As the Easter term comes to an end, I have been reflecting on what this MBA journey has truly meant. I flew from Bangkok to Cambridge expecting an intense academic experience: strategy frameworks, financial models, and case studies. And the programme delivered that. But for someone with an accounting and finance background like me, the […]
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Global cases, study groups, a Diwali event and microeconomics – My Cambridge MBA journey
It has been over a month since I completed my first term of the MBA programme at Cambridge Judge Business School. Reflecting on the past few months, here are some of the highlights from this incredible journey so far: As I progress through this Lent Term, I am tailoring my MBA journey with electives to […]
Meet Vivian Li: Cambridge MBA careers
Join 33-year-old Chinese entrepreneur and MBA alumna as she commutes from her home in Guangzhou to Hong Kong. In her own words, “An intense journey filled with fulfilment. The life of an entrepreneur and #ladyboss.” Vivian Li, from Guangzhou, China, is the Founder & CEO of EvansChat Consulting, a leading Rednote (Xiaohongshu) expert aiming to […]
A Cambridge startup diary – Liquified
When I learnt about a tech entrepreneur society with thousands of members a month before my Cambridge MBA, I realised I had to join. I was chosen for the Director of Marketing Strategy role at CUTEC. This role promised to help me refine my marketing management skills, but also help me meet hundreds of student founders […]
“Never say die!”
On a whim, one recent evening my MBA friend/housemate and I went to the outdoor cinema in Cambridge to watch The Goonies. For the uninitiated, The Goonies is a 1985 cult classic film from Steven Spielberg about a group of misfits that go on one last adventure together to find an ancient treasure. As the […]
Matt Lisonbee – a very personal Vlog
The Cambridge MBA has been an extraordinary experience filled with unique and amazing opportunities, and how grateful I am to share this together with my wife and three kids. Cambridge is a place that is difficult to describe, other than that it is a special place. There is a spirit of education that is palpable […]
Making your own path
Not everyone who comes to Cambridge wants to go into finance. Members of the cohort have interests as varied as their backgrounds and many are still exploring options. I came with a destination in mind that didn’t follow a traditional MBA path. Here, I’ve found the space to make my own. I didn’t expect to […]
Rowing for Darwin College Cambridge
When I told my brother that I was attending Cambridge for my MBA, his immediate reaction was that I had to try rowing. Having rowed at the World Championships for the United States, the sport has irrevocably shaped and changed his life. Despite seeing his love for the sport, I had never quite been inspired […]
One month in: my experience.
I am one month into the Cambridge MBA and our study group has just been given our first project. I’m working with a UBS trader from New Zealand, a French doctor and an Indonesian ex-McKinsey consultant. The class is made up of over 200 students, 50 plus nationalities, and the talent that I’m surrounded with […]
An illuminated city
I recently came back to Cambridge from a weekend away and in that short time, Cambridge had been transformed into an illuminated city. For the following week, Cambridge hosted the e-Luminate Festival where every major building became an art installation. The e-Luminate Festival sums up the contrasted personality of Cambridge—the mix of modern technology and […]
Why an MBA minute tops a New York minute
A seat-by-seat guide to the Cambridge MBA
The first seat of any day is inevitably the bike. Bikes are the connection between all the other seats in a typical Cambridge day. It never takes more than ten minutes* to get anywhere in Cambridge when you’ve got your bike. Three or four days a week, after my bike, the next seat was in […]
Tracing the Silicon boom
We’re just entering the final week of our Global Consulting Project and all sad that we’re nearing the end of what has been a fantastic journey. It’s been great to work on an incredibly interesting project with a rapidly growing tech company in Silicon Valley. Aside from learning a huge amount on the project we’ve […]
Flash Forward: Looking back on Michaelmas term
The first term seemed to just happen, in the flashes of flashes. It has been a period of both getting settled into a new home and experiencing a unique curriculum that has given me invaluable insights into the makings of great leaders and managers. Yet it has not been until well into the winter break […]
From structural engineer to MBA
Even now, almost two months into the programme, it is only just starting to hit home quite where I am and what I’m doing. The life I left behind in Canada just a few months ago seems years in the past, with working-life happily paused for the time being. As an engineer, and self-professed geek, […]