I still remember that the key element that brought me to IESE Business School was its mission to develop future leaders with ethics, social responsibility, and a calling to make a remarkable change. Thanks to the amazing alumni network, this summer I found myself doing my second internship for an NGO, Jobortunity, in Tanzania. Why did…
IESE Alumni Footprint Series, An Interview with Mawuse Ziegbe (US)
Name: Mawuse Ziegbe Year of Graduation: 2014 Nationality: American Country of Residence: Australia Current Employer: Camper Please tell us about yourself. I am a very non-traditional MBA. Before the MBA, I was an entertainment writer and journalist. I worked in NYC for 5 years, primarily as a writer and researcher for BET’s “106…
My journey from family business to IESE MBA, Ravi de Macêdo MBA 22
About Myself I was born and lived most of my childhood in the city of Fortaleza, a sunny coastal city in northeastern Brazil. My father raised my brother and I practically within the offices and factories of our family business, a company over 80 years old that operates mainly in the wheat milling, real estate…
Dear Incoming Class of 2023…
From day 1, the MBA is full of energy, activities, and people to meet. There are just too many cases to read, countless groups to sign up for, and a never-ending number of events to go to. It makes even the most social person feel overwhelmed. Now, looking back on the MBA, we realize how…
Venturing into VC for my summer internship, Kevin Peer MBA 22
Venture capital (VC) has always been an attractive sector for some IESE MBAs, but it is also a sector where recruiting is mostly unstructured. How can one successfully navigate this career transition? In this post Kevin Peer, MBA Class of 2022 who completed his summer internship in VC shares his personal experience so far with…