Taking the People Track
This Boston College MBA switched her focus from technology to HR strategy. Here's a typical busy day
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Ringtones and More in Kabul
Running a tech business in Afghanistan presents unusual problems—and keeps this entrepreneur might busy
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Life Before Yahoo!
Stanford MBA Mike Folgner co-founded a video-editing and -sharing site a year ago, and sold it to Yahoo! last month. Here's a day in the life—preacquisition
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An Aptitude for Numbers
This grad with an M.S. in quantitative finance from Michigan describes a typical day as an associate in the New York office of UBS investment bank
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A New Brand of Coffee Achiever: Brian Smith
This Kelley grad works at a joint venture of Pepsi and Starbucks. His job: Developing new ready-to-drink products. Here's a typical day
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Managing a Brand: Concept to Product
This Georgetown MBA talks about a typical day as a Unilever brand manager and how important it is to be passionate about your work
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Marketing Victoria's Secret
Working for the world-famous lingerie retailer wasn't on the radar screen when this MBA was attending Indiana's Kelley School
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Stress and Satisfaction at a Texas Spa
Pedicures are just part of the product line at a spa opened by this McCombs MBA. Here's a sample of a day in her work life
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Entrepreneurship Is a Good Fit
Babson MBA Romney Evans describes a typical day at his startup Web site where customers each can select jeans based on their own measurements
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Going the Distance for AIDS Services
As CFO for AIDS Project Los Angeles, Sona Chandwani is involved in financial planning for the National AIDS Marathon Training Program
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An International Focus
This Thunderbird grad works at a Seattle nonprofit aimed at providing income-generating opportunities for the Third World poor
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Long Days in M&A
A KeyBanc associate kisses his baby daughter good-bye, then spends 15 hours on the job. But he knew what he was getting into—and likes it
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Taking Nothing for Granted
"I'll always remember the day I decided to give up a consulting job offer in New York City to restart my own firm. Looking back, it seems like a crazy thing to do."
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Time Management
It's hectic being the marketing and communications chief for a luxury watchmaker—and there are just so many hours in a day
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Nurturing Newborn Firms
This Purdue MBA works at a not-for-profit helping early-stage companies with high growth potential
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Planning for Disaster
This Ivey MBA says his job as a business continuity analyst at an investment firm is a good way to learn how a company works from end to end
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Taking Risks to Save the Earth
This Stanford MBA found her niche at the "intersection between entrepreneurship and the environment"
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A Hobby Becomes a Business
This Maryland MBA turned a jewelry-making hobby into a startup business. Her MBA experience helps her see the big picture
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Taking on a Startup
"The most enjoyable part of my job is that it isn't really a job. It's an opportunity to create a business out of an idea," says this Lally MBA
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Growing a Solution to Hunger
The founder of an organization devoted to helping poor farm families in Kenya talks about a typical day in the field
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Managing Customer Service
This Texas A&M MBA is getting an expansive view of AT&T's operations through the company's Leadership Development Program
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The Sporting Life
“The sports management industry is extremely difficult to enter. There is no shortage of people—especially men—who would like to spend all day working with professional athletes”
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Providing "Insight" to Clients
At Oracle Consulting, this Notre Dame MBA works on a strategic program that helps clients focus their business goals and strategies
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A Long Day on the Homefront
This part-time MBA student is on the go from 5 a.m. to midnight helping savvy investors make the most of real estate deals
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Pushing the Right Buttons
Knocking on Hollywood's door and letting the creative juices flow to keep Microsoft's Xbox game console on top is all part of the job
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Two Wheel Drive at Specialized
In the cycling industry, this Canadian marketing manager has come to realize, "If you don't understand the passion, you're out of touch"
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On the Ball at Bain & Co.
As a consultant, this Indian Institute of Management MBA has all the research, analysis, and client presentations she can handle
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Love My Business -- Cross My Heart
This Columbia B-school grad used her own experience and love of design as the basis for starting her own lingerie company
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This Software Startup is Right on Track
Founding a software company in the Bay Area is like pushing a train, says this CEO. It's heavy at first, but momentum starts to carry you
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A Ship-Shape Startup
McCombs MBA Mickey Millsap stayed in Austin to start an online shipping clearinghouse. Here's a typical day for this entrepreneur
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Days of Wine and Business
Running a wine advising and consulting business gives this MBA the freedom to learn all she can about her chosen field
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Games Aren't Just Child's Play
Building a small company to publish and market original board games is a painstaking business. Here's how one MBA-entrepreneur spends his day
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Where the Startup Spirit Leads Him
The CEO of branded-products vendor Spirit Shop finds that running a business comes with a lot of work -- and even more satisfaction
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Always on the Run at Accenture
Despite PowerPoints, printer jams, and morning wake-up calls, working in the London office of a global consulting firm is a pretty "cool" deal
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On Further Investigation
After completing a Labor Dept. rotational program for recent MBAs, this U. of Denver grad works as an investigator for OSHA
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The Recipe for Success
This entrepreneur is learning the restaurant business from the ground up as he seeks to expand his fast-service Indian takeout business
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Peaks and Valleys
An international MBA finds his work-life balance with a global corporation in the shadow of the French Alps
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Making Tough Calls at Motorola
Negotiating with software suppliers requires business and technical knowledge. An MBA provides the background needed to size up new vendors
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Greetings from Cleveland
