What I’m Learning from the Stanford MBA
If you asked Stanford MBA student, Abhinav Kejriwal what he learned this past year, I wouldn’t point to a single class. Not because the classes aren’t useful (they are) but because they weren’t the main thing.
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If you asked Stanford MBA student, Abhinav Kejriwal what he learned this past year, I wouldn’t point to a single class. Not because the classes aren’t useful (they are) but because they weren’t the main thing.
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