I often wonder about the MBA challenge that comes with sticking a couple of hundred bright and ambitious young professionals in a room, and hoping they will all get along and support one another. Surely there will be personality conflicts, cultural clashes, competition for recognition, and more than the odd crossed word? Just take [...]

Someone outside of MBA-land recently asked me if I was thinking about getting an internship this summer. I didn’t know what to say—after spending five months wringing my hands about the entire internship process, “yes” seemed to be an understatement.

When I accepted admission to Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, I remember giving a summer [...]