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Today we are joined by Brian Plemmons, Director and Global Process Owner for BD, a global medical technology company advancing the world of health.     After graduating from high school, Brian joined the United States Navy. During his military service Brian also earned his Associate's Degree, then went on to earn his Bachelor's degree and a law degree. Brian practiced law for seven years before transitioning to corporate America with a global medical device company.   After working in the corporate world for some time Brian then decided to return to school, earning his MBA from Kenan-Flagler in his late 30s/early 40s. In this wide-ranging discussion Brian and Chandler discuss a range of topics, including: How to leverage military experience in your MBA application (and in the classroom),  The importance of "giving yourself grace" when applying to business school and planning your career,  Suggestions for those interested in earning an MBA in addition to another advanced degree, Advice for older-than-average applicants,  Advice for applicants with children,  Tips for those interested in earning an MBA part-time, and real-world advice for running your own cost/benefit analysis on whether or not an MBA is the right choice for you. This podcast is a must for anyone--regardless of your age--interested in hearing thoughtful tips regarding the MBA application process from a global leader with lots of kindness and wisdom to share.  

As usual, this week's MBA Admissions podcast kicks off with a discussion of all the latest MBA application deadline and decision release news for this season. Last week, MIT / Sloan released its Round 2 final decisions. Cornell / Johnson also released some of their final decisions. This week Round 3 continues with several application deadlines. Graham promoted the MBA applicant survey we now have in the field. We are trying to encourage as high a response rate as we can get. The survey is at https://www.bit.ly/caspringsurvey Graham also noted the May 15th event we are hosting in Chicago, which will be Clear Admit's first in-person MBA candidate event. Signups are here: https://www.bit.ly/cachicagofair Graham highlighted two recently published admissions tips focused on how candidates should decide between different MBA program offers, and how to get the most out of the admitted students events that many top MBA programs offer in the month of April. These events are very important to attend for two broad reasons: to help candidates make their final decisions, as well as to begin the process of transitioning to the new MBA adventure. Graham then noted three Real Humans Alumni pieces, alums from London Business School working at Uber, Maryland / Smith working at Merck, and UPenn / Wharton working at General Mills. For this week, for the candidate profile review portion of the show, Alex selected two ApplyWire entries and one DecisionWire entry. This week's first MBA admissions candidate applied to London Business School this season, but was rejected after the interview phase. They have a 319 GRE score and a 3.1 GPA. While they appear to have a strong professional background, we are encouraging them to retake the GRE, ahead of next season. This week's second MBA candidate also has a 3.1 GPA, but there GMAT is a little better, at 710. They also have a very decent professional background, as well as very interesting extra-curricular activities and interests. Their target is Duke / Fuqua's early action round. We think there is a strong potential benefit from retaking the GMAT, if they can gain 20-30 points. The final MBA candidate for this week is deciding between UCLA / Anderson with some scholarship and UNC / Kenan Flagler with a full scholarship. We think the decision really boils down to where they want to be, geographically, post MBA. This episode was recorded in Paris, France and Cornwall, England. It was produced and engineered by the fabulous Dennis Crowley in Philadelphia, USA. Thanks to all of you who've been joining us and please remember to rate and review this show wherever you listen!

Welcome to the Good Friday edition of the Friday Nooner—though in truth, any Friday with a new Nooner episode is a good one. This week, Primordial's Jenn Summe sat in Joe's chair (literally) because the GrepBeat Godfather is on a Spring Break trip with his kids to the nation's capital. Our guest was Susan Mahlburg, the Founder and CEO of Durham-based DiffyQ, an edtech platform that helps teachers better focus on the needs of individual students. We first profiled DiffyQ last October, shortly after she earned a $10K MICRO grant from NC DEA and shortly before we saw her pitch as part of CED's GRO Incubator Demo Day. Also in 2023: Mahlburg participated in the Launch Chapel Hill accelerator and finished her MBA at UNC's Kenan-Flagler, to go with her doctorate in education. Big year!

In this week's MBA Admissions podcast we began by discussing interview invite news out of Harvard and Duke.  As we get further into the R2 cycle, we are now starting to see more invites for candidates, specifically for aforementioned programs like Harvard and Duke, but also for the likes of Chicago / Booth, Yale SOM, Dartmouth / Tuck, UVA / Darden and Northwestern / Kellogg. This upcoming week, London Business School will release its Round 2 interview invites. Clear Admit is hosting is its monthly Clear Admit+ webinar later today, Monday, February 5. Alex and Graham will take all questions related to MBA admissions. A big focus of the event will be on MBA interview preparation.  On Wednesday, February 7 (and again February 14), Clear Admit is hosting events for deferred admissions candidates, with several leading MBA programs; signups are here: https://bit.y/defeb24 On Thursday, February 8,  Clear Admit is hosting an AMA with UC / Irvine. More details on our website. Graham highlighted Real Humans pieces for Maryland / Smith and ESCP that were recently published on Clear Admit. We then discussed a Fridays from the Frontline feature on a student at Duke / Fuqua, who is pivoting from digital marketing to brand management. Because we have moved into interview season, we are seeing more interview tips being published on Clear Admit; last week the focus was on interview etiquette. Graham then highlighted a recently recorded podcast episode with Georgetown / McDonough that focused on leadership...stay tuned for details! For this week, for the candidate profile review portion of the show, Alex selected two ApplyWire entries and one DecisionWire entry: This week's first MBA admissions candidate is an army veteran, with a legal background. They have really good numbers, too. Because they have worked for 10 years, we think they need to focus on fit, as well as articulate a firmer long-term goal. This week's second MBA candidate has a really interesting background in the performing arts. Their numbers are very decent, although the quant section of their GRE might raise a concern. Doing some additional course work, like GMAC's Business Fundamentals, might well serve them well. The final MBA candidate for this week has offers from NYU / Stern and UNC Kenan Flagler with a considerable scholarship at the latter. Because of their personal circumstances, we think that Kenan Flagler may be the better option, but it's clearly a tough call. This episode was recorded in Paris, France and Cornwall, England. It was produced and engineered by the fabulous Dennis Crowley in Philadelphia, USA. Thanks to all of you who've been joining us and please remember to rate and review this show wherever you listen!

In the consultant's corner, Sam and Nina discusses what it means to "Be yourself" in the personal statement.

Recent research shows that although outnumbered by men in the US workforce, women could be disproportionately affected by businesses' adoption of generative AI: One recent analysis estimates that 79% of working women (nearly 59 million) are in occupations susceptible to disruption and automation. That's compared to 58% of working men, according to research from the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School.最近的研究显示，尽管美国女性劳动人口数量没有男性那么多，但是企业应用生成式人工智能技术对女性的影响可能要大得多：美国北卡罗来纳大学凯南-弗拉格勒商学院的新研究分析称，79%的美国女性劳动者（近5900万人）从事的职业极易受到干扰或被取代或淘汰；相比之下，只有58%的美国男性劳动者面临这样的风险。A higher percentage of working women are employed in white-collar jobs, whereas for men it's more of a 50-50 split between white- and blue-collar occupations, said Mark McNeilly, professor of the practice of marketing at the Kenan-Flagler school and lead author of the AI research.这项人工智能研究的首席作者、凯南-弗拉格勒商学院营销实践学教授马克·麦克内利表示，从事白领工作的职业女性比例更高，而从事白领和蓝领工作的男性比例各占一半。Revelio Labs, which specializes in the collection and analysis of publicly available workforce data, recently identified the most AI-exposed occupations and the gender and ethnicity distributions among them. Revelio's analysis showed that the AI-exposed positions with the highest percentage of women included bill and account collectors (82.9%), payroll and timekeeping clerks (79.7%), executive secretaries (74.3%), word processors and typists (65.4%) and bookkeeping, accounting and auditing clerks (65%).专门收集和分析公开的劳动力数据的Revelio实验室近日查出了受人工智能威胁最大的职业以及这些职业的性别和种族分布情况。Revelio的分析显示，可能被人工智能取代且女性占比最高的职业包括催债员（82.9%）、薪酬考勤记录员（79.7%）、执行秘书（74.3%）、文字处理员和打字员（65.4%）以及簿记、会计和审计文员（65%）。In the most AI-exposed occupations, women make up 71% of employees, said Ben Zweig, Revelio's chief executive officer.Revelio的首席执行官本·茨威格指出，在受人工智能威胁最大的职业中，女性员工占了71%。Generative artificial intelligence technologies like ChatGPT have the potential to transform the labor market, exposing the majority of the nation's jobs to automation, Goldman Sachs economists have projected. The technology can create new content — such as text, images, audio, video, and code — from training data that includes examples of that desired output.高盛集团的经济学家预测，ChatGPT等生成式人工智能技术可能会改变劳动力市场，让大多数职位面临自动化风险。这一技术可以用包括范例在内的训练数据生成新内容，比如文本、图像、音频、视频和代码。Generative AI might not have the capacity now to turn a patient over or insert an IV, but it could prove helpful in poring through billions of pieces of imaging data to diagnose a condition.生成式人工智能技术现在也许还不能给病人翻身或打针，但是实践已证明它能够读取数十亿张影像数据来诊断病情。"The thing about AI is that it's not perfect; it's generating new content from existing content,” she said. “It still needs a human to create some existing content for it to pull from. And whatever it's generating, it doesn't mean it's right — you still need someone to look at it and see if it makes sense.” said Dana Peterson, chief economist at the Conference Board.世界大型企业联合会的首席经济学家德娜·彼得森称：“人工智能的问题在于它不够完美，它只能根据现有的内容来生成新内容。它仍然需要人类来创造供其参考的内容。而且无论它生成什么内容，都不意味着一定准确，仍然需要有人看一下是否合理。”"Yes, it may destroy jobs in the short run, but it also creates new jobs and different opportunities. It helps people to become more productive in their existing jobs,” she said.“没错，短期来看人工智能可能会淘汰一些职位，但是它也会带来新职位和新机会。它会帮助人们提高当下的工作效率。”Workforce英/ˈwɜːkfɔːs/ 美/ˈwɜːrkfɔːrs/n.（国家或地区的）劳动力AIArtificial intelligence英/ˌɑːtɪfɪʃ(ə)l ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns/ 美/ˌɑːrtɪˈfɪʃ(ə)l ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns/n.人工智能

