Search Results for: london business school (3387 results found) Winning The $1 Million Hult Prize: The Ultimate Social Enterprise Challenge (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: October 11, 2016 The team was crestfallen. The four students — from the U.S., Kenya, India, and the Democratic Republic of Congo — had just pitched their idea for a social enterprise startup that fell flat. Competing against five other teams at Earlham College, a private liberal arts school in Indiana, the team had proposed outfitting buses in… Meet MIT Sloan’s MBA Class of 2018 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 12, 2016 The MIT community lives by a motto: Mens et Manus. Translated, it means “mind and hand.” This ideal is the guiding force behind the Sloan School of Management. Here, knowledge isn’t the end. It is the means to make a larger contribution. It is a call to engage, create, expand, and refine. Perhaps the school… Meet Cambridge Judge’s MBA Class of 2017 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 17, 2016 The Cambridge Judge Business School is really two worlds. Start with the campus, which evokes the Magic Kingdom sprung to life. Picture spired cathedrals with stained glass and Gothic arches as the backdrop to broad lawns, ornate gardens and winding paths. It is a place where you can start the day by rowing down the… Meet UCLA Anderson’s MBA Class of 2018 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 24, 2016 The transition to business school is rarely seamless. For many, it involves traveling across the country — if not the globe. After a five year absence, these professionals are returning to a bona fide classroom, often taking subjects they’ve assiduously avoided in their careers. All the while, they’re being buried with invitations to clubs and… Meet Yale SOM’s MBA Class of 2018 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: October 28, 2016 Mission Accomplished? It may be premature to pop the cork, but no one can say that Dean Ted Snyder hasn’t been busy. After taking the reins in 2011, Snyder, who made the Booth School of Business a constant among the world’s top five MBA programs, pledged to do the same for the Yale School of… Has The Online MBA Finally Come Of Age? (NEWS) By: Paolo Taticchi | Last Updated: November 18, 2016 Demand for online MBA programs continues to grow, so why do so few of the world’s leading business schools offer an online MBA? In the U.S., Carnegie Mellon, Indiana University, UNC and the University of Southern California's Marshall School are in the game. And among the top 40 schools in the Financial Times Global MBA… Meet The Rochester Simon MBA Class Of 2018 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 2, 2016 The MBA marketplace would make for a fascinating case study. Like any industry, business schools boast revered brands with deep pockets and sweeping capabilities. However, these programs aren’t seeking to maximize market share. This has widened the field and spurred intense competition, boosting academic quality, student services, and financial aid in the process. It has… Meet the IESE MBA Class of 2018 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 10, 2016 How do you become a global business leader? You start by immersing yourself in other cultures. You become fluent in the customs, language, and history of your hosts. Not only do you respect their values and experience, but you make them part of your own. Location has always been a major enticement for MBA applicants,… Handicapping Your MBA Odds: Mr. Grunt, Ms. Hollywood Marketing Guru, Mr. Brazilian Advertising, Ms. Quant Girl (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: July 8, 2023 He's a 29-year-old military man with a highly unconventional background that includes a master's degree in religion from a top-tier Ivy League school. After teaching for a year at a public school, he joined the U.S. Army where he has been for the past six years, three in special operations. Now he wants to get… Meet The Rotman MBA Class Of 2018 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 15, 2016 What's the biggest takeaway from business school? Ask MBA alums and they’ll tell you it was learning how to think. Whether they were dissecting their 200th case or pinpointing revenue streams for a startup, their two years were a daily exercise in diving deep into data, weighing tradeoffs, and tying up loose ends. In the… Meet The Oxford Saïd MBA Class Of 2017 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 17, 2016 It took Oxford centuries to emerge as one of the world’s most renowned universities. It only took the Saïd Business School 20 years to do the same feat. In 1996, Saïd was a late arrival to the MBA beat, short on achievements but blessed with the best brand name in education. Fast forward to now,… Meet the USC Marshall MBA Class of 2018 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 20, 2016 To land a dream internship, you need every advantage. Just picture your competition. Many have been prepping for a shot at Bain or Google before they even set foot on campus! Right now, they are networking with alumni at these firms, gaining experience as they rack up case competition wins or lead clubs. You’ll even… Meet The McCombs’ MBA Class of 2018 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 21, 2016 “MBAs? We don’t need no stinkin’ MBAs?” You can almost hear the sultans of Silicon Valley blurt that out in their best Black Bart accent. Let’s face it: an MBA is almost an albatross in some startup circles. To them, entrepreneurship is rooted in muse and mettle, vision and versatility — a mysterious, magical, miraculous… Harvard’s New Online Negotiation Course (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: December 28, 2016 What if you could be just 10% better at something? Would that be the difference between winning and losing? Competence or excellence? Could 10% be the catalyst behind