And just like that 50% of my MBA is complete! It is so easy to keep doing stuff without acknowledging and reflecting what you did and how you did it. Now when I recall the 2 terms, a few things pop out to me: Finally, I think the best part has been meeting some amazing […]
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Exploring AI and innovation with ZTE at Cambridge Judge Business School
This month the Cambridge China Business Special Interest Group (SIG), along with the Cambridge Centre for Chinese Management were delighted to welcome James Zhang, Senior Vice President, and Hans Neff, Senior Director from CTO Group at ZTE Corporation, for an insightful Speaker Series at Cambridge Judge Business School. James Zhang, an Executive MBA alumnus, brought […]
AI4Biz Hackathon – our MBA winning team
This term Cambridge Judge Business School organised the AI4Biz Hackathon for the current MBA cohort. 8 teams of 5 students were challenged to develop an AI assistant that can solve real business problems. Participants could choose to develop an assistant that helps CEOs make fast, smart, and strategic decisions, or one that helps product and […]
AI Wars competition – a winning team in our MBA Strategy class
In February, our MBA Class of 2024/25 team, representing Mistral AI, won the AI Wars competition for Stream 4 held during our Strategy class. We competed against peers representing Anthropic AI, Google, Meta, OpenAI, and xAI. We had the opportunity to present a robust AI strategy to our colleagues and panellists from the Cambridge network. […]
Women in Tech – a Cambridge MBA Special Interest Group
We recently had a brilliant session with Collette Johnson as part of the Women in Tech Special Interest Group event at Cambridge Judge Business School. A few things that stayed with me: 1) Great product leaders are those who are masters of adaption. Technical skills can be learnt, but these core abilities are what truly drive […]
My Cambridge Venture Project – making mental health care more accessible with AI
I’m excited to share that we’ve just completed our Cambridge Venture Project! Over the past couple of months, my team and I had the privilege of working with Tala Thrive an AI-enabled mental health platform dedicated to connecting people with therapists and coaches who understand their cultural, linguistic, and religious backgrounds. Having navigated different cultural […]
An AI campus companion – our MBA Product Games finalist pitch
For the past eight years, INSEAD has organised the Product Games, a product management competition for MBA students. This year, Cambridge cemented its position as the Tech MBA of Europe by delivering two out of the four finalist teams, beating 58 other MBA teams in the competition! The Initial Idea The assignment given to MBA […]
My MBA adventure starts now
September 2024 has been challenging, exciting and nerve wracking, all at the same time! While all of us said goodbye to the month of August, I was also saying bye to my two-year old and the rest of my family back in India. As agonising as leaving them behind was, I knew that it was […]
I am going to Cambridge and I’m pinching myself!
I’m going to Cambridge – and I’m pinching myself. Six years ago, I was a stay-at-home mom to two kiddos, struggling to make ends meet. My husband and I were desperately trying to fulfill the roles our culture prescribed for us, but we were looking at 87 dollars in our bank account and no way […]
A year of discovery: Why an MBA in Cambridge is an excellent time for exploration
Arriving in Cambridge in the fall of 2023 was a thrilling experience. The atmosphere felt highly charged with possibilities and opportunities, and it’s a feeling that I haven’t experienced in a while. I arrived here to do an MBA after 9 years of experience in the Marketing and Tech Startups space of Indonesia. While my […]
Cambridge University Technical and Enterprise Club – CUTEC – Annual Conference
I have always admired the previous MBA cohorts for their ability to host remarkable events and connect with inspiring individuals, and now I am thrilled to be part of this tradition. The annual CUTEC Conference featured outstanding speakers and dynamic pitch competitors, underscoring the importance of maintaining our University-wide and sector networks, even after leaving […]
Transforming ideas into impact: My 3-day journey in social entrepreneurship
Entering the realm of social entrepreneurship was like stepping into a world where passion meets pragmatism, where every idea carries the potential to ignite change. I recently had the privilege of participating in a 3-day workshop at King’s College, designed for aspiring social entrepreneurs. This immersive experience was a deep dive into the intricacies of […]
Three reasons for choosing Cambridge Judge as a tech sector builder
In the eyes of entrepreneurs, the MBA at Cambridge Judge Business School is a unique existence, because you can not only learn the business skills required for entrepreneurship, participate in the business school’s entrepreneurial incubator, and receive professional guidance, but also have links to the entire University of Cambridge eco-system. Have a clear self-understanding: Why […]
Changing careers in tech – an alumnus journey
Post-MBA life doesn’t always go to plan. I graduated in September 2020 and nearly 3 years on I’m now five months into my third job. Moving soon after graduating isn’t always unexpected – changing careers is a game of trial and error so quite a few of my MBA classmates changed roles in the first […]
Fintech SIG – my MBA year
As London and the UK celebrates its FinTech week, I look back at the enriching FinTech engagements in the Cambridge MBA year – within the cohort, alumni and also other premier UK business schools. The FinTech Special Interest Group (SIG) at Cambridge Judge is a community of students who are interested in exploring the FinTech […]
Cambridge Women Can – an alumna story
An introverted girl, who never lived away from her family her entire life, dreamed of doing an MBA in a new country. Naïve, she did not realise what she was up to! Carrying some past scares and preconceived notions, would she be able to break barriers as a woman? In the same class as some of the brightest minds, […]
L’Oréal Brandstorm – an MBA Competition
When we first got together to prepare our proposal for the L’Oréal Brandstorm contest, we never thought we would reach to the UK&I finals. We started our journey by deciding the subject we wanted to focus on and as all three of us are passionate about Tech we agreed on proceeding with the Tech Trek […]
My education start up – MIRAIing – an MBA career journey into entrepreneurship
About my entrepreneurial journey Honestly speaking, I did not think about becoming an entrepreneur seriously until my Cambridge Judge life started. Before joining the Cambridge MBA, I was working in the public sector, providing international cooperation in the Japan International Cooperation Agency. My career goal after my MBA was a career change to work in […]
Women in Tech Challenge
One of my very first experiences as a Cambridge MBA student in 2019, was participating in the Women in Tech Challenge: Microsoft, GSK & Amazon. Having spent six years working in the consumer internet space in India, I was passionate about the role of technology in improving people’s lives. I was even more passionate about […]
McKinsey Impact Experience Weekend: Peru
At the end of September, only two weeks into my MBA, I flew to Lima, Peru to participate in the McKinsey & Company Impact Experience Weekend. McKinsey organised this event in five countries of Latin America. The idea behind the weekend was for students to understand what it was like to work for McKinsey & […]