Today's episode is a recording of a SEVEN Talk from the 2022 Alumni Forum. This talk, given by Sophie Cho '23, is entitled, “Searching Beyond the Well.” You can watch all of the SEVEN Talks on our YouTube channel. More about SophieSophie Cho '23 of Raleigh received her bachelor's in public policy, business, and statistics from Carolina. During her time as a scholar, she interned with the U.S. House of Representatives and a sustainability consultancy with Amirah Jiwa '15, sharpened her Korean langauge skills in Seoul, and embarked on various Lovelace Fund for Discovery projects, from meeting her Morehead-Cain Mentor, Dele Carroo '99, in Los Angeles to taking singing and acting classes. On campus, you could find her singing with The Loreleis, acting in a student film, working with Kenan-Flagler's Community, Equity, and Inclusion Board, or in the Foundation's scholar lounge writing a paper. After graduation, she moved to Los Angeles to work as a business analyst for McKinsey & Company. How to listenOn your mobile device, you can listen and subscribe to Catalyze on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. For any other podcast app, you can find the show using our RSS feed.Catalyze is hosted and produced by Sarah O'Carroll for the Morehead-Cain Foundation, home of the first merit scholarship program in the United States and located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. You can let us know what you thought of the episode by finding us on Twitter or Instagram at @moreheadcain or you can email us at communications@moreheadcain.org.

Marilou McFarlane, Founder, CEO and Chair Emeritus of Women in Sports Tech, Inc., shared the story behind her title with us on May 31, 2023.An experienced founder and C-suite leader in the sports tech industry, and former NCAA athlete, Marilous is dedicated to equitable opportunities and a level playing field for all.Marlous is the founder+CEO of Women in Sports Tech (WiST) and was CMO/CRO of Mustard, CEO of Edufii (CoachNow) and president of STATSports in North America. She specializes in innovative sports performance technologies, building high performance teams and inclusive cultures and leading expansive startup growth.With the mission to empower growth opportunities for women and employers in the sports tech business, she founded WiST as a non-profit organization in 2017. WiST develops and delivers innovative programs, original content and a global community that provide tangible value for women and employers alike. Flagship initiative is the WiST Fellowship program, offering grants and mentorship for exciting summer internship projects in the sports tech industry for female-identifying undergrad and grad students. WiST is supported by corporate partners Comcast NBCU, Nike, the NBA, IBM Sports, the USOPC, Catapult, Stats Perform and numerous others.Her global network includes the most successful NCAA and academy coaches in the U.S. across all sports, professional team and club administrators, the largest sports and tech companies and brands in the world, award-winning creative talent and elite athlete management agencies.She is a lifelong Tar Heel and graduate of UNC's Kenan-Flagler business school, she is a 3:06 marathon runner and former UNC varsity cross country runner.SUE SAYSMarilou grew up in Chapel Hill, NC as the oldest of three and the first to attend college. From the start, sports played an essential role in her life. Today as the Founder of WiST, Marilou is passionate about helping both women and companies come together to ensure that the sports technology space becomes more inclusive and diverse to help society as a whole.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/women-to-watch-r/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

MBA Admissions 'March Madness' continues as this episode kicks off with Alex and Graham discussing the R2 decisions activity on MBA LiveWire: UPenn / Wharton, Berkeley / Haas and several other leading MBA programs released Round 2 decisions last week. This upcoming week will include Northwestern / Kellogg, Harvard and Stanford. Graham highlighted a new “by the numbers” article focusing on GMAT scores at top programs. Stanford leads the way with a median score of 737! Alex and Graham then discussed UVA / Darden's career report. The school reports a very high median starting salary of $175,000. This positions them them very well against M7 programs, and the figure is likely influenced by the large portion of the graduating class going into consulting, at 43.5%. Graham highlighted two Real Humans Alumni stories, a CMU / Tepper alum at Microsoft and a Michigan / Ross alum at Google. For the candidates reviewed this week, Alex selected one ApplyWire entry and two DecisionWire entries: The first candidate is from Brazil and appears to have very solid work experience and strong community service activities. They graduated top of their class, too. They are applying in the final round, which may harm them a little.  Alex and Graham are also a little concerned about their GMAT at 710, but ultimately think this type of candidate should be at a top program. This week's second candidate is deciding between a free-ride at UNC / Kenan Flagler or Darden with no scholarship. This is a classic dilemma, when weighing offers between programs in two different tiers, where money helps redress the balance. They want to move into consulting. The final candidate featured in this episode is debating between Kellogg, NYU / Stern (with a large scholarship) and USC Marshall. They are seeking a career in Media and Entertainment. At first glance, Stern looks like the winner here... This episode was recorded in Philadelphia, USA and Cornwall, England. It was produced and engineered by the magnificent Dennis Crowley in Philadelphia, USA. Thanks to all of you who've been joining us! Please remember to tip your servers, and to rate and review your podcasts...

