I Voted With (the other) Half of the Country
I don’t shy away from much… but I was hesitant to write, much less attach my name to, this article. After years of being trained and tested by the army to fight against the Taliban, the Haqqani...
View ArticleSpring Break in Korea
Sungwoo Chung (WG 17, organizer) – “Leading a trek to a success” Based on my personal experience as a trek organizer this time, I learned that there are three key elements to make a trek successful....
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Using Tech To Cure Disease: Interview With Medidata President, Glen de Vries
Glen de Vries is the co-founder and president of Medidata, which provides cloud solutions and data analytics for life sciences organizations conducting clinical research. Medidata is approaching a $3B...
View ArticleThe Women’s March
“A lady should be seen and not heard” is the noise I hear growing up Barricaded in a society where women’s views are secondary. For the ideal virtuous woman assents to what is being expected of her No...
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Greenhouse Flower and Diversity
Two years ago, when I started Wharton, I knew I was heading into an adventure. I was both excited and nervous since I had never spent more than four months outside of China. And while I expected to...
View ArticleIt’s a Long Road, So Enjoy the Ride
July 26, 2016 was probably the most horrific day of my life. At 7:00 am I was at my desk reading new fixed income issuances, acquisition activity, and investor presentations. Working at a mutual fund...
View ArticleHow to Reflect on Your MBA
Valuation is a popular topic within Huntsman Hall. In just two years, I’ve been exposed to any number of techniques to derive a value for any number of things. But, for all the formal education we have...
View ArticleMBA and Beyond
Had I been asked what I anticipated my MBA experience would be like two years ago, I’d have answered that it is all about finding a new job. Now upon graduation, I know that it was more about taking a...
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The Balancing Act – Marriage and MBA
While boarding the flight from Kansas City to Philadelphia to start my MBA, I was anxious as well as excited. For the first time in my life I was going to live all by myself. For 26 years, I had lived...
View ArticleWhat We Keep Hidden
There is a part of each of us that we seek to keep hidden from the world. We have learned, over time, to put up our own walls, whether it be outward confidence, cool detachedness, or bright smiles....
View Article5 Lessons I Learned as a PM in Silicon Valley
During the past twelve weeks I was a Product Manager intern at PayPal in San Jose. The summer internship was a bold and important step for me – as an MBA student, I was passionate about working in the...
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Welcome from the Class of 2018 Cluster Presidents
Getting into Wharton is not the most impressive thing you will ever achieve. However, it is a key step in our lives and an incredible opportunity, so take advantage of it. Empathy and People are the...
View ArticleStretching at Wharton
I don’t have an elephant’s memory. One of the few poems that I could recite was Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken: “two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, and that has made...
View ArticleRun Your Race: Welcome Back from The Wharton Journal
“Winners slow down the least.” That’s the insight Y Combinator founder, Paul Graham, shared when comparing startups to sprinting. He noticed that sprinters attain their highest acceleration out of the...
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We Will All Be Caregivers
From a very early age, I have been a caregiver. I didn’t realize how influential this role has been to my personality, interests, and decisions until I began working on my current startup, www.Yeva.co...
View ArticleHere is an unusual story about a summer internship from your fellow Whartonite
I came to Wharton with a very clear goal to transition from gold mining to an autonomous driving industry – I am that fraction of a percent, which comprises “Others” in “Others” group. After several...
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Between Philly and Tel Aviv –‘Exchanging’ notes on student’s life
“Are you going to the Red & Blue ball like that???” She asked me with her eyes wide open, trying to figure out if I was kidding or not. I was dressed in blue rubbed jeans and a light blue T-shirt,...
View ArticlePart I: Why we’re closing Walnut: reflections on consumers and ourselves
This is an excerpt from an article that was originally published on Medium. To read it in it’s entirety, please visit medium.com/@nickbkim. My co-founder and I started Walnut to solve the biggest pain...
View ArticleAsk Me Anything Panel hosted by Return on Equality and Storytellers
In a world where business school students constantly share stylized versions of their nights at the bar, their Iceland trip, or any version of face-painted school-spirit-on-steroids revelry, we are...
View ArticleUtilizing Winter Break to Prep for FRP
Whew! Fall classes are coming to an end, and you’ve made it through your first semester at Wharton! After the intensity of the past few weeks, I’m sure you’re looking forward to the holidays and a...
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