MBA Insider

In this episode, we have Danielle Richie, the Senior Associate Director of MBA Admissions and Student Recruitment from UNC Kenan-Flagler. During our conversation, Danielle spoke about her journey to MBA admissions, as well as finding her way to Chapel Hill and UNC’s MBA Program. Danielle also spoke about what makes UNC Kenan-Flagler unique, the family-like culture at UNC-Kenan-Flagler,  and her gu...

Rehan Mirza is a UCLA Anderson Alum, and a Senior Director of Product & Customer Marketing at Culture Amp. Since graduating from Anderson, Rehan has held Product Marketing roles at a number of tech startups. During our interview, Rehan spoke about his PMM journey, the relevance of an MBA to Product Marketing, and his advice to MBA students interested in Product Marketing careers.

Natalie Poston is a MBA Student in the Class of 2021 at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. After pursuing a career in PR, Natalie decided to build her business acumen through an MBA degree, and at McDonough decided to pursue a career in Social Impact and Venture Capital. During our conversation, we spoke about Natalie’s journey to business school, and how she was able to land a...

Morgan Franklin is a Chicago Booth MBA Student in the Class of 2021. During her time at Booth, Morgan decided to turn her interest in learning about her classmates’s stories into MBA: The Blog, a blog dedicated to sharing the stories and lives of Booth MBA Students. During this interview, Morgan spoke about her journey to Booth, what she’s learned building MBA the Blog, and some of the powerful st...

Courtney Jacobson is a JD-MBA Candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. In this episode, Courtney spoke about how she discovered dual degree programs, why she decided to apply to a JD-MBA program, and her advice to prospective students who are considering business school or a joint MBA degree.

Bryan Ramos is the Executive Director in the Office of Student Engagement at NYU Stern. As part of his role he’s responsible for overseeing Stern’s Experiential Learning programs, branded Stern Solutions, for MBA students. During our conversation, we spoke about the importance of experiential learning in higher education, and how Stern has created a new model and unique set of offerings for MBA st...

Priyanka Srinivasan is the Head of Product Marketing at Gainsight, as well as a Wharton MBA Alum. After graduating from Wharton, Priyanka worked in a number of roles within tech companies before transitioning into PMM. During our interview, Priyanka spoke about her journey to Product Marketing, the important skills PMMs need to have, and her advice to those who are interested in Product Marketing...

Lillian Zheng is an MBA graduate of Columbia Business School. After spending most of her career in management consulting, Lillian pivoted to a Product Marketing role, and after a few years made another pivot to a Product Management role for a consumer tech company. During this interview, Lillian spoke about her time working in both Product Marketing and Product Management, and shared her advice to...

Jenna Link and Harvey Han (Stern ,’21) are the Co-Presidents of the NYU Stern Tech Association. Both Jenna and Harvey came to Stern to pursue careers in tech, and now lead the association as they help Stern MBA students grow their careers. In this interview, we spoke about why they chose to go to NYU Stern, the opportunities of the Tech Scene in NYC, and how The Stern Tech Association helps its me...

In this special episode, I had the chance to speak with four student leaders at the UCLA Anderson School of Management to talk about Equity, Diversity and Inclusion on campus. With student leaders representing four key student organizations, we spoke about the importance of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in their student community, the role that they and their respective organizations play in fur...

Stephen Sweeney is the Director of Full-Time MBA Recruiting and Admissions at UT-McCombs. During our interview, I spoke to Stephen about his own journey to McCombs, what makes McCombs a unique place, and advice for MBA applicants who are interested in learning more about an MBA at Texas McCombs

Justin Gordon is a MBA Graduate of USC Marshall and the Host of the Just Go Grind Podcast. During our interview, Justin spoke about his decision to get an MBA, why he chose USC Marshall, and the unique aspects of his MBA experience. Justin also spoke about his inspiration behind the Just Go Grind Podcast, his own entrepreneurial experiences, and what he’s learned from interviewing hundreds of succ...