Brenda Wensil and Kathryn Heath are Executive Coaches who have spent decades coaching more than 800 women and working with Women Executives, Middle Managers, and Professionals across industries and age groups. They are the co-authors of ‘I Wish I'd Known This: 6 Career-Accelerating Secrets for Women Leaders'. Brenda and Kathryn offer their thoughts on navigating self-doubt in the world of Business Leadership. They share common reasons women feel “held back” from maximizing their potential. They also talk about how to prioritize goals, build a powerful support network, and weed out distractions which lead you away from achieving what you truly desire in your career. Driven by the belief that more Female Leaders equals a better world, Brenda and Kathryn explain, that many women are held back from unlocking their potential because of their own limiting beliefs. By simply changing the story you tell yourself, you completely transform the way you show up at work and in all your relationships, personal and professional. Brenda and Kathryn also speak on the value of your reputation or personal brand, no matter your role in an organization. As a Leader, how you are seen by your teammates and clients is fundamental to your success. They encourage women to simply ask around to get feedback on their strengths and gaps as others see them, and to be ready and willing to adjust how they work and interact with others, if unsatisfied with the answers they hear. Another key to maximizing your reputation is by combining your personal power, or who you are as a person, with your position power as a professional. Brenda and Kathryn ultimately remind us, that Leadership is a skill, and that deliberate goal-setting and consistent, disciplined practice are essential to growing that skill.  This podcast is sponsored by InnerProfessional online training programs. With courses geared specifically for Legendary Leaders, InnerProfessional provides an extraordinary catalog of leadership and professional development programs unlike any online training you've experienced before.   Key Takeaways:  Success in any endeavour starts with “staking yourself out”: getting clear on what you want to accomplish and the type of person you want to become in the process. It's a mistake to go at it alone. Create a support system for yourself as early as possible so you can go further in your career than you ever could by yourself. Leadership is a skill, which means yours can be developed with the right goal and strategy. Great careers are built on strengths. When you know what you're good at, you possess the keys to your professional success.    Episode Timeline:  [05:02] Introduction to Brenda Wensil & Kathryn Heath.  [13:20] How the world can become a better place with more Women Leaders.  [18:04] Finding your voice and staking yourself out. [24:56] How your career path is strongly connected to your personal path. [33:30] How Brenda and Kathryn have made an impact on Women Leaders. [40:20] What do you want to be known for? [50:39] Learning from reflection and feedback. [58:47] Combining your position power with your personal power. [1:08:57] Creating a vision and strategy for your career path. [1:13:39] Building your reputation by letting the world know your personal brand. [1:20:02] Operating on autopilot. [1:25:10] How to not miss the point of preparation. [1:31:55] What Women Leaders can contribute to the world beyond their organizations.    Standout Quotes:  “We really think the world would be a better place if there were more Women Leaders.”  “Sometimes, women are so busy working that they don't set a direction. They just kind of drift.”  “Leadership is a skill, and you can grow it.”  “How do you leverage your platform—your position power—and combine that with who you are as a person—your personal power—and see yourself as an important colleague to your peer group?”  “Women are great at strategic planning for their company, but they have to be the CEO of their career.”      Connect:   Find | Brenda Wensil    Business Website: https://www.bravanti.com   On LinkedIn: @BrendaWensil    Bio: Brenda Wensil is Managing Director & Practice Leader of Bravanti's Leadership Acceleration practice. She is an executive leader with a successful background in sales and marketing, advertising, brand management, customer strategy, service experience, and supply chain performance management on both domestic and international levels. She is known for her expertise in building collaborative partnerships and developing teams to improve leader performance and drive results.     She is a board-certified coach working with leaders and managers in large and mid-size companies as well as non-profit organizations.  Brenda has led engagements for the organization focused on women's leadership and advancement, which include long programs, workshops, speaking engagements, and individual and group coaching.  Her approach is practical, goal-focused, and action-oriented. Brenda established the first-ever customer-focused strategy for the federal government as Chief Customer Experience Officer at the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Federal Student Aid, the single largest provider of funding for post-secondary education in the U.S. She held leadership roles for  20 years with Wachovia Corporation (now Wells Fargo) as Head of Customer Strategy, Marketing and Customer Relations, as well as Head of Retail Segments and Director of Enterprise Supplier Performance Management. Brenda was also a consultant to Barclays Bank in London, leading an international team to re-design and execute the company's global technology supplier management functions. Brenda is the co-author of I Wish I'd Known This: 6 Career-Accelerating Secrets for Women Leaders (Berrett-Koehler, 2022), which uncovers six blind spots that derail women's career paths and provides strategies to effectively overcome them for an impactful, sustainable career. She is a Senior Fellow of the American Leadership Forum and has been a keynote speaker on topics ranging from women's leadership to customer-focused strategies in the financial industry. Brenda received the Executive Leadership Award for public service from the U.S. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, and the Service to the Citizens Award for Leadership in higher education.  Brenda earned a Master's degree in organizational development and executive coaching from the McColl School of Business at Queens University, and a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of South Carolina. She is also a graduate of the Executive Leadership Program, Kenan Flagler, at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. She is accredited by the International Coach Federation and is certified in numerous assessments including Hogan, Workplace Big Five, Thomas-Kilman Index, and MBTI.    Find | Kathryn Heath Business website: https://www.bravanti.com  On LinkedIn: @KathrynHeath  Book: https://bravanti.com/insights/books/i-wish-id-known-this/    Bio: Kathryn Heath, Ph.D., is a managing director of the Leadership Acceleration Practice at Bravanti. She was a founding partner of Flynn Heath Leadership, which was acquired by Bravanti (formerly BPI group) in 2020.    Kathryn serves as a coach, a researcher, and a developer of leadership programs. One of the hallmarks of Kathryn's work is addressing organizations' specific business targets through customized programs that move leaders forward faster.     Her various clients include executives and high-potential leaders at Fortune 500 companies including Deloitte, AIG,and Booz Allen Hamilton. Before she co-founded FHL, Kathryn was Senior Vice President and Chief Learning Officer at the nation's fourth-largest bank, First Union (now Wells Fargo), where her inventive and results-focused approach won her numerous awards. During a period of explosive growth, Kathryn led not only the training organization, but she also worked to grow high-potential Leadership talent as the head of Leadership Development.  Kathryn is the co-author of three books: I Wish I'd Known This: 6 Career-Accelerating Secrets for Women Leaders(Berrett-Koehler, 2022),The Influence Effect: A New Path to Power for Women Leaders(Berrett-Koehler, 2017), and Break Your Own Rules: How to Change the Patterns of Thinking That Block Women's Path to Power(Jossey-Bass, 2011), which landed on the best-seller lists of the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the Washington Post.     Kathryn also co-authored two articles for the Harvard Business Review:“ Women, Find Your Voice!” (HBR-June 2014) and “To Build an Inclusive Culture, Start with Inclusive Meetings” (HBR-September 2019).Kathryn received her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, her M.Ed. from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Kathryn is based in Charlotte, NC.    SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST On Apple Podcasts.  About Cathleen Merkel:   As a Thought Leader in the Mindset & (Self-) Leadership space, Cathleen supports high achieving, but worn-out women create a more content & balanced life without sacrificing their hard-earned success.     Following a simple 6 step framework, Cathleen helps you not only reconnect with your inner feminine side; she also supports you to rediscover your REAL YOU!  Cathleen focuses on women who have lost their sense of purpose, who feel they are ‘running in a hamster wheel', trying to please everyone but themselves. She helps you to turn your careers, your social connections and personal life around so that you will start feeling fulfilled and excited again about the days to come.  At the end of the process, Cathleen's clients will feel healthier, happier, energised and clear about their future.   With over 15 years of Leadership experience in Retail, Media & Broadcasting, Engineering and Property Investment, Cathleen has not only experienced the challenges and opportunities of a Female Leader herself; she has also been leading and supporting various Leadership Development Initiatives within large, complex, multinational matrix organisations.  Only by deeply experiencing her very personal life challenges – ‘hitting a wall experiences' –Cathleen was able to redefine her own purpose, deciding to bring ease and content to as many women as possible on the planet!     Find | Cathleen Merkel   At cathleenmerkel.com  On Instagram: @CathleenMerkel  On Facebook: @CathleenMerkelCoaching  On LinkedIn: @CathleenMerkel    Tune in here:   https://apple.co/2CaSQ5K   https://spoti.fi/2XzM4QJ   https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/85d200fb-8e1d-46b3-b550-b00b9666f00f/The-Legendary-Leaders-Podcast   

This week's episode kicks off with a quick discussion around the last of the Round 2 application deadlines for top programs (MIT / Sloan have a deadline this Wednesday). Graham and Alex also touched upon the fact LiveWire is starting to see one or two programs release early interview invites for Round 2, CMU / Tepper seems to be leading the way in this regard. It is also worth noting that Duke / Fuqua has added an extra deadline for this season, while UVA Darden have made their final round 'rolling'; is this a sign of deflated application volumes? Alex also noted that Goldman Sachs has announced a round of lay-offs; they join several leading tech forms that have also announced lay-offs in recent months. Your hosts then discussed the potential implications of a less steady job market in terms of the ROI of the MBA. Graham highlighted the return of the Real Numbers series from Clear Admit, kicking off with looking at tuition costs at the top programs. Graham then reminded listeners about two deferred enrollment events that Clear Admit is hosting on February 1 and February 8. Signups are here: https://bit.ly/defer23 For this week's candidate profile reviews, Alex chose two ApplyWire entries and one DecisionWire entry: First up, Graham introduces a very solid candidate for top programs: he has a 730 GMAT, 3.67 GPA and solid banking and private equity experience. He is looking to transition from PE to Asset Management, and Alex and Graham like the switch, but hope there's enough to differentiate his profile from some other very good, but similar, candidates. This week's second candidate has an ambitious goal of establishing a Search Fund straight after the MBA. We discussed some of the implications of that goal, and while we believe they have great work experience to date, we worry their numbers (320/3.2) in combination may hold them back, for now - even if they have completed MBA Math. This week's final candidate is debating admissions offers from Berkeley / Haas, Duke / Fuqua and UNC / Kenan Flagler (all with scholarships of varying amounts). They are looking to do investment banking, and are an international student. We think it boils down to the geographic preferences and IB placements, and lean towards Fuqua in this case. This episode was recorded in Paris, France and Cornwall, England. It was produced and engineered by the amazingly talented Dennis Crowley in West Philadelphia. Please remember to rate and review this show wherever you listen. Best of luck to everyone applying!

Discover all you need to know about UNC Kenan-Flagler's MBA program [Show Summary] UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School is a leading MBA program located in North Carolina, an emerging business hotspot. Danielle Richie, UNC's MBA Admissions Director, describes the qualities that make up the dynamic student body and shares her tips on how to get in. Interview with Danielle Richie, Dir. of Full-Time MBA Admissions and Student Recruitment at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School [Show Notes] Welcome to the 496th episode of Admissions Straight Talk. Thanks for joining me. Before we get to our wonderful guest, you're invited to take the free six-question quiz at accepted.com/mapmba to see how prepared you are to actually apply. You'll also gain access to relevant other resources, both free and paid, that can help you develop an application strategy for acceptance.  It gives me great pleasure to have for the first time on Admissions Straight Talk Danielle Richie, Director of Full-Time MBA Admissions and Student Recruitment at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. Danielle earned her Bachelor's in Public Relations at Oswego and her Master's in Communications at Syracuse University. She has worked in higher ed admissions and administration at Utica College, Syracuse University, Bentley University, and of course, UNC Kenan-Flagler, where she moved to in 2018 as Senior Associate Director for MBA Admissions and Recruiting. In November 2021, almost exactly a year ago, she became Director of Full-Time MBA Admissions and Recruiting.  Can you give an overview of UNC Kenan-Flagler's full-time MBA program, focusing on its more distinctive elements? [2:27] UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. We are a two-year MBA program at 62 credits. There are 15 core classes where candidates get the breadth of business. We have 12 concentrations that students can select from to gain more in-depth knowledge. These vary from business analytics to consulting, marketing, healthcare, real estate, and so on and so forth. You really get to create your own journey, if you will, with an MBA from Kenan-Flagler. We are STEM-designated, and it does not matter which concentration you pursue. You actually don't even have to, and about 20% of our students will just do a general MBA and they'll pick and choose from over 125 different electives to make up their program. We do require an internship between year one and year two. A lot of our students will do a "traditional internship" where they will apply and go on to work six to eight weeks in the summer with a company. What's new at Kenan-Flagler? [3:41] There are a lot of exciting things going on at Kenan-Flagler. We had our groundbreaking ceremony in September for a new building that will open up in 2024. We're very excited about that. We're not looking to expand the MBA program, but the building that we're in currently was opened in 1997. We do want to grow our undergrad business program by doubling it, so we are building that facility. Jamie Dimon from JP Morgan Chase came and was one of our guest speakers.  We also just launched our Charlotte MBA Executive Program, located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It's about two hours from Chapel Hill and is an executive format that working professionals can use to earn their MBA. That's in-person and is targeted to applicants from North Carolina as well as South Carolina because Charlotte is close to the South Carolina border. As Charlotte continues to grow, especially in the financial space, we saw that it was a great opportunity to offer the Charlotte MBA, as well as some executive development opportunities off campus. Can you highlight the modular system? [5:31] We call them mods and prospective students always ask, "What's a mod?" A mod is essentially seven to eight weeks of classes that you take. You're in Mod 1 when you start class. By October break, you'll be taking your final exams,

Liv and Guillermo speak with Assistant University Editor Preston Fore about internal conflict and tension at UNC's Kenan-Flagler business school, and Evin Sahin and Sarah Choi report on the Carolina Student Transfer Excellence Program (C-STEP) and the evolution of COVID safety in Chapel Hill and Carrboro schools.

