Spanish startup is making waves in graduate business education —…

What Accenture Strategy Seeks In MBAs (NEWS)

By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: July 10, 2016

A strong brand can be a mixed blessing. It opens doors and conveys expertise and dependability. But it doesn’t always reflect a firm’s full capabilities or long-term trajectory. Accenture is a case in point. If you polled MBAs about Accenture, many would probably label it as an IT consulting firm that handles system migrations or…