What does a news portal do when it sees a potential competitor starting up? Snip.it in the bud, of course! That’s exactly what Yahoo did in 2013, when it forked out $10 million to snap up content curation website, Snip.it, founded by Stanford graduate Ramy Adeeb.
It made academia sit up and take notice when it launched as a beta version in June 2014. Some believed the ‘classroom of the future’ had arrived; others, at a loss for words, called it ‘reality TV’ in education. Most of all, this technological phenomenon had Harvard Business School (HBS) revelling in its own achievement.
Nudity, public humiliation and booze (lots and lots of it) are the unholy trinity at American colleges, where overenthusiastic students believe that making the grade is simply not good enough.
Short courses for executives have once again become the money-spinner of many business schools after a few years of lull, and institutions round the world seem to be making hay. Top b-schools that have evolved executive leadership programs for mid-career managers are seeing more takers for these courses than ever before. These b-schools have found … Read more
It’s easier to understand the veil of mystery around new programs that have just been launched and there aren’t enough reviews about it. But not when the program has been around for more than a decade.
Click here to learn how to get into. Harvard Business School Many applicants ask us – ‘How hard is it to get into Harvard Business School MBA from India?‘, ‘What does Harvard look for?‘, ‘What are my chances of getting admission into HBS?‘ and several such questions. Many have written about it from a general … Read more
Apart from the regular pre-requisites (GMAT score, MBA essays, recommendations, TOEFL score) listed in the MBA applications guideline pages of many top business schools, if you’ve paid attention to the academic requirements section, you’ll find something on the following lines – a degree from a recognised university, transcripts that mention the grades / performance (GPA, … Read more
While the battle of the giants in the MBA world – Harvard Business School (HBS) and Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) – has raged on for a long time, very few Indians have been in the envious position to have got admits from both. That number shrinks further if you consider Indians who’ve got … Read more
Family business management in India has it’s own unique set of challenges, succession planning being one of top ones. The other being in the area of human resources. Employees working in family business will constantly have the temptation to leave and join a mainstream corporate environment where the work culture and incentives are a little … Read more
While selecting bschools, variations of this question pop up in the minds of MBA applicants. Other queries falling in a similar category are as follows. – Which is the best 2 year (or 1 year) MBA program? – Are US universities better than those in the UK or Europe? – Should I choose international business … Read more
Babson’s MBA program may not be rubbing shoulders with Harvard/Stanford/Wharton in the general rankings. But it is very much at the top when it comes to specialised rankings (Top honours for Entrepreneurship). Strange!
Irrespective of your GMAT score, your post MBA career goals and your penchant/hatred for saas-bahu serials, if you are an Indian MBA applicant there are a few schools that you’ve GOT to have on your radar. And it doesn’t matter if you are eligible or qualified to get in. The fact is most of your … Read more