Liv and Guillermo speak with Assistant University Editor Preston Fore about internal conflict and tension at UNC's Kenan-Flagler business school, and Evin Sahin and Sarah Choi report on the Carolina Student Transfer Excellence Program (C-STEP) and the evolution of COVID safety in Chapel Hill and Carrboro schools.

This week, Graham and Alex tackle a variety of topics, from their meetup in London for a 'top-secret' project, to all the latest in MBA admissions news. Graham called attention to Clear Admit's incentive program for top contributors on the platform and a survey we now have in the field and would really love you to complete; you can access it here: https://bit.ly/casurvey2022 (Amazon gift cards are available for some survey respondents). Graham also highlighted Real Humans Alumni pieces, including a Stanford graduate who works for Apple, a Northwestern / Kellogg graduate at Apollo Investment Corp. and a UPenn / Wharton graduate now at Bank of America.   For the WireTaps portion of the show, we tackled two ApplyWire entries and a DecisionWire entry. First up, Alex selects a non-traditional candidate who appears to have done some very interesting things, and should be targeting top programs. Their challenge will be to show fit, as well as explain some of their experiences and goals.  The second candidate on this episode is at the opposite end of the spectrum; they are from the “ORM” pool, an over-represented candidate. That said, they are equally impressive and will simply need to target the first rounds to maximize their opportunities. Finally, from DecisionWire, this week's final candidate is deciding between Darden (no money), Kenan Flagler, McCombs and Simon (all with financial awards). They are looking at consulting and tech. Their decision appears to boil down to their appetite for taking on debt, as well as their geographic preference, post MBA. This episode was recorded in Paris, France and Cornwall, England. It was produced by Dennis Crowley in his West Philadelphia studios. Thanks for listening, and please remember to rate and review wherever you listen!

The class of 2021 is about to embark on the next chapter of their lives. In this final episode of season 1, hosts Rhian Carreker-Ford and Meredith Tozzer interview fellow members of the class of 2021 to hear their greatest accomplishments, favorite moments and other reflections on their time at Kenan-Flagler. Stay tuned for season 2 launching this Fall!

After spending an award-winning career in sales, marketing and operations for one of the largest education providers, Marcia Dawood now works on making people’s dream come true.Marcia is an investor in over 200 early stage private companies. In addition to her own investing, she is a Venture Partner with Mindshift Capital and a part of the investment committee for Next Wave Impact Fund. She also serves as a board member and advisor to Zive and Misfits Bakehouse. SheEO is an organization Marcia actively supports.Previously, she was the COO of Portfolia (one of her portfolio companies) as well as a managing partner at BlueTree Capital Group where she was responsible for investment strategy, diligence research and member education. She was also a member of Golden Seeds in NYC and Dallas.She currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Board of the Angel Capital Association (ACA) with a co-chair position on the membership and marketing committee. She will become Chair of the Board in July 2021. Marcia also is a founding member and current chair of the Growing Women’s Capital group building syndication and collaboration among US investment groups focused on women-led companies.She received an MBA from the Global Executive program at UNC’s Kenan Flagler’s School of Business, OneMBA.During her graduate studies, her group acquired the franchise rights to a new sports team. She served on the Board of Directors and managed financial and legal matters for the organization. This gave her experience as an entrepreneur from the start through the exit of a business.Prior to becoming an active investor she was with Kaplan Higher Education for over 16 years.Connect with Marciahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/marciadawood/https://angels-live.simplecast.com/https://www.angelcapitalassociation.org/https://goldenseeds.com/https://www.portfolia.co/Connect with Russ https://russjohns.com/https://thepiratesyndicate.com/https://nextstepnext.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/nextstepnext/Please subscribe to the #PirateBroadcast™ YouTube channel!!!Live Stream Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPTvV2_JLjE

Applying the lessons of MBA school to the reality of COVID-19 [Show summary] Al Dea, a tech product manager who earned his MBA from UNC, dives deep into what life is like after business school, including how the pandemic has impacted the post-MBA experience. What steps can businesses take to help employees thrive during COVID? How can MBA programs help students thrive during this time? [Show notes] Our guest today is a tech product manager, member of the UNC MBA class of 2015, host of the MBASchooled podcast, and author of the book MBA Insider: How to Make the Most of Your MBA Experience. Al Dea earned his bachelor's in marketing and theology from Boston College in 2010. He then became a Deloitte analyst and consultant until starting his MBA at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. He earned his MBA from Kenan-Flagler in 2015 and returned to Deloitte for a couple of years, then started in product management for a leading high tech firm in 2017, and today is a senior manager in product marketing at that company. On the side, he launched his website, MBASchooled, in 2015. A year ago, he published his first book, MBA Insider: How to Make The Most of Your MBA Experience, and started the MBASchooled podcast. It's been about a year since he was last on Admissions Straight Talk, and we discussed in that interview his application experience and MBA experience at UNC. We’re not going to cover those topics again, but if you would like to hear Al's perspective on the topics I typically discuss, check out the original interview, MBA Insider Shares His Secrets in New Book. How did you adjust to remote work both personally and as a manager working in tech? [2:46] I’m someone who works as a knowledge worker and for a tech company. Relatively speaking, we've all experienced challenges, but my experience making the transition was rather seamless. Many of the people on my team have worked remotely for varying degrees of time, and in some cases, many are only remote based off of where they are, geographically speaking. It wasn't so much that we hadn't done this before; we just all hadn't done it permanently before. It was really about refining and getting used to this being an everyday thing. That said, even though we did have incredible resources to make the transition, even though we had some kind of norms for knowing how to collaborate over Google Hangouts and Google Meet and the like, it definitely was still challenging. Anytime you get a shock to the system, or you have to make an adjustment, it takes the body a little bit of time to adapt and evolve. For me, a couple of things stood out. Number one, the fundamentals in the ways of working. Fundamentals: these are the things that are critical to helping you be at your best and do your job effectively. If you think about a professional athlete, if I think about someone like LeBron James, LeBron James is amazing on the court because of all the things he does off the court in order for him to be at his best. That was something that I took to heart as I made the transition to working more remote and thought about for the folks on my team. What are those fundamentals that, in this new environment, we need to make sure we focus on so that we can do the best we possibly can each and every day? It was going to be different because the environment was different. The second thing was thinking about the ways of working. These are the kinds of the things that you sometimes take for granted when you're working in an office every day, the ability to pop over to someone's desk and say, "Hey, what about that thing in that meeting that we talked about? Can you follow up real quick?" Or being able to go to the coffee bar to catch up with someone and have that chat about what's going on. We paid attention to those as well and thought about how we reenacted those. All of us as humans are social beings, and those are really critical and important.

Originally from Trinidad and Tobago (by way of Washington, DC), Je'nique Harewood came to Kenan-Flagler to pivot from wealth management into product marketing. In this episode, Je'nique shares how her desire to have formalized space for Black students led her to start a Black Business Student Association on campus.

How are colleges and universities responding to the pandemic? Is 2020 truly proving to be an era of transformation? Paul Friga, University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler strategy professor and the co-founder and chief strategy officer of ABC Insights, joins Liz Clark to explore how institutions are taking action and why creativity and collaboration are necessary to tackle the many challenges the higher education sector is facing.

Meet the Hosts! Javier Guillermo and Bola Mustapha share how their personal journeys led them to start the Executive MBA program of UNC's Kenan-Flagler Business School. In this episode, our hosts share which factors influenced their decision to choose the Kenan-Flagler program over their top target business schools. Bola and Javier also talk about what to expect in this first season and which topics they plan to cover - from challenges students face involving time management, leveraging their MBA to make career changes, to exploring the EMBA programs from the perspective of high potential classmates and international students-. They also explain how the Kenan-Flagler Core Values (excellence, leadership, integrity, inclusion, community, and teamwork) will affect their decision making after the program. They also talk about the different MBA formats offered at KFBS and what each program offers to diverse, prospective students. We'd love to hear from you! Follow us – links below- and let us know what you think of the show. Facebook: The Tar Heel Hustle Instagram: @The_Tar_Heel_Hustle Twitter: @TarHeelHustle Credits: Hosts: Bola Mustapha and Javier Guillermo Molina Producers: Bola, Javier and Mafe Osilia Social Media Manager: Esmeralda Baltazar Editor: Jack McCarthy The Tar Heel Hustle is brought to you by Kenan-Flagler Business School Executive MBA students. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thetarheelhustle/message

