This post first appeared on the IE Alumni News Blog. This past May, 350 International MBA Students dedicated a week of their studies to help IKEA address the following challenge: What should IKEA change in order to become a more customer focused company? Aside from IKEA being a successful multinational company that students can identify with,…
DetailsInterview by Jacob Huber (current IMBA) and Matan Ganani (Founder of Never Empty) Can you tell me a bit about what Never Empty is, and how it works? “Unlike other ticket distributors we are not a secondary market. There are a lot of companies today with algorithms that search online for tickets, while we work…
DetailsInterview by Chris Holman, (Current IMBA student and President of the IE Entrepreneurship Club) to Chema González (co-founder of Alterkeys.com and IE Alumni) Comments by Chris Holman: “I was able to hear his story of working a number of years in banking, being inspired by traveling the world, and the moment when he decided to make…
DetailsInterview by Jorge Simarro Cabrera (current IMBA student) to Jordi Díaz (CEO of TripMenu and IE Alumni) The Challenge Week is approaching for the International MBA students, we present TripMenu, an IE Alumni start-ups that will be working side-by-side with current students during the Challenge Week. What is TripMenu? TripMenu is a platform that connects travellers with restaurants.…
DetailsPlease take out your agendas, personal planers or calendars to update the key dates for the International MBA Program that starts in November 2014: Intensive Spanish course (optional): October 20th to November 14th Pre-program (online): October 27th to November 14th Opening Ceremony: November 17th Orientation days: November 18th to November 20th LAUNCH: November 24th until December…
DetailsSara, what were you doing before the IMBA and what were your main reasons for going for it? Before starting the MBA, I was working in a CRM agency in Shanghai managing luxury client accounts. After two years, I knew I was ready to switch to the brand side, but the lack of a formal…
Details….Part 2 of Yvonne´s story…. ….A prolonged job search followed, but after my previous experiences in South Africa and Tunisia, it was only natural that I would end up back in Africa. I’m not sure if I picked the continent or if it picked me. I ended up working at an organization called CMAP, a…
DetailsOnce upon a time, there was a government lawyer who was very unfulfilled in her career. She wanted to transition into a career in social business, specifically geared towards poverty alleviation in developing countries, despite lacking any relevant work experience. So she went on a journey from Washington, DC, to Port Harcourt, Nigeria, with several…
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