Last week, I started my second year at IESE Business School, and I must say I love it. My mornings are free, my days open (to pursue my interests), and the weather is fantastic. However, my favorite moment last week was a conversation with a first-year MBA about summer internships and her experience at IESE….
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“Destiny and Purpose” – Thoughts at Orientation Week
During Professor Marc Badia’s speech to the MBA Class of 2021 at orientation, he offered us three pieces of advice. Of the three, the first one came to me as the most intriguing and profound. In his words: “Take ownership of your destiny: find your purpose” While questions like “What is my purpose?”, “What is…
Dear Incoming Class of 2021…
Get ready for the adventure of your lifetime. It was June 2017, and I was exactly where you are right now. Watching Marc Badia in the -for some- much needed accounting Coursera course, trying to find roommates and a decent-looking flat in the city (good luck with that!), feeling the nerves of starting this new…
Learning beyond the Classroom
At the heart of the IESE MBA, lies a strong focus on classroom learning. The brochures, our professors, and the website talk extensively about the focus on delivering an academically rigorous program, one built on the 400+ cases taught in the classroom. This is for good reason – the case method puts you in the…
From Military to MBA: Veterans at IESE
Veterans have always found a good home at IESE, in fact our MBA class of 2020 has the most American veterans of any class in IESE’s history. To support his classmates and other vets around the world, Ryan Fritsch, MBA Class of 2019 has also recently launch the website Global MBA Vets to help create…