This is a fourth podcast in a five-part series focused on equitable food-oriented development. This is a growing movement to promote food projects and enterprises as vehicles for building community wealth, health, and self-determination. With us today are two leaders in this movement, and it is my pleasure to welcome urban planner Rudy Espinoza, the executive director of Inclusive Action for the City in Los Angeles, and community activist and organizer Camryn Smith, the founding member of Communities in Partnership, a grassroots organization in Old East Durham, North Carolina. Interview Summary So the EFOD movement as it's called is a systemic approach to wealth building through community projects, and both of you, I know can help explain how capital access and redistribution in low-income communities can build strong, vital and sustainable neighborhoods. So let me ask you both, why does EFOD place such importance on community-led funding, and why is this necessary? And Rudy, why don't we begin with you? It's a good question. I think that the organizations that have been involved in the development of this field of practice, equitable food-oriented development, came together because they realized that the work that they were doing on the ground in their communities across the country was unique because they weren't simply underwriting loans for new restaurants or food projects. They weren't simply delivering food to people that were hungry. They were approaching their work in a different way. That way was really manifested in their pursuit of building power in changing the systems that kept capital away from their communities. The beginning of EFOD was really these people, these organizations, these leaders coming together to say – hey, you know the way that we're approaching this work is a little bit different. We are recognizing inequality and inequities in our system. We're recognizing that the systems that govern our society need to be transformed. And we want to not only talk about these things, Kelly, we want to practice them. And we want to really demonstrate that in order for us to really build power, and to build wealth in our communities, we need a different structure to build our businesses and to build our communities. Rudy, you used the word power several times. Can you explain more about how that term is important in this context? In the communities that we work with, certainly here in Los Angeles, we see black and brown people have about 1% of the wealth that their white counterparts have. And to us, that is a result of intentional design in our systems that has kept capital away from people. When you keep capital away from people, you also keep power away from them. So when I think about power, I also think about resources and making sure people have the resources so they can really exhibit the power that they have. Camryn, it's nice to talk to you again, and I want you to know how much I admire the work that you're doing in Durham. It's nice to be neighbors. much of your work focuses on addressing policy and systemic inequality for communities of color and materially poor people here in Durham. How does EFOD create community wealth, and can you give us some examples of your work in this area? Thank you, Kelly. I'm glad to be neighbors as well. Our work is primarily rooted in helping build capacity and also using the tools and the resources that we have to figure out what our community needs. This is being led by people who have been directly impacted by institutional systemic racism. And as Rudy said, a lot of these systems, especially in urban communities in city-centered neighborhoods, there has been intentional divestment that was predicated on the racial makeup of communities. And the divestment that followed brought about unfortunate circumstances for a lot of folks that were directly impacted for multiple generations. So we believe that community wealth can be recreated again, especially for black and brown communities. We do have histories of when we were not only surviving, but also thriving and our outcomes were far better than they are currently now, even with all the education and some of the technology we have been afforded, We still have worse outcomes in Durham than we did during Jim Crow, and even further back in our history. We believe that the people most directly impacted have their own humanity and their ability to be brilliant, and to be resilient. But we also understand that we need to be given the access to capital, the access to technical resources, and to administrative supports that oftentimes middle class and upper middle class communities and organizations take for granted. It puts a constraint on our community to be able to rebuild and move forward. We believe that those are the strongest ways for us to rebuild ourselves. We take a multi-pronged approach. We have a food co-op that was created by people that have been directly impacted in terms of their food insecurity. This was a group of people in our community who work minimum wage jobs and oftentimes two and three minimum wage jobs to make ends meet. And who were suffering from consistent food insecurity, had very highly negative health outcomes. As a result of that, we came together, decided that we wanted to create a food co-op with a sole purpose of building capacity, building leadership within the people that are actually running the food co-op. Now we've had to kick it into what we call is ‘charity mode' so to speak, because people have had the rug pulled out from under them again in terms of economic stability, which is actually dwindling in Durham. We have had to supply food for people who have been directly impacted. At the same time, we as a team came together and said we are highly vulnerable because we do not own our own food system. We don't own our own land. We don't grow our own food. We don't transport that food back and forth, and how can we, as black and brown people who live in a city-center urban context, connect with food systems because who owns the food systems is able to dictate health outcomes in their own community. We've kicked it into gear and are formulating a strategy to partner with black and brown farmers, which we have been doing. We have increased purchasing from them for our co-op over 70% since the COVID-19 pandemic. And so we're trying to build a system where we get to know the people that are in the rural context—that we belong to them, and they belong to us. How can we create a system where we're actually funneling resources, we're purchasing our fresh and local food from them? Young people are wanting to know how food is grown, so now we're interfacing our young people with the farmers so they can actually learn how to connect with the land. So oftentimes people in the city, the connection to land, what we know is oppression. We've been able to decolonize that narrative for ourselves and for our people and actually reintroduce to a whole other generation what it means to be connected to the land. What it means to own your own land and grow your own food and create a system that you can take care of your people and yourselves. Thanks, Camryn. Well, what great examples of what can be accomplished with ingenuity and passion and caring. Rudy, you've done some very inspiring work as well in Los Angeles, and I know that in your work, you've developed a revolving loan fund that supports small and otherwise unbankable food businesses that are owned by people of color. How is EFOD creating community welfare? You know, Kelly, I don't think that EFOD in and of itself creates community wealth. I think that the idea of this field of practices is developing systems that facilitate people building their own wealth. That's really the energy that we put into the design of some of the initiatives that we worked on in the last few years. It is about us facilitating the leadership and the ideas that already exist in our communities. I work at an organization called Inclusive Action here in Los Angeles, and we do policy advocacy because we believe that the systems that we currently have are not serving us. And so we need to advocate to change those. We also do a second thing, which is administer economic development programs because we believe that cash is everything around us, and we really need to think about how money moves in neighborhoods and how it helps or harms people. One of the projects that I have been really privileged to have worked on over the last 10 years has been the effort to legalize street vending in Los Angeles. Over 10 years ago, we began doing some research, talking to entrepreneurs that were building businesses on the sidewalk, and one of the key things that they said was, hey, you know, we're doing this because our day jobs are not enough to take care of our families, but what's happening is we're criminalized. We're getting citations, we're getting our equipment confiscated, and we're getting misdemeanor penalties. What we recognize was that L.A. was one of the only major cities in the country that didn't have a permit system for sidewalk vending. So we worked for years to legalize street vending. We were successful with our coalition in doing that in 2018, and we're still very much involved in the implementation of that policy, but it out of that policy came the economic development intervention. We were hearing from vendors themselves saying, ‘hey, we're working really hard to legalize street vending, but Rudy, this is not enough.' We have to think about capital because if we legalize street vending, who's going give us a loan to buy the cart that we need, who is going look at us and think that we are worthy of taking on some debt and that we could pay it back. We saw that they were right and we began to work with them to develop a microloan fund that was specifically designed to underwrite loans, to entrepreneurs like street vendors, folks that perhaps were undocumented or, you know, have never formalized their businesses and got their licenses or done their taxes. And we realize that despite the absence of those traditional measures, that they can take on debt and they can build businesses, and so we built this loan fund. We've deployed a little over half a million dollars in micro loans, the average micro loan is about $8,000. In addition to the capital, we also provide business coaching to each entrepreneur, and it is customized, and it is one on one tailored business coaching because we realize they need support, and it's a little bit different than everybody else. To us, this is equity in practice, and I think that that is why we were excited to be part of developing EFOD because we saw that it is not simply about churning out new loans, it is about meeting entrepreneurs where they are. It is not about them meeting us where we are, it is the other way around, and that's what EFOD talks about. EFOD is really about community-centered approaches to capital into economic development. You're also working with other community organizations to create a commercial real estate trust. How was EFOD creating community wealth there? We were hearing from small businesses, especially in neighborhoods that are changing in L.A. Many big cities in the country are facing gentrification issues and displacement issues, and we recognize that a lot of our mom-and-pop small businesses didn't have leases. They were in these spaces for many years and they were on month-to-month leases and their neighborhoods were changing, and without rent control and tenant protections for small businesses, they can be displaced immediately. As soon as somebody else comes and says, hey, I'll pay double the rent that you're paying, the landlord will likely take that deal. Camryn talked about this earlier, when she mentioned that we do not own our food system, which I thought was really moving and powerful. We also don't own the land and we don't own the buildings that we operate, and so the idea was how can we begin to acquire commercial real estate in neighborhoods that are changing? How do we take these buildings off the speculative market and put them in a place where they are protected, and they're driven by community members, and the businesses themselves have an opportunity to be part of the ownership group? In that spirit, Inclusive Action partnered with two other organizations in Los Angeles to establish this initiative called CORE, which stands for community-owned real estate. Last year we acquired five buildings on the east side of L.A., and the goal here is to take these buildings off the speculative market, cap the rents of the tenants there, sign them up for long-term leases, and to develop a system over time where they can join us in the ownership group. Camryn, Rudy's done a very nice job of talking about some of the barriers for people getting capital to do their work. Is there anything that you would like to add to that from your perspective in Durham? Yes. Because of COVID, we have fundraised for our Thriving Community Fund, which is geared at entrepreneurs of color. Specifically those who have had a difficult time accessing capital for multiple reasons. Part of the reason or the impetus for this is because we have seen over and over again the cycling of certain people who have access to capital. It disproportionately is going towards white-founding business owners. But every once in a while someone who receives it is a people of color—one of my co-founders calls it the pipeline baby syndrome. She says that she's a part of that phenomenon of people who their parents have been able to give them access to the right educational systems, such as graduating from Duke or Kenan-Flagler at UNC. A person who now has access to some of those social networks, although not on the same level as their white counterparts. But oftentimes they're held up as a model of what it is to be successful. In the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Durham, those are the types of people of color who receive access to the funding, to the technical support, to space. These people become well-connected, they're introduced into certain social networks and business networks that can actually propel your business and make it more sustainable. And what we're saying is we want to bust the pipeline. We don't think it should be predicated upon class, and who you have access to, and what school you were able to go to, or what school you were not able to go to. We believe it needs to be predicated on one's ability to manage a business. It be able to understand the systems as they are in place, and to be able to support and love and use their business as a part of a nurturing system in their own community. For the benefit of everyone, not just for the wealth-building strategy of one individual only. And so we like to think of it, while people are building individual wealth, because it's a both/and from our perspective, we also like to look at it as building collective wealth as well. CIP, along with four other organizations and faculty members at NCCU have been working to formulate this strategy and we'll keep you posted as we progress moving forward. What you're both saying is so powerful and what I'm hearing is power in ideas and principles. And I'm hoping each of you might give a few more examples of the type of businesses that people are opening in communities and Camryn, you mentioned that food co-op previously, but what are some of the other things that people are doing related to food and economic development? Durham is been dubbed the foodiest city in the South for quite some time, which has brought a lot of well-deserved attention, I think. But it has also created a lot of the disparity. A lot of African American businesses that traditionally we had, 40 and 50 years ago that were a staple in our community, over this past 20 to 30 years have disappeared since. So I think there's a re-emerging of black entrepreneurship where people are trying to start the same mom-and-pop-type corner store businesses. They're trying to start catering companies. We have more and more African American folks who have been trained in culinary arts, and so they're coming out with their own types of fusions, folks also that are creating their own products to have value-added products on store shelves. We've seen people come up with their own farmers' market systems, CSA boxes, trying to actually connect farmers out in the rural counties. Specifically targeting buyers of color to try to heighten their awareness on the responsibility that we have to buy black and brown. And now we have cooperative collaborations that've come about with groups of black and brown women entrepreneurs who are coming together to try to not only build their own individual businesses up, but bringing in farmers, people that know how to do the value-added food systems, people who want to produce and sell baked goods, and things of that nature. They're trying to build a collaborative. There's a lot of brilliance bubbling up in the midst of all this uncertainty, so it's really great to see Thank you, and Rudy, can you give us some more examples of things in Los Angeles? Yeah, the stories and the examples that Camryn just shared with us—she used the word brilliance, and I think that that's really what our systems should be designed to do. To highlight the brilliance that already exists. There isn't anything special that we're doing necessarily. We're not building the businesses ourselves. We're just facilitating brilliance that already exists. Our loan fund and the work that we've been doing, we work with a variety of different businesses. I'll share one story that comes to mind because EFOD focuses on food. A couple years ago, there was a client that came to us, and he was a street vendor. He was selling tacos at farmers' markets, and he was doing that for many, many years. He came to us because he was seeking a loan to move into a brick-and-mortar restaurant. He had identified an opportunity to do that, but he needed the capital and he was struggling to find the capital in traditional places. The story behind this is a couple actually, it's Ivan and Rafaela, and they've been married for a long time. We learned that they had a restaurant many years ago, and they basically diluted all their assets because one of their kids wanted to go to college. Because of immigration status at that time, they were going have to pay a ton of money, thousands of dollars to help their daughter who was accepted into a university to go to school. So they made the decision to essentially put everything behind their daughter to help her get to school. They did, she was able to graduate, and then she came back and they were basically trying to rebuild. They're like, okay, how do we get this done again? They were working out of the farmers' market. They were able to get a loan through us. We helped them get into this brick-and-mortar restaurant, and recently, Ivan came to make his monthly payment. He said, hey, I think there's an opportunity to buy the building that we operate in, and to me, I was just so inspired by this guy. This man works really hard. His wife is such a fierce leader in the family and they are totally building this. And it's like so inspiring to myself and to my team because we're simply just observing and facilitating resources for them, and they're doing everything. And I wonder how many more Ivan and Rafaelas exists in our neighborhoods that don't have the opportunity. Don't have the connections, and they have the same brilliance, to borrow Camryn's word. That's just one example that I'll share with you. Bios Rudy Espinoza is the Executive Director of Inclusive Action for the City and an urban planner with a passion for neighborhoods, entrepreneurism, and financial empowerment. He specializes in designing and managing place-based initiatives, identifying profitable investment opportunities in low-income communities, building private/nonprofit partnerships, and training the working poor to participate in the socio-economic revitalization of their neighborhoods. Rudy holds a Masters Degree in Urban Planning from UCLA and a B.S. in Business Administration. Camryn Smith is a proud resident of Old East Durham and a community activist & organizer. She has been serving in place-based development work for over 18 years both stateside and abroad. Camryn is a founding member of Communities In Partnership, a grassroots community organizing and education group based in Old East Durham. As Executive Director, she oversees and assists in developing community-based education processes, community development, and implementation and organizing for addressing policy and systemic inequity for communities of color and materially poor peoples within Durham. Camryn's focus centers around social determinants of health and the intersection of economic development, gentrification, displacement and housing, and food access/justice.