Nilay Ajbani (USC Marshall, '21) is a 2nd Year MBA Student at USC Marshall and the President of the Marshall Consulting and Strategy Club. During Ajbani’s first year as an MBA, he recruited for management consulting, and shared a timeline of his recruiting process and how he managed through the highs and lows. Ajbani also talked about some of the setbacks and challenges, and how using a growth...

Eric Eliasason and Lara Mitra are the Hosts of the How I Got Here Podcast, and met as first year MBA students at MIT Sloan, and became friends through classes and conversations about careers. In our conversation, Eric and Lara spoke about their own career journeys, and how their time at Sloan inspired them to start their podcast. We also spoke about what they’ve learned about careers from intervie...

Lindsay Sage is the Founder of Sage Admit. After spending almost a decade in higher education at various institutions, Lindsay came to the world of MBA Admissions Consulting and helps her clients get into Top-25 MBA programs.  During our interview, Lindsay spoke about some key topics, including standing out amongst a competitive applicant pool, how to position yourself effectively if you are a non...

Emily Sawyer Kegerreis is the Owner of Military MBA Consulting, and specializes in helping Veterans successfully apply and get admitted to top MBA Programs across the world. After working in Marketing roles after getting her MBA, Emily made the jump to the MBA Admissions World, before going off and starting her own consulting firm. During our interview, Emily spoke about her journey, and provided...

Lewis Lin is the Founder and CEO of Impact Interview and has taught thousands of students and professionals how to successfully land Product Management and Tech Jobs. In our interview, Lewis spoke about his own career in Product Management and shared what MBA students need to know about careers in product management. He also shared advice and guidance on how to navigate the MBA product management...

Ben Leiner is a Product Marketer and a graduate of UVA Darden. In this interview, Ben provided a detailed look into his journey from politics to product marketing, how he leveraged his past experience in politics to position himself for a product marketing role, and his advice to MBA students and employees who are looking to transition into Product Marketing roles.

Becca Wright Jordan (UNC Kenan-Flagler, ‘21) is a 2nd Year MBA Student and Current President of the Carolina Women in Business (CWIB). During our conversation, Becca shared her journey to UNC Kenan-Flagler and the role CWIB played in helping her land at UNC. She also shared CWIB’s priorities for this year, advice for prospective MBA students, and why UNC Kenan-Flagler is a great opportunity for fe...

Donna Bauman is a Senior MBA Admissions Counselor with Stratus Admissions and a former admissions team member at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. In this interview, Donna spoke about the importance of storytelling in your MBA application, and provided some tactical guidance on how to use principles of storytelling to your advantage in your MBA applications.

After applying to hundreds of jobs with no response, Austin Belcak decided that there had to be a better way to do a job search. Through trial and error, Belcak perfected the process and landed job offers at some of the most sought after tech companies. Now, through his own company, Cultivated Culture, Belcak and his job search strategies and tactics have helped over thousands of students and empl...

Adam Davis is a MBA Student in the Class of 2021 at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. During our conversation, we talked about his career prior to business school, and why he chose an MBA and Georgetown. We also spoke about the values and culture at Georgetown and what makes it a unique place, and what he hopes to spend time on during his second year, and his advice for prospec...

Caroline Diarte Edwards is an MBA Admissions Consultant, and Director and Co-Founder of Fortuna Admissions. During this interview, Caroline spoke about some of the common challenges MBA applicants face in the application process (and how to overcome them) what’s different (and the same) about the 2020 MBA application process, and her advice for navigating MBA admissions season.

Carolyn Nohejl is a Fuqua MBA Alum who has worked in leadership roles across medical devices and digital health. Carolyn shared her journey to business school, career lessons she's learned along the way, and specific insights into what MBA students need to know about careers in digital health. Carolyn also spoke about her latest project, healthtech hunches, a website connecting students intere...

Lulu Curiel is the CEO and Founder of Ivy Advisors, an MBA Admissions Consulting firm, and an HBS graduate. Throughout her time as a consultant, she’s worked with hundreds of aspiring MBA applicants looking to get into the top MBA programs. In this interview, Curiel shares her thoughts on what it takes to get into a Top MBA program, common mistakes she sees MBA applicants make, and some of the tre...