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02 Oct 2014, 01:51
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I was able to submit my application too yesterday. Phew. One of the recommenders gave me a near heart attack. Ah well, it all worked out in the end.
02 Oct 2014, 10:00
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| FROM Haas Admissions Blog: No Bull: MBA Students Get Leadership Lessons from Former NYSE Chief |
 What could you learn in an hour spent with an NYSE chief? A packed room full of Berkeley MBA students found out when Duncan Niederauer, former CEO of the New York Stock Exchange came to campus for our Dean's Speaker Series. Niederauer drew on a career that has included 22 years with Goldman Sachs and 7 years at the helm of the NYSE to share lessons on business and leadership success, including these: 1. Have a personal board of directors, comprised of close family and friends (rather than co-workers). These people must care about you and be truth-tellers. 2. Know your weaknesses as well as you know your strengths. People choose paths to the top that fail because they take positions that are not in line with their strengths. 3. Every boss is a role model. That doesn't necessarily mean they are a good one, but you will always learn. Even specific ideas of what not to do are valuable. 4. Have a plan, but don't over-engineer. If you are too rigid, you won't be open to opportunities that might come your way. 5. Encourage debate. The more senior you get, the more you need to let people know that they can say whatever they want to you. 6. Manage down. The generals can take care of themselves. Take care of the soldiers first, and they will work hard for you. 7. Be respected first. If you're liked, that's a bonus. 8. Hire correctly, and give people more rope and responsibility than even they think they can handle. If they come up short, part of the responsibility lies on your shoulders. Want more wisdom and life lessons from top leaders? Check out previous talks by such speakers as Novartis CEO Joe Jimenez, Khan Academy Founder Salman Khan, and Haas Professor emeritus and then-Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen.  
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07 Oct 2014, 16:00
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| FROM Haas Admissions Blog: Get Your Hands Dirty: Applied Innovation in the Full-time Berkeley MBA Program |
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In the Berkeley MBA Program, we shape innovative leaders, who question the status quo. It starts with a core curriculum that requires a course in Problem Finding, Problem Solving (PFPS) that teaches you several modes of thinking, such as design and systems thinking, and gives you new ways of taking on complex challenges. This proves invaluable when you roll up your sleeves for the Applied Innovation requirement, choosing from 13 hands-on courses, offering everything from international consulting opportunities to partnerships with scientists to bring new clean tech to market. We knew we were on to something with PFPS when a team of first-year students were named "America's Most Innovative MBA Team" during the first-ever semester of the course in Fall 2010:  Haastile Takeover won the world's largest innovation competition in Fall 2010, right after the launch of PFPS. Then, more Berkeley MBA students went on to win competitions—and credit PFPS with their success, like this team, and this one, and this one, which didn't win, but came to appreciate the iterative process:  Another team of Problem Findershttps://haasachieves.wordpress.com/2013/12/26/making-extreme-mainstream-and-the-problem-finding-problem-solving-experience/ Students also used PFPS in internships and new careers:  Eamonn Courtney, MBA 12, Business Analyst to Gucci President & CEO, Patrizio di Marco in Milan But first, they use their growing skills in applied innovation courses. They consult globally through International Business Development (known as IBD around here), this past summer partnering with Population Services International in Tanzaniato improve the health of vulnerable people, identifying growth opportunities for a social media company YY in China, and helping SAP Labs in India bring technology to the country's huge system of small retail stores:  Team SAP Ganges in BangaloreIn Cleantech to Market (C2M), students are part of interdisciplinary teams that help bring to market everything from tobacco as a biofuel to a "smart" window that adjusts itself depending upon the weather and ways to reduce the environmental impact of fracking:  A heat-powered fuel cell that could help reduce the environmental impact of frackingStudents in Social Sector Solutions work with nonprofit clients on projects such as developing a strategy for a new Acumen Fund program in the U.S. and training San Quentin inmates in the entrepreneurial skills needed to take a prison newspaper statewide: https://impactmba.wordpress.com/2013/12/03/s3-social-enterprise-team-works-with-san-quentin-inmates/  From The Daily Cal: Arnulfo Garcia, center, editor in chief of the San Quentin News, works in the newsroom at Marin County’s San Quentin State Prison.Students interested learning more about new ventures can take courses such as The Startup Lab and Steve Blank's Lean Launchpad course:  Steve Blank launches lean.And they hone their skills by running and entering startup competitions, such as LAUNCHthe UC Berkeley Startup Competition and the Global Social Venture Competition.  2013 Startup Competition winners Resido Medical How might you roll up your sleeves with applied innovation opportunities in the Berkeley MBA Program?  
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