The University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler private equity fund was the first student-run real estate fund whose mission was to invest outside capital in an educational setting to deliver real returns for investors. In a special episode, we welcome Dr. David Hartzell, Director of the Leonard Wood Center for Real Estate Studies at UNC, and Caroline O’Neill, full-time MBA student and manager of UNC’s fund. We discuss their CRE investment strategies, deal sourcing for the fund, shifting demographics and consumer tastes, pockets of opportunity, and how the pandemic has impacted the market. Listen here. Episode Notes: Online learning and the post-pandemic job market (2:13) UNC’s student run private equity real estate fund (7:09) Fund performance and deal sourcing (9:51) Shifting consumer tastes and demographics (21:32) Pockets of opportunity (27:31) Comparing the pandemic to the Great Financial Crisis (34:21)

Meet the Masters – Ted Zoller on his role as a Professor of Entrepreneurialism. We discuss growing up in an entrepreneurial town, teaching entrepreneurial studies and the ascension of Millennials Hey everybody. This is Trevor Chambers. I'm the host of Meet the Masters with Olde Raleigh Financial Group here in Raleigh, North Carolina. Today is the 1st of May 2020, and I'm really excited to be present… I have the distinct honor of capturing a talk with the one and only Ted Zoller who… Ted's an awesome guy. He's a pretty [inaudible 00:04:55] guy actually in my thoughts and in my personal history, and I'll let him talk about what he does, but he's the T.W. Lewis Clinical Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Director of the Entrepreneurship Center at UNC where he researches, focused on the role of structure of entrepreneurial networks and the interrelationships with investor syndicates. Let me be more clear. You are at Kenan-Flagler, which is part of UNC Chapel Hill. I botched that whole thing, Ted. But if you could just pick up my slack, that'd be totally helpful. All right? Ted Zoller: Absolutely. Trevor Chambers: So it's good to have you. I'm going to start. Can you just give me a nice synopsis of the history of one Ted Zoller? Where'd you come from, how'd you get here, what's going on? Ted Zoller: Geez. You know, it's funny, we share a similar background. I came from upstate New York of all things. A little town called Seneca Falls, which is one of the most incredible places, because it was the place where Frank Capra actually based It's a Wonderful Life on, so it's kind of an idyllic little town. It was a town built by entrepreneurs. I've got a map, literally, in my garage, in my shop, of Seneca Falls and the industrial history of Seneca Falls, and all these great entrepreneurs who started companies there to manufacturer things like fire trucks and pumps and it ended up being kind of a major manufacturing town and all these beautiful homes that are there because all these people were first generation entrepreneurs. So it was just a great place to come from. I think that's probably why I got interested in entrepreneurship, because- Read Full Interview Transcript at: https://olderaleighfinancial.com/meet-the-masters-ted-zoller-discusses-his-role-as-a-professor-of-entrepreneurialism/ Olde Raleigh Financial Group 3110 Edwards Mill Road, Suite 340 Raleigh, NC 27612 Phone: 919.861.8212 This material is provided as a courtesy and for educational purposes only from Olde Raleigh Financial Group, A member of Advisory Services Network and should not be construed as investment advice. All information contained in this video is derived from sources deemed to be reliable but cannot be guaranteed. All economic and performance data is historical and not indicative of future results. All views/opinions expressed in this video are solely those of the presenter and do not reflect the views/opinions held by Advisory Services Network, LLC. Please consult your investment professional, legal or tax advisor for specific information pertaining to your situation.

