10,000 Students Respond to Clinton’s $1m Food Crisis Challenge
New York, February 5, 2013 – The Hult Prize today announced that it has received over 10,000 applicants for its annual social start-up competition, which awards $1m in funding to…
A Cheating Scandal, A Learning Opportunity, and an Update
The professor’s final exam instructions for the class were clear: “Students may not discuss the exam with others.” But not all the undergraduate students complied. Upon observing striking similarities among a…
The Swiftboating of Apple [Huffington Post]
By Jonathan Littman, founder of Snowball Narrative, co-author of the Ten Faces of Innovation, and Professor of Innovation, Leadership and Teambuilding at Hult International Business School. Republished from the Huffington Post, original…
Guns, Debt, and Indecision: The State of America’s Brand Abroad [Huffington Post]
Written by Cari Guittard, Principal, Global Engagement Partners; Professor of Global Management, Hult International Business School. Republished from the Huffington Post, original article can be found here. Re-Framing and Re-Imagining the…
You’ve Got a Great Idea—So What?
Let’s say you are a superhero. And let’s say that your preternatural ability involves not just absorbing business models and frameworks, but creating new ones. You marvel in their intricacies,…
It’s never too late to start: Alumni advise aspiring entrepreneurs
From it’s never too late to start, to understanding customer pain points, Pashadelic founder Kenji Yamamura (MFIN 2011, MBA 2012) and Globify.me founder Alex Mason (MBA 2011) offer some sound…
Semifreddi’s CEO offers fresh-baked ideas on running a family business
Semifreddi’s CEO Tom Frainier – who calls himself the company’s “chief bootlicker” – shares his business story with Hult students. Tom Frainier, CEO of the Bay Area bakery Semifreddi’s, brought…
From Student to Professional
A couple of weeks ago, I did not remind my students that an assignment was due. Until then, that was never the kind of professor I wanted to be. But…
Hult Climbs into Financial Times Top 50 for MBA Graduate Salaries
(LONDON – January 29, 2013) Hult International Business School has leapt into the top 50 business schools in the world for MBA graduates’ salaries, after a double-digit rise that has…
Taking an Anthropological Lens to Self-Awareness
In our last post, we discussed employers’ desire for business school graduates to exhibit more self-awareness (“they’ll gladly hire the self-aware over the self-confident”). We also proposed some suggestions for…
Self-Awareness is the New Self-Confidence
In our research, we at Hult Labs have been talking to employers about what they want to see from MBA graduates. Recently, the BBC featured an article that touches on…
Ark CEO shares about his search for the perfect…search
Fresh off being featured in a New York Times article about Facebook’s Graph Search unveiling, Patrick Riley stopped by Hult San Francisco to share his expertise on a very hot topic:…
Can You Say it in 140 Characters?
Something momentous has happened to you, or a momentous thought has struck you, and now you want to share. Let’s say Twitter is your medium for dispensing your news. As…
Want to Make Your Cover Letter Go Viral?
An email from an undergraduate asking for a summer internship at an investment bank may have forever changed how we go about applying for jobs. And he did it by…
Fast tech acquisitions can pay off, but with due diligence [ZDNet]
Securing first-mover advantage via rapid acquisitions is a high-risk move which needs a meticulous roadmap and discipline. It helps to have first-mover advantage in technology, as vendors race to gain…
Playing to Win [Entrepreneur Magazine]
By Michelle Goodman for Entrepreneur magazine. Business-plan competitions can yield more than seed money for your bright idea—they can also connect you with mentors, collaborators and investors. The trick is…
Why I’m a Teacher
Preparing for the final day of teaching a business strategy course to my MBA students this year, I stopped—for what may have been the first time in my career—to really…
Greenovate! City of Curitiba, Brazil Rapid Transit System [Innovation Excellence]
Organizations still have a long way to go to to fully integrate the social web to connect to their customers. Here are some great examples, curated by Professor of Innovation,…
Got Motivation?
At school, or on the job, smarts will undoubtedly help you. But there is one element that will help you more, and it doesn’t involve the ability to create esoteric…
Problem Solving, One Marshmallow at a Time
So you have a problem. And you need a solution. Where do you start? One approach involves 20 sticks of spaghetti, tape, string, and one (just one) marshmallow. Say what?…
Connectivate! AIRBNB – Beds for Rent [Innovation Excellence]
Organizations still have a long way to go to to fully integrate the social web to connect to their customers. Here are some great examples, curated by Professor of Innovation,…
Most Creative C.V.s of 2012
Original article published by Wahyd Vannoni, Professor of Marketing at Hult London. Subscribe to his blog Mediocodex or follow Prof. Vannoni on Twitter. It takes a lot these days to…
Brainstorming or Debate? How About Both?
Brainstorming, as it’s known today, was born in the late 1940s when a highly successful advertising executive, Alex Osborn (think Mad Men) wrote a book (Your Creative Power) to let…
An Argument for “Deliberative Discourse” Over Brainstorming
When a team finds itself at a crossroads on a project, or maybe on the cusp of tackling a formidable one, it’s not uncommon for someone to suggest a little…
Team Building and Performance: A New Science
Everyone has a story. Whether your bad team experience was in business school or in the workplace, hopefully you’ve been able to draw two things from it: insight on team…
Connectivate! GAIKAI Online Game Ecosystem [Innovation Excellence]
Organizations still have a long way to go to fully integrate the social web to connect to their customers. Here are some great examples, curated by Professor of Innovation, Hitendra Patel…
Solving Team-Related Challenges in Business School
One consistent theme that keeps coming up in our research into what employers want from business school graduates is that people need to be able to work in teams in…
It’s facial fuzz and fashion in the name of Movember at Hult
As men everywhere proudly grew mustaches last month in honor of the Movember movement, Hult San Francisco students joined in the charitable – and not always pretty – fun. More…
More On Video Games: Good For Your Brain And Good For Your Job
Are you ready for round two? If our last Hult Labs post didn’t convince you to get your (video) game on, then maybe this one will. Or, if you are…
Bay Area women MBAs mix and mingle with Hult students at charitable holiday event
Women MBA Connect decked the Hult halls for their holiday party on December 6 and invited female Hult MBAs to join in the festive networking fun. WMC is a connection of professional…