Johnson BusinessFeed

It is sometimes said that an MBA cannot do anything for an entrepreneur. Over my last two semesters at Johnson, I have found this proven wrong every day that I spent in class.

MBA interns from the top business schools, including Mark DesMeules, Two-Year MBA ’18, reflect on their own experience and impart their best advice by citing the mistake most often made as an intern and the best way to fix it.

Threading together takeaways from various speakers, including Citi Ventures, EY, Point72, Betterment, SoFi, and Capital One, Zoelle Mallenbaum, Two-Year MBA ’18 gets a better understanding of fintech.

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.

The Social Impact Internship Fund provided me with the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join Cleveland Clinic’s International Operations department and contribute to their global mission.

In sharing my experiences, I hoped to inspire people to give it improv a try someday, as well as take some lessons from improv with them through their journeys here as Cornell MBAs.

I knew the hybrid of having skills from a JD and an MBA would be essential for becoming the practitioner and advisor that I wanted to be.

Every year on President’s Day weekend, a group of Johnson students and alumni go to Berea to provide career and recruiting advice.

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.