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Conversation with Tanisha Drummer, Strategy Professional and Former Management Consultant

Published on March 26, 2011 by Marquis in Business, Business School, career, career-life balance, consulting, Conversations, entrepreneurship, Leaving job for Bschool, mba, my peoples, professional advice, Stanford GSB, strategy, transition

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In this entry, you’ll be introduced to Tanisha Drummer, a Strategy professional and former Management Consultant. Tanisha is a friend of mine from my years at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and has done some really interesting things in her career. Tanisha is a former Management Consultant in Accenture’s Strategy Practice, where she focused on Marketing strategy for 4 years before business school and 1.5 years afterward. She’s been in her current Corporate Strategy role at US Cellular for over a year now and has been having tremendous impact.

I’m tempted to give you more background on her … Read the rest

GSB courses that have had the most impact on my career

Published on March 20, 2011 by Marquis in About Marquis, career, mba, Stanford GSB

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Hey, everyone. I know that I haven’t been responding to many visitor emails as of late and I apologize for that. I’ve been working on a couple of projects on the side, including one that I hope to announce to all of you soon, so, as a result, I’ve been slacking on addressing the emails that have been sent to me. I’ll get better with that going forward.

The email below is from one of my Platinum members who is planning to apply to business school this coming Fall. He met one of my classmates from Stanford GSB a few … Read the rest

Conversation with Jullien Gordon, Serial Entrepreneur and “Purpose Finder”

Published on February 5, 2011 by Marquis in Business, Business School, career, career path, Conversations, entrepreneurship, job search resources, mba, my peoples, other sites, professional advice, Stanford GSB

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In this entry, I present a discussion with Jullien Gordon… Read the rest, a serial entrepreneur and “Purpose Finder”, as a part of my “Conversations” interview series. Jullien is a good friend of mine from time at Stanford GSB (he was in the class behind me) and we’ve supported each other over the years in our various ventures. My long-time blog readers will recognize Jullien’s name because I’ve written about him a few times times in the past. I wanted to profile Jullien earlier as a part of the this interview series, but he was busy launching the Career Change Challenge and

Conversation with Damien Ritter, Co-founder and President of Funk Volume

Published on November 1, 2010 by Marquis in Business, career path, consulting, Conversations, entrepreneurship, mba, music industry, notable organizations, Stanford GSB, strategy

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In this entry, I present the second installment in my “Conversations” series of interviews with professionals in the business world. In the video below, I am interviewing Damien Ritter, who is the co-founder and President of an independent hip-hop label and production company called Funk Volume.

Damien has an educational and professional background that most people would kill to have. He is a Stanford MBA and University of California at Berkeley grad who has worked at Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, and Deloitte Consulting in his career. About 18 months ago, he decided to make the plunge into entrepreneurship and … Read the rest

Promotion from a career prep resource provider for registered members of this site

Published on October 26, 2010 by Marquis in career, career path, job search resources, my peoples, other sites, recruiting, Stanford GSB, Uncategorized

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During tough economic times like this, I’m sure that everyone could use as much information as possible about how to find the right career path. Please check out the video and text below to find out about a promotion for a really cool career prep resource that has been offered to registered members of this site.

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Graduate school may get you a good job, but it won’t guarantee you your D.R.E.A.M. job. Do you know what it feels like to D.R.E.A.M. awake? Do know how to make meaning and … Read the rest

Don’t Be Too Specialized If You Want a Top Level Management Job

Published on October 16, 2010 by Marquis in Business, Business research, career, career path, Corporate executives, organization, Stanford GSB

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The article linked below is from the Stanford GSB Monthly Newsletter and describes some really interesting research from Professor Edward Lazear, who is a world renown labor economist and a former Chair of the U.S. Council of Economic Advisors under Pres. George Bush.

Before I go into detail about the article, I must say that Prof. Lazear is a BEAST when it comes to the world of Economics…seriously, this guy is an absolute legend. I didn’t realize how big of a deal this man was until after I graduated from the GSB. In hindsight, I really wish I’d taken a … Read the rest

Stanford GSB Admissions Interview Tips (Platinum-only)

Published on February 8, 2010 by Marquis in admissions interview, application process, Bschool admissions, mba, Stanford GSB

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What’s good, folk. On Friday, I found out from one of my admissions clients that Stanford GSB started has started sending out Round 2 admissions interview invitations because she was one of the lucky applicants to receive an invite. CONGRATULATIONS to her and anyone else who has moved to that next step in the application process at the GSB. The key to a successful admissions interview is preparation, so I thought I’d post some tips for the Stanford GSB admissions interview that I put together a while back. I’m hoping that those of you interested in the GSB find these… Read the rest

Interesting article – “Six must-have classes at Stanford GSB”

Published on January 25, 2010 by Marquis in Bschool experience, Business School, interesting articles, mba, other blogs, other sites, Stanford GSB

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Hi, everybody. I’m making a quick post to pass along an article from the team over at Veritas Prep, the GMAT preparation company. The article gives a quick rundown of six courses that many alums of Stanford GSB would consider to be “must-have” classes for anyone interested in the school. I took three of the six courses listed in the article and I can verify that they are FANTASTIC! Of the three that I didn’t take, I would give just about anything to be able to go back in time and take two of them. It’s amazing how hindsight is… Read the rest