An MBA led this former card shop employee to an executive position with American Greetings, working to come up with cards that will please Wal-Mart shoppers
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A Corner-Office View at Philips
A manager in charge of advising on acquisitions and divestments needs a working knowledge of all areas of business. That's where an MBA proves essential
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One Sweet Gig
The daily grind for this MBA includes meetings, factory visits, and plenty of coffee -- which goes well with his company's product, chocolate truffles
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A Helping Hand Up from Poverty
For this Thunderbird MBA, daily work entails tapping the resources of financial markets to provide microloans for the world's poorest citizens
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It's Getting Easier Being Green
Starting a business that respects the environment and still turns a profit is quite a challenge -- one I've learned to meet
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Selling Marketers on MSN
To promote the new opportunities at Microsoft’s Internet portal, this Boston U. MBA must speak the language of VoIP, RFID, and RSS
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Working Across the Organization
Wisconsin grad Kevin Weadick enjoys the fact that his job at Grainger allows him to "interact with virtually every functional area of business"
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Every Detail Is Important
"As a new company in a new space, we need to exceed client expectations," says Ivey MBA Mark Healy
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Living an Entrepreneur's Dream
An SMU MBA finds that running a business that spans continents makes for long but fascinating days
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Blending Beauty and Business
For Saïd EMBA student Max Rutten, daily studies alternate with running his gallery, which sells decorative paintings and antique grand pianos
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An MBA's Starring Role in Moviemaking
Filmmaker Li-Anne Huang likens producing an indie movie to running a small company and reveals the B-school know-how she relies on
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New Horizons at Clear!Blue
Todd Smith found starting a small marketing-communications outfit tough, but now the CEO finds that every day offers fresh possibilities
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Kelly Damron, Sole Practitioner
She explains how her MBA/MSIM led to her to start her one-person business-planning outfit, which she runs while raising twin baby girls
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Defining My Own Role
With a newly created position, Intel's Ron Javor has the freedom -- and responsibility -- to determine the best ways to get the job done
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The Winning Formula
A day is full of shifting gears when you're helping build a new Formula One racing team
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Bringing Up the "Little One"
It's a varied day for a Babson grad at his startup company, P'kolino, which is developing children's play products
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Giving Out Money Is Hard Work
A program officer at a foundation finds his MBA useful in developing fund strategies and identifying prospective grantees
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Bringing "Can-Do" to Government
At the Labor Dept., Karen Rigby is helping Uncle Sam adopt a business-oriented approach
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Keeping An Eye on the Data
Financial reporting is the main responsibility for this MBA at a D.C.-based asset-management firm
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Today's Forecast: Busy, Busy, Busy
For James Brune, a regional director at Weathernews, the daily forecast calls for travel, meetings, and planning new products
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No Time to Smell the Flowers
For this Babson MBA, an online bouquet business requires HTML proficiency, floral-arranging skills, and an added sprig of marketing
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Concierge with an MBA
Shopping for a client, cultivating contacts, teaching a class, recording radio ads -- it's a wonder I find time, somehow, to stock up on groceries
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Building the Bid-ness at eBay
Developing new products and marketing initiatives at the online auction site taps the technical and business skills of this Boston U. MS-MBA
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Stage-Managing the Theater of Sales
"Typical" doesn't apply to any part of a career in advertising, says this New York City-based account exec who minored in musicals
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His Sights Are on Video Telephony
At SightSpeed, CEO Brad Treat's day is filled with developing marketing opportunities, watching the "burn rate," and talking tech
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Nanotech's Multidisciplinary Challenge
Pearl Chin, with a Cornell MBA and PhD in materials science, talks about her job helping startups build a business in this burgeoning sector
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On the Human-Rights Watch at BP
This MBA is helping the British energy giant address this delicate and complex topic in the countries where it operates
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Minding Ps & Queues in London
As a GlaxoSmithKline brand manager, my daily mantra is "product, price, place, promotion" -- and a fifth P, too: Prioritizing
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Sleeping on the Job
It's all part of an average workday for Arshad Chowdhury, Carnegie Mellon B-school grad and co-founder of MetroNaps
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Crafting a Company from Bottom Up
Spark Craft Studios takes the "club" concept to a new category, led by two recent MBAs who call this "the third year" of B-school
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Driving Business in Beijing
For an MBA working in engine distribution, the day includes a sunrise conference call, listening to experts, and meals at his desk
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Running on Diesel
A day of work at Bosch Corp. in Stuttgart requires German-language skills, good salesmanship, and three cups of coffee
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Turning Dumplings Into Gold
Stern MBA Kenny Lao describes a typical long day working to streamline operations at his successful New York eatery
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Dawn to Way-Past-Dusk in Dubai
Setting up a new Mideast office, recruiting new hires, and 6 a.m. phone conferences all figure in this MBA's 14-hour schedule
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The Sporting Life
For Frank Excel Marley III, a day of prize fights, celebs, and tough contract negotiations is par for the course
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A Consultant's Entrepreneurial Approach
IT strategist Lisa Breytspraak describes her day and discusses how an MBA has helped her develop the company she's working in
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Marketing Moves at the Mouse House
That's the area career switcher Wenny Tung shifted into at the Disneyland Resort. She reveals how her B-school classes came in handy
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Heeding the Call of Duty
Regi Jacob discusses how his passion for distraction and an MBA led him to his dream job at video-game maker Activision
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A Progressive Business Model
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