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Making Your Decision to Enroll
Luke Anthony Peña, January 30, 2020
Happy 2020, friends! Winter is here in Hanover, which means my colleagues and I are in the heart of the admissions season. We’re hard at work getting to know those of you who applied in Round 2, both by reading your applications Continue Reading
Revers Center for Energy Fellows Reflect on Hawaii Energy Landscape
Ryan Ganong T’20 and Maxime Pinto T’20, January 19, 2020
This past November, the faculty and staff of the Revers Center for Energy along with 13 of the Center’s 17 MBA fellows left the already snowy plain of Hanover and travelled to sunny Hawaii to learn how the state with the most ambitious Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) plans on achieving 100 Continue Reading
Tuck Students Begin Thanksgiving by Visiting Midwestern Startups & Investors
Ross Klosterman T'20, January 09, 2020
Thanksgiving is a quintessential American holiday – one filled with food, family, travel, more food, and most importantly no school! Late last year an intrepid group of 10 Tuck students and 1 Tuck Partner decided to devote the beginning of their Thanksgiving break to visiting 14 Midwest based startups and investors. As a Continue Reading
Inside Austin’s TimeMachine Conference
Vishal Aggarwal, January 08, 2020
Vishal is a second-year MBA student from India. He is a fellow at the Revers Center of Energy. Prior to Tuck, he spent 6.5 years with Schlumberger. He holds a BE in Electrical Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India. Prior to Tuck, I worked for 6.5 years at Continue Reading
Looking Ahead: Essay Tips for Round 2 Applicants
Luke Anthony Peña, December 20, 2019
Happy December, friends! Winter has arrived, the holidays are here, and Tuck looks more beautiful in the snow than ever. My Admissions and Financial Aid colleagues and I are taking these final weeks of 2019 to rest and recharge in between welcoming those of you recently admitted in Continue Reading
Diverse Start-up Founders and Funders on the Rise
Claire Shaw T’20, December 17, 2019
In November, with generous support from the Center for Private Equity and Venture Capital, I attended the Founders + Funders Conference presented by Seneca VC, Women 2.0, and SheWorx. The event was a convening of several hundred women and other underrepresented groups within the New York start-up ecosystem. Throughout a series of Continue Reading
Inside Tuck’s Ecosystem Deep Dive
Hugo Naulot T'21 and Robert Sewell T'21, December 10, 2019
In early October, nine first-year students participated in Tuck’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Center for Private Equity and Venture Capital Ecosystem Deep Dive, a content-and career-focused program in the Bay Area exploring entrepreneurship and venture capital. Visiting ten VC funds and venture-backed companies over the course of two Continue Reading
Tuck Students “Venture” to Boston
Claire Dalman T’21 and Ross Klosterman T’20, December 10, 2019
In early November a group of Tuck students interested in venture capital and entrepreneurship traveled to Boston for a packed schedule of meetings with a variety of firms. In addition to networking, the goal of the trip was to expose students keen on entering venture or on a path to Continue Reading
My Internship with Maine Venture Fund
Eric Murphy T'20, December 10, 2019
As a career entrepreneur, I sought out a summer internship through Tuck that would allow me to have a seat on the “other side” of the startup financing negotiating table, so to speak, while simultaneously creating value for a small company through my expertise in digital marketing. The Continue Reading
My Internship with TechnoServe
Spencer Cromwell T'19, December 01, 2019
The number sixty-six took on new meaning for me this summer. More specifically, sixty-six cents. That was the price of any taxi to anywhere in Tingo Maria, a small city isolated in the mountains of central Peru. An amount of money that I normally wouldn’t think twice about Continue Reading
An Internship with Impact First Investments & Pitango Venture Capital
Melina Sánchez Montañés T'20, November 29, 2019
During my last day in Israel, I was walking by the Tel Aviv beach while reflecting on my fun and hectic summer. It had been without any doubt my best internship experience so far – discovering the culture and history of a new –complicated–country, innovating on impact Continue Reading
My Experience as a Urban Leaders Fellow
Claire Shaw T'20, November 28, 2019
This summer, with the generous support of Tuck Gives, I participated in the Urban Leaders Fellowship (ULF). ULF is a concentrated leadership practicum focused on developing skills through hands-on policy crafting and practice. ULF, which was founded in 2011 by Colorado State Senator Mike Johnston, now operates in nine cities across Continue ReadingFollow Admissions
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