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An online magazine written by and for the Stanford GSB community.
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non disclosure, beginning in 2016, is an online magazine written by and for GSB students to showcase creativity and spark conversation throughout our community. We’re not too picky about format; you’ll find an eclectic range of work in our pages, including personal essays, opinion pieces, humor, photography, and more. We are, however, obsessive about developing pieces that are timely yet timeless, giving a voice to writers with diverse points of view, and publishing stories that will leave our audience wanting more. We welcome pieces from anyone and everyone in the GSB community, including partners, of course. If you wish to have your writing considered for publication, please email gsbnondisclosure@gmail.com. [This magazine is the work of students at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, but this is not an official publication of the GSB or Stanford University.]

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Anne-Sophie Martin
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Kha-ai Nguyen
Reluctant resident of Silicon Valley, 20-something in revolving existential crises, and advocate of equal access.
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Alli McKee
Visual > verbal. Turning your idea into images to make it stick. www.makeitstick.io
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Eli Bildner
Lover of parables, paradoxes, and romantic notions. More writing at elibildner.com.
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Sam Stoutner
Get busy living, or get busy dying
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Christine Hendrickson
Stanford GSB, marketing at IDEO, Californian
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Val Young
Entrepreneur. Consultant & US Senate Chief of Staff in my past life. Bowdoin / Stanford GSB.
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Gabrielle Fondiller
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Nick Arambula
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
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Konstantine Buhler
Konstantine is 3rd year joint MBA and Masters in Computer Science (AI) at Stanford University.
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Charles Zhu
Still unclear what I should put here.
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Gwen van de Pas
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Stephanie Madner
Aussie red-head passionate about unlocking the potential of women, running, cycling and baking.
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Lauren Dachille
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Max Artz
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Bryce Peterson
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Brian G. Schuster
Student of the world. NC State / Stanford. Building Cropify.org to connect clean local farmers with busy professionals.
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Michael Glassman
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Simone J. Burke
“Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” — Mark Twain
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Omid Scheybani
German-born Iranian in San Francisco, tech aficionado, polyglot, positive thinker, and lover of life. Check OmidScheybani.com for more!
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Tal Lee Anderman
I coach highly sensitive and ambitious people — like me! Turn your ability to feel deeply into your biggest asset, and thrive in today’s corporate jungle.
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Christoph Meyer
Mobility Entrepreneurship | linkedin.com/in/christophbmeyer
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Natalie Butler
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Conrad Legendy
Conrad Legendy co-founded the CBC in 2016. Before joining the GSB community, he served as an ICRC delegate in Afghanistan, Mexico and the Philippines.
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Ben Kohlmann
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Brooke Prouty McNaul
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Lauren Nicole Dachille
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Natasha Malpani Oswal
vc. investing in startups + stories for a new india author of reinvention and boundless. aspiring yogi.
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Naomi Laporte
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Michael Mellody
Media person
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Dasmer Singh
Love building tech others find useful.
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Shammi Quddus
Product Manager @ Google | Stanford MBA | Harvard MPAID | MIT Eng
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Ivan Rahman
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Ruchir Shah
Making hard topics fun. MBA @StanfordGSB. Alum @RiceUniversity. Founder @LearnToDrill. Founder @EZComics. Standup Comedian
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Marcin Pogroszewski
let yourself fall in love with the world
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Dave Prakash
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Kathryn Weinmann
VC @ Norwest - current nerd but formerly @NerdWallet and @StanfordGSB
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Brittany Shaw
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Fayer Weinmann
@Laura Fayer and @Kathryn Weinmann are @Stanford GSB '18 graduates who want to empower people (especially women!) to take control of their financial lives
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Mickie Rachel Chetrit
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Caroline Clark
Lightspeed, Atlassian, and Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Olivia Papa
MIT & Stanford GSB — Infatuated with consumer tech related to healthcare + nutrition + food. Lover of running, great pizza & people watching.
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Dave Prakash, MD, MS
Builder, author, and catalyst for purpose-driven leadership. www.linkedin.com/in/dave-prakash
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Jessica Baier
Growth Strategy @ TryNow. MBA '18 @ Stanford GSB.
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Neha Samdaria
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Siddharth Nishar
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Carolina Perez
Corporate strategy expert versed in technology and design thinking. Always experimenting with how to improve our lives. Stanford MBA '18.
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Brittany Shaw
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Jess Adepoju
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Maria English
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Daniel Rey
Daniel Rey was runner-up in the Financial Times-Bodley Head essay prize and has written for the New Statesman and Prospect.
