Candidate:

Mr. Failed Startup(s)

About Me:

NYC-based operator who has driven $30M in new revenue at latest job with a product innovation and earned three straight promotions at my last role. Started in Big 4 Applied-AI consulting. Despite a lower GPA, graduated with high honors in economics and won a prize for a senior thesis. Outside of work, am a two-time NYC Marathon finisher.

Schools:

Target School: Harvard

Considering: Columbia, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, Chicago Booth

See More Profiles For: Harvard

Application Status: Open

Details:

Undergrad School: Wesleyan University

Undergrad Major: Economics

GPA: 34

GMAT: 770 (735 focus)

Age: 27, Ethnicity: White

Extracurriculars: Founded a $400K ARR startup | Created a predictive model and proprietary dataset that I license to professional sports teams.

Work History:

Title: Product Operations Manager II

Industry: Technology

Company: Fortune 500

Length of Employment: 1 yr, 1 mos

Title: Director of Strategy

Industry: Technology

Company: Start-Up

Length of Employment: 3 yrs, 2 mos

Big Life Wins:

Overcame a very difficult upbringing and worked through school to pay for it, consistently finding ways to make more money outside of work. Make great connections with the teams I work with, and turned around a rocky academic start in college (ended with a 3.4) to become one of the top students in the econ department.

Post MBA Goal:

I want to get into a revenue-owning role at a series C-D tech company or as a value creation member of a private equity company. I want to be the CEO of a company before the age of 40.