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Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) admits a smaller share of applicants than almost any other MBA program in the country. That is exactly why GSB’s application deadlines deserve more thought than simply setting a calendar reminder. When you apply is more of a strategic decision than a scheduling one. In this article, we break … Read More  

The Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) requires only two essays of its candidates, though its long-standing first essay question—about “what matters most” to applicants—is one we have seen many people struggle with over the years. The largely open-ended nature of the prompt often stymies candidates, who understandably want to avoid making any wrong moves … Read More  

The MBA admissions process is unpredictable and highly subjective. Every year, the applicant pool is packed with highly qualified applicants—too many for the schools to admit, in fact—and as a result, incredible candidates are invariably rejected. Over the past 20 years, we have seen both the good and the bad of MBA admissions, and on … Read More  

Many MBA applicants assume that being rejected from a top business school means the end of their MBA dreams. In reality, however, some of the most successful MBA students—and later, business leaders—applied multiple times before earning admission.

Product managers in the technology industry oversee the product development process and are typically responsible for product strategy and owning the product roadmap, a document that outlines product priorities across a development timeline. Because product managers can have a lot of say as to what ultimately gets developed, their work can have great impact on … Read More