your ideas becoming reality or winning trust from your peers and renown in your industry? This 10% improvement is the premise behind the new certificate program, Negotiation Mastery: Unlocking… Our Best MBA Videos Of The Year (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: March 26, 2020 They usually start with the sound of a few sprightly notes played on a piano, then the gentle striking of a tamborine. That has been the signature opening of a Poets&Quants video ever since we started recording them six years ago. Occasionally, we'll mix it up, playfully starting a video series in New York with… Our Favorite MBA Professors Of 2016 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: January 4, 2017 In popular imagination, MBA professors fit two different archetypes. The first is the tweedy academic. You know what I’m talking about. Buttoned down and all business, they churn out acclaimed research and beatify sweeping models for a perfect world. Deep inside, you suspect they’re better at running their mouth than a business. In contrast, people… HBS Goes Hollywood With Gordon Ramsay (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: January 11, 2017 It's not exactly what you would expect from Harvard Business School. British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay sits in the back seat of a moving car talking about his career with multiple bleeps to mask an onslaught of obscenities --all in a black-and-white, film noir video to promote HBX, the school's online learning initiative. The blunt and acerbic Ramsay… HBS Round 2 Invites Go Out Wednesday (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: January 20, 2017 For round two applicants to Harvard Business School’s prestige MBA program, this coming Wednesday is D-Day. On Jan. 25, the school will dispatch hundreds of interview invites in the first of two waves, with the second batch going out on Feb. 1. Needless to say, it’s an anxious time for the largest single group of… Poets&Quants’ Top MBA Startups Of 2017 (NEWS) By: Nathan Allen | Last Updated: October 11, 2019 West Coast, best coast? If the deciding factor was based solely on successful recent MBA-founded startups, the answer would be a resounding yes. For the fourth time since 2013, Poets&Quants has ranked startups coming out of the world's most elite schools based on one criterion: venture capital-backed funding. And for the first time, Harvard Business School… Global MBA Programs See A Resurgence (NEWS) By: Marc Ethier | Last Updated: January 27, 2017 A new survey of hundreds of global business schools found that a four-year decline in applications to MBA programs was reversed in 2014-2015. Global B-schools saw a 5% increase in MBA apps in those years, according to the historical trends study in the Association of MBAs' 2016 Application and Enrollment Report. The AMBA, an international accreditation body based… How To Nail Your HBS Interview (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne | Last Updated: January 27, 2017 https://youtu.be/CyJ1vhN4QWg This past week was a big one for MBA applicants to Harvard Business School. Chad Losee, Harvard Business School's new admissions chief, dispatched hundreds of interview invites to round two candidates in the first of two batches. The second group of invites (and dings) will go out Feb. 1. Losee says that interviews… How To Apply To Harvard’s 2+2 Program, Mr. Non-IIT Finance, Mr. Captain Teach for America, Mr. Insurance (NEWS) By: John A. Byrne & Sandy Kreisberg | Last Updated: July 8, 2023 He's a junior at a top 10 public university, with a 3.9 grade point average and a triple major in math, east Asian studies and finance. He expects to score a 740 on the GMAT and is already set up for a forthcoming summer internship with a Big Three consulting firm. He's hoping to apply… Meet Arizona State’s MBA Class of 2018 (NEWS) By: Jeff Schmitt | Last Updated: February 19, 2017 “The Best Things In Life Are Free.” Everyone has heard some crooner cover that number at one time. Yes, the moon and stars belong to everyone. And the flowers and sunbeams are yours and mine. Thanks to Arizona State’s W.P. Carey School of Business, you can add a new freebie to the lyrics: An MBA… Investors Poured Millions Into These MBA Startups. Will They Crash & Burn? (NEWS) By: Nathan Allen | Last Updated: October 11, 2019 For the past five years, Poets&Quants has ranked recently-founded MBA startups on one sole datapoint: investment raised. Each year, our annual list of the Top MBA Startups boasts entrepreneurial heavy-hitters that have raised hundreds of millions of dollars. The ventures have ranged from a disruptive loan refinancing goliath to a satellite imaging software platform to a now defunct social media… May 20, 2017 (CALENDAR) By: Georgina Hannah | Last Updated: January 12, 2017 The CentreCourt MBA Festival has been designed for MBA applicants by two of the world’s foremost authorities on business schools. John A. Byrne, editor-in-chief of Poets&Quants and Matt Symonds, bestselling MBA author and columnist for Forbes and The Economist are pulling together exceptional content and guest speakers – interviews, panels, workshops and school interaction – everything you need to know… Melisa Prevost (CONSULTANT) By: Heather Soderquist | Last Updated: July 18, 2025 With Stratus Admissions Counseling, you don’t just work closely with an experienced MBA admissions consultant to optimize every part of your application. You work with an entire team of specialists who provide extensive feedback throughout the process. From crafting your essays to conducting mock interviews, this team-based approach ensures you stand out and get accepted into your… Vibha Kagzi (CONSULTANT) By: Heather Soderquist | Last Updated: October 24, 2023 ReachIvy is a premium education and careers advisory. Avail of our expertise across - Study Abroad, Career Guidance and Free Resources. 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