“After careful consideration, we regret to inform you…” Most, if not all of us, have read this infamous line after interviewing for a job. Personally, I have failed a lot of interviews. To paint the picture, let me give you some numbers. I estimate that I applied to 62 MBA internships last year, landing 12…
Name: Madhur Srivastava Year of Graduation: 2007 Nationality: India Country of Residence: United Kingdom Current Employer: Founder and CEO, DocHQ Limited Tell us a little bit about you and how you got to where you are? I am the founder and CEO of DocHQ Limited, a health-tech business with a mission to provide global access…
Although the halls and classrooms of IESE have become empty over the last month, and students have spread around all corners of the globe, the IESE spirit of service continues to live strong within its students, teachers and staff. Inspired by this vision, the Start-up and Entrepreneurship Club, looking out for its members and holding…
Are entrepreneurs born or made (in business schools)? The word ‘entrepreneur’, was first coined by Richard Cantillon, an Irish-French economist, in his book Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en Général (written around 1730!), where he defines entrepreneurs as non-fixed income earners, risk-bearers and people that brought equilibrium to the market by correctly predicting consumer preferences….
Each summer IESE offers the Summer Entrepreneurship Experience (S.E.E.), a unique alternative to a traditional corporate internship allowing entrepreneurially-minded students to test the entrepreneurial career path and develop their own startup project through a full-time, practical, team-based program. During the S.E.E., students immerse themselves in their own idea-stage startup for 10 weeks, and by the…