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Learning The Ropes of Product Marketing During My MBA Summer Internship

After finishing his first year of his MBA program at Penn State University, Sanath Adiga (Smeal, ‘21) spent his summer as a Product Marketing intern at Dell Technologies. During his summer, Adiga worked on a project to create an integrated marketing plan while learning the ropes of Product Marketing. Adiga shared his story of his […]

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My MBA Brand Management Internship at One of The World’s Most Iconic Brands

This summer, Mario Vazquez (McCombs, ‘21) spent his summer as a Brand Marketing Intern at the Coca-Cola Company where in addition to learning the ins and outs of the history of the company, he worked on developing an innovation pipeline and go-to-market strategy project. In this interview, Vazquez shares what he did as a Brand

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Accelerating Career Growth and Learning By Pursuing an MBA at Darden

After spending four years in the Financial Services Industry, Antonio Brodie (Darden, ‘22) decided to broaden his career horizons by pursuing an MBA. With the help of UCLA’s Riordan MBA Prep Program and his own, Brodie successfully navigated the MBA admissions process, and recently started at the University of Virginia (Darden.) In this interview, Brodie

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Finding the Right MBA Program by Focusing on the “3 C’s

After working as a management consultant at Accenture, Taylor Benford (Goizueta, ‘21) chose to go to business school to develop as a leader and build finance and strategy skills. By focusing on finding an MBA program that focused on the 3 C’s (Community, Commitment, and Career Placement) Benford enrolled at Emory University’s Goizueta MBA program,

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How Resilience Has Helped Devin Hedgepeth Navigate Life and His MBA Journey to Stanford GSB

Devin Hedgepeth (GSB, ‘22) is no stranger to resilience. From navigating a career ending injury from a college football career to rising up through the ranks in Sales and Marketing at ExxonMobil, Hedgepeth has always found a way to use these skills to propel him forward in his career. During this interview, Hedgepeth shares his

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