CONTENTS
MESSAGE FROM HULT
Contents
Dr. Stephen Hodges
Message from Hult
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A warm welcome from
Dr. Stephen Hodges and
Shareena Hatta
Hult Alumni Benefits:
Stay Connected
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Hult Alumni Benefits:
Back to School—Free
Electives for Life
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Alumni Spotlight
How Knowing Nothing
Can Mean Everything
Hult News
Watch the Teach-off for
The Economist’s Business
Professor of the Year Award
Faculty Insight
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Your Greatest Good
and Why Knowing it Can
Make Your Life Better
by John Beck
Career Development
Build your Personal Brand
with Mary Spillane
Alumni Spotlight
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The Wrong Starbucks,
The Right Start.
Hult Alum, Kenji
Yamamura explains
how one trip inspired his
new business venture
Career Development 07
Introducing Hult’s
Corporate Relations Team
Hult News
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Hult Charts New Territory
in New York and São Paulo
Career Development
How Hult helps students
secure top positions
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One of the ways we’re focusing on doing this in 2013 is through our new Corporate Relations
Strategy. The new strategy is about helping companies meet their hiring needs by sifting through
the thousands of students and alumni we have all over the world to find the best possible matches.
This may sound obvious but it is fundamentally different from other business schools that simply
dump a résumé book on a company. Early feedback from companies is promising with over 220 job
searches requested by major companies.
Global Alumni Summit 15
The Global Alumni
Summit 2013: May
31st to June 2nd in
Cartagena, Colombia
Hult News
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Jessica Jackley Live at
Hult Boston, February 2013
Career Development 06
Boost your Career—
Stand Out from the Crowd
No school can be more successful than its graduates. You are the best reflection of Hult and we are
committed to supporting the Alumni Network and helping it grow.
Global Alumni Summit 14
Hult Alumni Head to
Bali in June 2012 and
Alumnus of the Year
2012—Byung Doo Sohn
Hult News
Hult Climbs Once Again
in the FT MBA Rankings
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The network is only what we make of it. We can help provide the support, but you can help
kickstart it.
Kind regards,
Class Notes
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Find out what your
classmates have been
up to since graduation,
both professionally
and personally
The Hult Community
Getting Involved with
the Hult Community
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Thanking our Alumni 19
A big thank you to you all
Dr. Stephen Hodges
President, Hult International Business School
Shareena Hatta
Welcome to the first issue of the Hult Alumni magazine! As the number of Hult alumni has been
growing exponentially over the past two years, we realized we have far more to share with you than
can be covered in a monthly newsletter.
Beginning something new, like this magazine, can be nerve-wracking. Taking that first leap of faith
as you embark on uncharted territory is never easy. But at Hult, that’s the norm. Last year’s Global
Alumni Summit, the first edition of this magazine, and even the school itself were all the result of an
entrepreneurial mindset that is uniquely Hult. As we started putting this magazine together, it became
clear that the alumni we were in touch with were equally entrepreneurial. That’s why we’re showcasing some of these entrepreneurs to learn from their successes and failures.
Professor John Beck also shared with us his latest findings on the ‘Goods’ in life. I hope you enjoy
this first issue and rest assured, like all great things, the publication will only get better with age!
Best,
Shareena Hatta
Global Director of Alumni
hult.edu
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