Author Al Dea shares insights on how to make the MBA experience count [Show summary] Al Dea is a 2015 graduate of UNC Kenan-Flagler’s MBA Class of 2015 and author of the new book, MBA Insider: How to Make the Most of Your MBA Experience. Listen to the interview! Al Dea discusses his path to the MBA, and shares wisdom for ensuring a meaningful MBA experience [Show notes] Our guest today, Al Dea, earned his bachelors in Marketing and Theology from Boston College in 2010 and then became a Deloitte Analyst and Consultant until starting his MBA at UNC’s Kenan Flagler Business School. He earned his MBA from Kenan Flagler in 2015 and returned to Deloitte for a couple of years. He then worked in product management starting in 2017 and today is a Senior Manager in Product Marketing at a leading high tech company. On the side he started MBASchooled in 2015 and more recently Careerschooled.com. And, he just published his first book, MBA Insider: How to Make the Most of Your MBA Experience. Can you tell us about your background?  Where you grew up? What do you like to do for fun? [2:23] I grew up in upstate New York and went to Boston College where I was a marketing and theology major. I got my MBA and then moved to San Francisco partly because I didn’t want to do winter anymore. I have an older sister in LA but family still in upstate New York, so I travel often to see family and friends. I am a runner which is challenging in San Francisco. I wouldn’t consider myself a writer but always had a journal growing up. I am also a sports fanatic, and follow basketball, football, baseball, you name it. How did you get interested in marketing and product development? [4:35] I knew I wanted to spend some time doing consulting in my career – it wasn’t a matter of if, but when. I also knew there were other things I wanted to try. In business school you do an exercise where you write down all the things you think you are good at, along with examples, and get some feedback on it. From that you get a better sense of things you like doing and actually are good at, where do they fit, and in what types of companies and industries. What I really like is being an evangelist or ambassador for things. I also enjoy the idea of understanding who you are serving, in this case the customer, and to be able to come up with a solution, so product marketing is a really good fit for me. I still use the core skills I learned as a consultant, but I continue learning every day. What did you find most difficult in the MBA application process? Does anything stand out? [7:45] From a tactical level I got waitlisted at every school I applied to, and ironically enough five years ago, when I did the blog post for Accepted, that was one of the things that I wrote about – the experience of getting waitlisted. So that was a challenge. Strategically in the application process, this is such a big decision and takes a lot of effort. There is a tendency to treat every single outcome as binary – you get accepted or rejected, and it puts a lot of pressure on people. You apply, submit some things, and the admissions committee decides if you are in or not. I put a lot of undo pressure on myself. I have to get in or else my life isn’t going to work out. I was 24-25 and to feel like so much was riding on the rest of my career, I put so much pressure to “make it right.” Things have a way of working out, maybe not in the moment but in the grand scheme of things. Talking to prospective students now, I say, "You are not going to appreciate it, but it’s going to be okay. As things happen, we’ll work on them together." hbspt.cta.load(58291, '088cf431-34b3-4030-9c1e-432eee48f613', {});   What was most valuable in your UNC MBA experience? [15:37] For me it was a supportive and collaborative community. Lots of great resources, smart people, you'll find at any top program, but having supportive collaborative people was incredibly valuable.

On Episode #31, Admissions Consultant & Founder of MBA 360 and Enrollment Strategies Barbara Coward stops by. In her businesses she helps her clients gain admission into their dream Masters and/or MBA programs. In case you were wondering why I reached out to Barbara, take a look at some the things that caught my attention: "[...] providing essay & resume review, interview preparation, letter of recommendation strategies, and advisory services for applicants to full-time MBA, part-time MBA, executive MBA, and specialized master's programs. Clients include applicants to LBS, INSEAD, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Stanford, Wharton, Columbia Business School, Duke Fuqua, Berkeley Haas, MIT Sloan, Georgetown McDonough, Tuck, NYU Stern, Cornell Johnson, Kenan-Flagler, Vanderbilt Owen, Kellogg, Michigan Ross, McCombs, Kelley, Rotman, and UCLA Anderson. Expertise in storytelling includes identifying key experiences and achievements to craft a compelling and distinctive narrative. I was taking notes this entire time so I hope you learn as much as I did! If you are looking to apply for an MBA or a Master's Degree and you'd like a consultation with Barbara to check out here website. https://mba360admissions.com/

Candrice Oliver is the Associate Director of Business Partnerships at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School where she is responsible for building new relationships and expanding existing partnerships with corporations to cultivate Kenan-Flagler’s missions and initiatives and increase overall brand visibility. Although Candrice was born in Baltimore, MD, she calls Winston-Salem, NC home. She received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Winston-Salem State University and an MBA and Certificate of Inclusive Leadership Skills from Wake Forest University School of Business. Prior to accepting this position, she served as the Director of Development and District Director of Silicon Valley at Junior Achievement of Northern California. During her tenure, she led the New Business Task Force and managed regional advisory boards in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Candrice brings a unique wealth of knowledge and understanding of cultivating strategic and sustainable partnerships between the nonprofit sector and industry leaders. She has a proven track record of success in the pharmaceutical, technology and apparel industries, which has proven invaluable in engaging new, corporate partners. Affectionately known as “First Lady” and “The Connector”, Candrice is actively involved in her community and is passionate about traveling, philanthropy, and mentoring women and girls and equipping them with tools and strategies that will empower them for success in their personal and professional lives. She is an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Association of Fundraising Professionals, Winston-Salem State University National Association Life Member and “40 under 40” honoree. Candrice and her husband, Khalif reside in Cary, NC and have a two-year-old son, Jacob (affectionately known as Jace), who keeps them super busy with soccer, swimming and basketball. About Moms Hustle Different Website: www.momshustledifferent.com Instagram: www.instagram.com/momshustledifferent Facebook: fb.me/MomsHustleDifferent

I love cultural history. I love it. I soak up details and facts and information about the history of different cultures anytime I can. I listen to podcasts, I read blogs, watch documentaries, and when I meet someone from a different culture--especially if they are a seasoned person, if you know what I mean--I ask questions. Or if I meet an older person, from my own culture--I ask questions. I think that’s why I loved volunteering in a nursing home when I was in college. I love hearing stories and details about people’s lives, especially when it comes to their culture. Now this is especially true when it comes to food. Every culture, every family, has that recipe, or that dish, or that particular food that has been passed down for generations. You know exactly what I am talking about. There’s been a movement recently, of younger generations wanting to make sure that the trades and tricks and techniques and such from different cultures are being carried on or passed down. There’s even a whole Youtube channel now, of Italian grandmas sharing their signature pasta recipes because their grandchildren don’t want the techniques to get lost.Now today’s guest is not only carrying on the traditions of her family and her culture, but she is doing it in such a way that it is impacting the next generation to come, in a way you’d never imagine. My guest this week is Cecilia Polanco, the founder of local Durham food truck, So Good Pupusas, and its non-profit partner, Pupusas for Education. Now, if you’re not local to the Raleigh/Durham area, you are probably wondering, why would I bring on a local food truck owner onto the show? While Cecilia’s story of how she went from a university scholar to the owner of a food truck with a mission is absolutely incredible. I told her this during our interview, that I want to be her when I grow up--and I’m older than her so--without further ado, onto my chat with Cecilia. What is a Pupusa? They are the staple Salvadorian food--a thick tortilla with stuffing on the inside--often eaten on special occasions. For Cecilia, they represent nostalgia and connection to home. They are a way to keep Salvadorian culture alive through culinary tradition. A Family Affair Cecilia is part of a very special family community in Durham, North Carolina. She credits the success of her business to this network, and is incredibly grateful for the opportunity to spend so much time with her mother through her work--learning and sharing these family recipes. EDUCATION AND INSPIRATION Her senior year of high school, Cecilia applied for college and scholarships. She took part in a program for students of color at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and wound up receiving a full, hugely prestigious scholarship. At school, she started to hear a different narrative surrounding herself--one that was positive and uplifting. This was a stark contrast to the mixed messaging she received throughout her grade school education. She adored her heritage-speaker Spanish classes, and was especially enthralled with seeing a Latina at the head of the classroom. Her Spanish professor became a huge source of inspiration, and she learned to believe in her own wonderful capabilities. BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS IN THE KITCHEN The idea of starting a food truck began as a family joke between sisters. However, when Cecilia began dreaming of creating a scholarship fund (to allow students her age to experience the same opportunities she was afforded during her college career) this joke took on an incredible life of its own. So Good Pupusas was launched as a means to an end, but it became so much more than that. It became a way to connect with her culture, family, and culinary traditions that have been passed down for generations. About Cecilia Polanco, Founder of So Good Pupusas: Born in Los Angeles, California to Salvadoran immigrant parents, raised in Durham, NC along with her three older sisters, Cecilia is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was a Morehead-Cain Scholars and a Global Gap Year Fellow through the Campus Y. She started So Good Pupusas with her family while she was in undergrad in 2015 and the non-profit Pupusas for Education in 2016. She majored in Global Studies with a minor in Geography, received a Business Essentials certificate from Kenan Flagler, and is currently working on a certificate in Non-Profit Management from UNC. She believes business can be a force for good and that pupusas can change the world. CONNECT WITH SABRINA Website: http://www.sogoodpupusas.com/ Instagram: @sogoodpupusas Facebook: So Good Pupusas Twitter: So Good Pupusas LinkedIn: So Good Pupusas | Cecilia Polanco Special thanks to CAUSEBOX for sponsoring this week’s Business with Purpose podcast. Use coupon code MOLLY for $15 off! Join my Purchase with Purpose Facebook group and let’s continue the conversation! https://www.facebook.com/groups/purchasewithpurpose/ Subscribe to the Business with Purpose podcast (and I’d love it if you left a review** on iTunes!) Subscribe on iTunes** Subscribe on Google Play Subscribe on Radio Public Subscribe via Podcast RSS Feed **Want to know how to leave a review of the Business with Purpose Podcast on iTunes from your iPhone or iPad? Launch Apple’s Podcast app. Tap the Search tab. Enter “Business with Purpose“ Tap the blue Search key at the bottom right. Tap the Blue album art for the podcast. Tap the Reviews tab. Tap Write a Review at the bottom. 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Marcia Rick Dawood is a Managing Director in two angel investment groups, BlueTree Allied Angels in Pittsburgh (since January 2012) and Golden Seeds in New York City (since January 2014).  For BlueTree, she is also the Chairman of the Education Committee and serves on the deal flow and screening committees as well as actively leads due diligence projects.  Marcia has experience evaluating and mentoring startup companies and investment opportunities She supports women led, impact as well as tech/life sciences and overall fun companies and is passionate about education as well as investment. Marcia has taken an active role in serving as the syndication lead between BlueTree and Golden Seeds bringing the two groups together to collaborate and optimize deal flow and due diligence information.  Marcia also serves on the Board of the Angel Capital Association (ACA), an organization that represents over 12,000 accredited investor members, 220 angel groups and accredited platforms that have invested in well over 10,000 entrepreneurial companies. She graduated from the Global Executive MBA program at UNC’s Kenan Flagler’s School of Business. In addition to the US, the program studies include business learning in the Netherlands, Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, Hong Kong and India. During her graduate studies, Marcia was part of the 5 person management committee leading OneHEEL Partners, a compounding equity management firm that focuses on helping businesses grow, either by direct investment or through expert consulting services. In 2014, the group acquired the franchise rights to a new sports team, the DC Brawlers, in a new, co-ed sport, GRID. Marcia served on the Board of Directors and managed financial and legal matters for the organization during the inaugural season. This gave her experience as an entrepreneur from the start through the exit of a business. In her 16+ year career prior to becoming an active investor she gained experience and success in operations, sales and marketing with Kaplan Higher Education Campuses (KHEC). http://www.bluetreealliedangels.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/marciadawood