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Piyush Pratik
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Veronica Pugin
Stanford MBA // Background in economics, business, start-ups // Passionate about life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all
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George Amirdzhanyan
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Becca O'Leary
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Jackie Rotman
Founder of Center for Intimacy Justice. Founded Everybody Dance Now! prior. Writer, activist, learner. Stanford MBA, Harvard MPA.
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Sami Tellatin
Musing about agriculture, finance, and environmentalism.
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Ben Ryan Leff
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Christina Troitino
Writer and creator of online media. Experience drawing from roles at Facebook, Amazon and General Assembly. Biz Contributing Writer @ Forbes.
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Erica Byas-Smith
Second-year MBA trying to find her place on Earth. Find me on twitter @ebyassmith.
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Harshita Jain
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Mafalda Barros
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Andrew Pikturna
Growing seaweed in Hawai’i. Stanford MBA and Wisconsin Badger.
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Kavya Shankar
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Clio Smurro
MBA student @Stanford. Formerly @Google, @Amazon, @Harvard. Curious about technology, travel, and what it means to thrive.
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Katie Myrick
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Xue “Xander” Wu
Driving business outcome of digital transformation; converging IT and OT in verticals.
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Luke Knepper
@knep — Director of Engineering at Terrain Data. Crypto fan. Husband and father. From the Bay Area.
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Prashanth Pinnamaneni
Product @ American Express, Deserve, GoDaddy, Loves VC & Tech World. Life revolves around: Wife + Son + Books + Running + Dreaming to fulfill personal Mission
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Alissa Orlando
Gig economy operator (ex- Uber , Rocket Internet) turned advocate for better conditions. Jesuit values Georgetown, MBA Stanford GSB.
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Pulkit Agarwal
French-Indian… Global citizen — Stanford Alumni and Founder of StriveMath.com
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Megan Zink
Second year MBA student & dinner party aficionado
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Sam Margo
GSB 2020 — Entrepreneur — Basketball Nut
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Renata Giarola
Layman reflections on neuroscience, love, and the human condition. Powered by curiosity & ADD. Stanford GSB ’20, Penn ’15.
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Brian Triana, MD, MBA
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Rebecca Colby
Stanford MBA ’20, MIT MechE ’13, recovering aerospace engineer. Poems, novels, blimps, central banking, coffee, bunnies, and football.
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Taylor Savage
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Samantha K Abrams
Education— Restorative Justice — Conflict Resolution — Racial Justice — Mediation — Politics — Diversity and Inclusion
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Lorraine Ma
occasionally writing
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Tamar Nisbett
content + culture | investing in good ideas | columbia poet moonlighting as a stanford mba
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Jennifer Ouyang
Passionate about helping people live lives they are proud of. Education. Workforce Development. Mental Health.
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Lucy Montgomery
proud Iowa native. sports + public service. MBA/MPA student at Stanford GSB and Harvard Kennedy School.
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Alix Farhat
Techie by Day | Yogi by Dawn
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Susannah Shattuck
Head of Product @CredoAI, focused on building tools that help organizations operationalize Responsible AI.
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Jes Simson
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Roy Nicolet
Roy Nicolet is an entrepreneur, Founder & CEO of GTM.gg & Openhand, and an Electrical Engineer. He holds an MBA from Stanford University
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Ben Lazaroff
Stanford Graduate School of Business ’21 | Chicago Mayor’s Office | McKinsey & Co. | Washington Universty in St. Louis ‘16
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Tess Manning
lil' bit of Texas in SF. elevating edtech at GSV Ventures.
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Ida Girma
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Jamal Madni
Boeing Technology Strategist, Stanford GSB Fellow & RingLeaders Founder passionate about all things sports, technology & organizations!
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Stephanie S. Liu
Based in SF Bay Area. Stanford MBA & MA Education ‘21. Here to write and edit for nondisclosure, the GSB magazine.
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Pooja Bhardwaj
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gkramon
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Tylon Garrett
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Allegra Tepper
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Auja Little
Based in Washington, DC, but born & bred in the South. Passionate about diverse & inclusive clean beauty.
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Adrian Githuku
Girl dad & happy husband. Co-founder @ Sage.link. Nairobi-born, Cincy-bred. Wash U & Stanford GSB. ex-Uber. Recreational swag surfer.
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Cie
Energizer. Game-Changer. Change Agent. Writer.
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GSB BBSA
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Drake Pooley
Stanford MBA, ex-consultant, generally interested in too many things
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Lola Damski
Stanford MBA/Environment+Energy MS | Engineering MS | Climate Change Solutions Seeker | Ideas are my own | Twitter @DamskiLola
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Charlotte Weiss
Native American + Native New Yorker | Stanford GSB 2021
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Jisha Kambo
MBA Student @Stanford. Engineer turned Product Manager. Prev @Google. Productivity junkie. 💡👩🏻‍💻✨
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Vica Germanova
Russian / British / cultural-chameleon. Cambridge grad, Stanford MBA. Just here to shine a spotlight on every elephant in the room.
