{"id":30093,"date":"2022-01-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/?p=30093"},"modified":"2022-01-27T10:04:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T15:04:01","slug":"professor-profiles-irv-grousbeck-stanford-graduate-school-of-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/professor-profiles-irv-grousbeck-stanford-graduate-school-of-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Profiles: Irv Grousbeck, Stanford Graduate School of Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Irv-Grousbeck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-10447 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Irv-Grousbeck-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"Irv Grousbeck. Stanford Graduate School of Business\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Irv-Grousbeck-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.mbamission.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Irv-Grousbeck.jpg 323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Many MBA applicants feel that they are purchasing a brand when they choose a business school. However, the educational experience you will have is what is crucial to your future, and no one will affect your education more than your professors. Today, we focus on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsb.stanford.edu\/faculty-research\/faculty\/h-irving-grousbeck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Irv Grousbeck<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of the founders and former directors of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB), Irv Grousbeck first began teaching at the business school in 1985 after co-founding Continental Cablevision (later Media One) in 1964 and teaching at Harvard Business School (1981\u20131985), where he helped found the entrepreneurial management department. He is a co-owner, a managing partner, and an executive committee member of the Boston Celtics, a National Basketball Association team.<\/p>\n<p>One of Grousbeck\u2019s popular classes, \u201cConversations in Management,\u201d features role-play with characters ranging from mid-level executives to external respondents. During the 2020\u20132021 academic year, Grousbeck also taught the \u201cEntrepreneurial Acquisition\u201d course, which is intended for aspiring entrepreneurs looking to acquire small businesses. In addition to his work at the GSB, Grousbeck has in recent years taught a course at the Stanford Medical School titled \u201cManaging Difficult Conversations\u201d that is available to medical students and second-year business school students \u201cwho aspire to improve their ability to deal effectively with difficult interpersonal situations,\u201d the GSB website states.<\/p>\n<p><em>For more information about the Stanford GSB and 16 other top-ranked business schools, check out our free<\/em><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.mbamission.com\/collections\/insider-s-guides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>mbaMission Insider\u2019s Guides<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many MBA applicants feel that they are purchasing a brand when they choose a business school. 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