Johnson Cornell Tech MBA

News, updates, and insights from our STEM-designated, NYC-based Cornell Tech MBA.

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Fintech is disrupting the disruptors, and we’re ready for it

The disruptors are being disrupted and new types of partnerships between traditional players and new-age fintechs are being created.

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MBA Q&A: Why the future is fintech

Fintech. To some, it’s a term that sounds unfamiliar. To the MBA students within Cornell Tech’s classrooms, however, it’s widely considered to be the future of the finance industry.

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Evan Yates, MBA ’18: Uniting business, tech, and medicine

After starting a company with a friend during his second year of medical school, Yates knew that he wanted his life and career to be built on more than just medicine.

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5 things I learned from Ben Alden ’06, general counsel at Betterment

One of my favorite speakers this month was Ben Alden ’06, a fintech legal authority general counsel at Betterment. I could not have been more impressed by the quality, openness, and insightfulness of Ben’s presentation at Cornell Tech.

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B-schools predict what awaits in 2018

Johnson professor Mukti Khaire offers insight into the role of technology in 2018.

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Why entrepreneurial MBAs should care about initial coin offerings

While ICOs are still young and largely unregulated, they have already activated communities of interest and emerged as a new channel for fundraising, product validation, market testing, and customer engagement.

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Johnson Cornell Tech MBA named program of the year

The Johnson Cornell Tech MBA program has been named 2017 Program of the Year by Poets&Quants for its success in combining technology and business education.

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A bridge from Ithaca to Roosevelt Island

Johnson MBA students traveled by bus from Ithaca to New York City to participate in unique, focused courses at Cornell Tech’s new Roosevelt Island campus.

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Things you should know if you’re considering a Johnson Cornell Tech MBA

I’m starting to fully appreciate of all the learnings I’ve gathered from this program and community, which remind me why all the struggles were worth it.