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Tori Seidenstein
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Robert Feng
Stanford GSB. Ex-Facebook China office.
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Isabel Andrade
Stanford MBA and MA in Education ’21 from 🇪🇨. Passionate about storytelling for social change.
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claudio gonzalez
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Victoria Wills
climate enthusiast | current Stanford MS-MBA
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Nick Roberts
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Julia Lachowicz Nowińska
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Sarah Runkle
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Kana Hammon
Kana is a second-year MBA student at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she serves on the Diversity Committee.
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Sasha C LeFlore
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Soha Yasrebi
Co-founder at Galvanizer | Stanford GSB
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Jessica Chao
Pondering how to support underserved communities, improve healthcare accessibility, support diversity/equity/inclusion, and promote responsible business
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Ian Kennedy
Former Green Beret. Stanford MBA/MS in EE. Helping people live more meaningful live by building communities around shared beliefs and contemplative practices.
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Camilla Zanon
Stanford MBA. Made in 🇮🇹 Raised in 🇨🇭
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Katya Pechenikhina
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Jean Zheng
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Caroline Ling
Stanford MBA/MS Environment, ex-consultant, waste nerd and trash queen, avid hiker but city girl at heart
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Mireille van Dongen
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Sam Pressler
“I don’t want to end up simply having visited this world.” — Mary Oliver
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Joey Barnett
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Anne-Sophie Martin
Passionate about behavioural health and mental well-being. Writing clears my head. Formerly Stanford MBA, social entrepreneur, and management consultant.
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Frances SA
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Nicole Swanson
Stanford Graduate School of Business MSx Sloan Fellow ’21. Advocate for excellence in the performing arts, education, social justice, and public policy.
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Joy Huang
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Touré Owen
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Sindy Braun
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Frish Brandt
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zoé Durand
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Yvonne Ploder
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James Fong
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Charlotte Meerstadt
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Christoph Jamann
MBA at the Stanford GSB | Passionate about anything around F1, technology, and psychology | WHU | USC
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Lucas Levine
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Alexandra Eitel
Previously worked at CAA and YouTube. Currently at Stanford Business School. Love DMC's (Deep Meaningful Conversations).
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Katrine Tjoelsen
Helping you do (even) better at work). 300K+ views. Stanford MBA — https://www.learnwithkat.com/subscribe
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Jagrawal
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Archana Srivatsan
Investing with purpose, restless for change
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Carolina Oliveira
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Claire Yun
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Teresa Chen
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Soa Andrian
MBA student @ Stanford GSB
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Rebecca Janßen
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Grant McNaughton
Cookie connoisseur
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Louise White
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Sophia Fang
startup marketer | mural artist | mba candidate @stanford gsb
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Louise Hannecart
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Abhi Arora
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Alexandra Takei
Stanford MBA with background in the gaming industry (ex. Blizzard, Activision, and System Era Softworks) on titles like Overwatch, Diablo, and Hearthstone.
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Ben Collins
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Nyamekye Coleman
Stanford MBA | Lover of all things food related
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Jackson Morton
Duke. Jump Bikes. Stanford GSB.
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Margo Stokum
I am a life-long learner, devoted family woman, passionate puzzler, performance-driven professional, active athlete, mental health advocate, & indulgent reader
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Joanna Liu
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Nishaad Ruparel
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Sophie Hasson
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Divine Edem
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VJ
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Nancy Liao
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Connor Owens
Connor is an MBA Candidate at Stanford Graduate School of Business
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Dan Huntley
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Nicole Miles
Automotive & mobility. MBA candidate @ Stanford GSB.
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Joo Ho Yeo
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Cynthia Luo
Entrepreneur, World Voyager, Dreamer
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Kathy Dong
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Kathy Gea
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Diletta Milana
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Sakthi Vetrivel
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Kenzie Amack
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Sakthi Vetrivel
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Bruno Koba
Likes learning new things.
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Claire Sapan
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Tripp Twyman
I write what's on my mind. Learning always. Stanford MBA. Alpha Phi Alpha.
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Ijeoma Loading
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Alex Yin
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Vivienne Tsan
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Meredith Slifkin
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Korey Mui
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Nick Andrews
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Grace Lincenberg
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Emily Tench
Writing about climate adaptation and resilience, psychology and social change
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Qurrat Ahmad
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Brooke Istvan
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Breno Lobato