Power in organizations, and especially the abuse of power, can destroy employee engagement, productivity and turn your business culture toxic. It's a serious issue, yet often taboo.  Join host Hanna Hasl-Kelchner as she welcomes leadership expert Professor Mabel Miguel and exposes the underbelly of power in organizations and how it's a good thing when used responsibly. WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER ABOUT POWER IN ORGANIZATIONS: Where power in organizations comes from. How politics intersects with the use of power in organizations. 3 ways to use power in organizations and when it's appropriate to use each of them. How perceptions about power in organizations differ around the world. Why the responsible use of power promotes employee engagement. Why understanding power is essential to building a healthy business culture. And much MORE. GUEST:http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/faculty/meet-our-faculty/mabel-miguel (Dr. Mabel Miguel) is professor of leadership and management at the http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School). She is also the Director of its Global Education Initiative. A citizen of the world, Dr. Miguel is uniquely qualified to lead the Global Education Initiative. Born in Argentina, she has lived in Venezuela, Barbados, France and Turkey and is fluent in several languages, including leadership. Dr. Miguel leads global education programs and initiatives and has developed and taught leadership skills courses for organizations in the United States, South America, Asia, and Europe. She has also taught core leadership and management skills to MBA candidates across all of Kenan-Flagler's various MBA programs. Her corporate clients read like a who's who, and include Altria, Bank of America, Caterpillar, Cisco, ExxonMobil, FedEx, and many more. She has also done consulting work with various U.S. government agencies and departments, including the Department of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. Air Force, Army, and Navy. All together, through her Executive Development work, Dr. Miguel has been actively bridging the gap between leadership theory and practice for more than 20 years. RELATED RESOURCES:http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/faculty/directory/organizational-behavior/mabel-miguel (Contact Dr Miguel) at Kenan-Flagler. 

Ep 183 Jules Hill, the analytics manager of the startup Windsor Circle . Listen as Nathan and Jules talk about the latter’s previous experiences as the COO of Cellbreaker. YOUR $100: Remember to subscribe to the show on itunes then text the word "nathan" to 33444 to confirm that you've done it to enter to win $100 every Monday on the show. Do this now. Stop reading this and do it! Click here to join the top tribe and instantly learn how Nathan made his first $10k at 19 years old: bit.ly/1SynoAg Top Entrepreneurs join Nathan Latka daily inspired by, Art of Charm, Pat Flynn, John Dumas, Entrepreneur on Fire, Chalene Johnson, Lewis Howes, School of Greatness, HBR Podcast, the StartUp podcast, Mixergy, Andrew Warner, AskGaryVee, and the great hosts of BiggerPockets! BioJules Hill was born in England, grew up in Mexico, and went to the U.S. for college. After graduating early from Kenan-Flagler business school he dedicated two years to the venture backed startup CellBreaker as COO. Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:00 – Nathan’s introduction to today’s show 01:34 – Jules joins the show. 01:51 – CellBreaker had raised about 50K when Jules joined it full time. 02:38 – When he started, he got equity and pay, but it wasn’t much. 03:47 – He was paid 20K a year at the startup when he first started and he’d just bought a house. 05:02 – One of the milestones CellBreaker reached was getting accepted to the 500 startups programs in California which granted the business 100K. 06:19 – Jules gets paid as a reserve in the marine corp., rents out a room in his house, and does freelance jobs occasionally to make ends meet where he can. 07:00 – Nathan and Jules breaks down the money he’s made through each means. 08:31 – Jules left CellBreaker when the startup didn’t meet the milestones he thought they would. However, it was a valuable learning experience. 09:48 – Jules talks about the legal ramifications that slowed down CellBreaker’s progress. 10:55 – Jules possesses 1% equity in CellBreaker. 11:45 – Currently Jules works at a new startup called Windsor Circle. It helps retailers increase their customer lifetime value and customer retention. 12:23 – Jules is the analytics manager at the new startup. 13:25 – Jules is making significantly more than 20K 15:26 – Famous Five Famous 5 Favorite Book?- The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Tufte What CEO do you follow?— Elon Musk What is your favorite online tool?— Google’s Ngram viewer Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No If you could let your 20 year old self know one thing, what would it be?— You’re always going to be able to make it work. Don’t be afraid to take risks. Ask yourself ‘what’s the worst that could happen?’ 3 Key Points: Being involved in extraneous legal matters will really bog down a business. It can be a dilemma deciding between going to work for a well-established business or a startup straight out of school. Making ends meet can be an eclectic task because there are a variety of ways to make money here and there. Resources Mentioned: Edgar – Nathan uses Edgar instead of other scheduling tools for Twitter because Edgar cycles through content over and over (buffer/others you have to re-input content over and over – time consuming). In the last several months, Edgar has driven Nathan over 3728 clicks that he didn’t have to work or pay for. LinkedIn – Jules’s LinkedIn Windsor Circle – Jules’s current business CellBreaker – Jules’s previous business The Visual Display of Quantitative Information – Jules’s favorite business book Elon Musk – CEO Jules follows Google’s Ngram viewer – Jules’s favorite online tool   Credits Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives     Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop The Top is FOR YOU if you are: A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4) STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7) An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1) The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14). Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.   Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

An interview with Ted Zoller. Kenan Flagler professor and associate at the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Senior Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation, and other leadership credits lend themselves to establish Ted as a leading thinker and mover in entrepreneurship and networks.

  We hope you enjoyed our recent Q&A with Sherry Wallace of UNC Kenan-Flagler. During the session we discussed a number of important topics related to UNC admissions, student life, scholarships, and more. If you missed this informative event, or if you'd like to review, you can read the whole UNC Kenan-Flagler Q&A transcript, listen to the full audio clip online, or subscribe to our podcast in iTunes and catch as many of the MBA Admissions Q&As as you want. Here is a section from the UNC Q&A on the role interviews play in the admissions process: Linda Abraham: Fred asks “I'm interviewing on campus next week -- How much will my interviewer know about me, my application, resume, et cetera?” And then I would like you, after you answer Fred's specific question, to just address the whole issue of interviews; what can people expect, what's the role of the interview in the admissions process, et cetera? Sherry Wallace: Oh great! I'm going to answer the specific question for a person who is going to interview. Kenan-Flagler tries to do interviews relatively blindly, which means that your interviewer will have your resume and little else. Sometimes, depending on where we are in the admissions cycle, it's possible that your interviewer may have also read your application, but in general they have not and we would prefer that they have not because we want the interview to be just another input. We're going to have input from the people who read your applications, we're going to have input from your recommenders, we're going to have your test scores -- we're going to have all of those things to consider, and we'd like to have, in addition to that, someone who's spent about 30 minutes with the candidate to tell us what he or she was like in that 30-minute window. So, you should assume they'll only have your resume. Linda Abraham: Are the interviewers usually students, alumni, or members of the admissions team? Sherry Wallace: All of our interviewers are members of the admission team. We do not currently have students serving in that role, although we certainly would have many capable students, but we prefer to have our students be your advocates. When you visit Kenan-Flagler or you reach out to a student, we want you to feel very comfortable that this is someone who's going to answer my question, who's going to be all about me, and is not necessarily evaluating me and passing that along to the admissions committee. We do have alumni that we have trained as extended members of the admission committee, and generally the alumni are only doing interviews outside the US where we just would like to be able to offer more face-to-face opportunities than we, as a staff, have the ability to travel. Whether you interview by phone with a member of the committee, by webcam which has become very popular, or face to face with an alumnus or one of us on campus, they all carry the same weight. We have no preference, whatever is most convenient for the applicant to do the interview in the time they need to do it. Usually our interviews last about 30 minutes, maybe as long as 45 minutes, depending on how much question and answer there is. Linda Abraham: Okay, great. And what is the role of the interview in the evaluation process? Sherry Wallace: Despite what most people think, I don't know anyone who interviews their way into a program. Linda Abraham: Usually you interview your way out of a program. Sherry Wallace: Yes. I probably have known a few people who have revealed a little something more in an interview that may not have been for us. And I appreciate the sensitivity because I know I personally feel like if I could just get in front of somebody and talk to them, I can be more compelling. But the truth is, and this is why we are currently interviewing by invitation only -- and that is because there are some candidates that no matter how engaging, no matter how well they articulate themselves,