Last Friday I sat down for an interview with Tracey McVicar, Managing Director of CAI Capital Management, a Canadian private equity firm with a North American investment mandate and offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and New York. I have known Tracey for over seven years, first as a mentor and later as a friend and [...]
Oct 182010
HBS SA -Weekly
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May 032010
JESSICA RABLName: Jessica RablSA title: Co-Chief Development Officer (with Katina)What’s the role: This is a new role on the SA Executive Team starting this year. My main goal is to build relationships with corporate sponsors so that the SA can have more awesome/more affordable events. I hope to get as much EC/RC input as possible [...]
Career Profiles – Dana Hopp Peritz
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Feb 222010
Career Field Prior to HBS:Consultant at Novantas, a consultancy in New York focused on marketing and strategy in the financial services sector. Position in Grey: Summer Intern /Strategic Planning Why did you choose an internship with Grey?I had long debated the idea of working in advertising – hoping it would be a field where I [...]
Career Profiles – Courtney Zeph
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Feb 222010
Career Field Prior to HBS: Auditor at Pricewaterhousecoopers Position in JP Morgan: Investment Banking Associate, Technology, Media & Telecom Group Why did you choose an internship with J.P. Morgan?Initially, I was very broad in my summer internship search.ÿ I spoke with consulting firms, other banks, and different divisions within J.P. Morgan.ÿÿ In addition to its [...]
Career Profiles – John Knapp
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Feb 222010
Career Field Prior to HBS:Engineering & Operations Management, Celanese CorporationCommodity and Specialized Chemicals Manufacturer Position at BCG: Summer Intern Why did you choose an internship at BCG?Prior to HBS, I had spent my career working in a large chemical plant in Houston, Texas, where I gained experience in operations and general management.ÿ My goal in [...]
Reflections from my J-Term
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Feb 162010
If the sudden flurry of Facebook photo uploads is any indication, the HBS community enjoyed its first “J-Term” and left its footprints around the globe. January Term, which officially ran from January 4-22, was born in response to the new University-wide calendar implemented this school year. The coordinated calendar puts all of Harvard’s 13 schools [...]
Boston Tea Stop: Mochi Ice Cream & Bubble Tea 101
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Dec 072009
On a crisp autumn night with the moon suspended in a perfect sphere overhead, we made our way to Boston Tea Stop for bubble tea and mochi ice cream. In high spirits after taking in the latest culture show, we decided that some dessert would be the perfect icing to a jubilant evening. Bubble tea [...]
Eliot Spitzer Comes to Town
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Nov 232009
On Thursday, November 12, former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer appeared as a guest of Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics. While his presence may seem ironic given Mr. Spitzer’s infamous resignation after his involvement in a prostitution ring was exposed in 2008, this speaking engagement was not focused on ethics in politics [...]
Cheap versus Frugal?
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Nov 162009
Yes, there is a difference – a difference that I didn’t realize until I left my cushy life on Wall Street and became a graduate student. I am not cheap, but as a graduate student I learned to become frugal so I can use the incremental value I gain to do other things. I asked [...]
Regional Profiles – The Northeast – Stay a While
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Feb 232009
This article is about why you-and just about everyone-should stay in the Northeast after graduating from HBS. From the investment bank to the consulting firm to the mutual fund, Boston invents it, New York builds it, and Washington regulates it. For nearly anything in business, you can’t pick a better place than the Northeast. You [...]
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