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

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Cornell alumnus makes immediate impact with gift to benefit NYC intensives

Richard G. Schneider ’70 supports Johnson’s newest curriculum initiative, the New York City intensives at Cornell Tech, with a substantial gift.

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Accelerate Johnson welcomes incoming One-Year MBA candidates

In March, incoming candidates for Johnson’s One-Year MBA program had the opportunity to experience Johnson and meet their potential class cohort at the annual Accelerate Johnson (AJ) welcome event.

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How to get an MBA in less time

Ian Folau, Johnson Cornell MBA Tech ’16, and Johary Rivera, a current One-Year MBA student at Johnson, describe the advantages students gain when enrolling in an accelerated one-year MBA program.

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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.