IBD Blog
Spotlight on Bree Aronin, IBD Graduate Student Instructor
March 22, 2023
The IBD Program is thrilled to have Bree Aronin, Berkeley Haas MBA ’23 candidate, join the IBD team as this year’s Graduate Student Instructor. Bree comes to IBD with a wealth of knowledge and experience as a Navy veteran and entrepreneur,…
Kicking off the Berkeley Haas spring semester 2023 IBD program!
February 01, 2023
The Berkeley Haas spring semester 2023 IBD class kicked off on January 19th with a Chou Hall room packed full of 32 IBDers eager to discover their new project clients and locations. Individual IBD project details were announced in this year’s…
IBD 2023 Info Session
October 31, 2022
The annual IBD Info Session for the 2023 program was held on October 4, 2022 in the Wells Fargo Room. We had an excellent turnout for the event, with over 90 students in attendance, and informative presentations from IBD Faculty Director, Whitney…
2022 IBD Conference Recap
September 30, 2022
On September 16th, the annual International Business Development (IBD) Conference was held in the Wells Fargo Room on Berkeley Haas campus. This year was a special event, as it not only marked the 30th year anniversary of the IBD program, but also…
Foodies in Joensuu
September 14, 2022
Written by Jingwen Hu Exploring food is one of the most important things during travel. However, this is not easy for travelers in Joensuu – the North Karelian food is different from other more well-known Finnish cuisines, and there are not…
How to survive Covid in a small northern town in Finland
September 06, 2022
Written By Drew Silverman In the event that you fly all the way to Joensuu, a northern Finnish town, with an all-star team of MBA classmates to work with a client and then test positive for Covid on the first day, I have the information you seek.…
Visiting Finland against the backdrop of the Russia/Ukraine war
September 06, 2022
Written by Kylie Gemmell Our team had such a rich experience in Finland and we would need to write 100 blog posts to capture all the things we loved there – the beautiful landscapes, the endless sunlight in the summer, the egalitarian culture, and…
Greetings from Team Fixably
September 01, 2022
Written by Elsi Mora, Jan Vanous, Dingmi Gong and Jason Park Our mighty crew arrived in Helsinki at different times and coming from different destinations. Dingmi had travelled to Sweden, Jan to Norway, Jason to Greece and Elsi to Hungary before…
IBD Team travels to Singapore and beyond
July 08, 2022
Written by Monica Shavers, Edson Flores and Nick Maynes Big Reveal / Why we were excited about Singapore Big Reveal day was inspiring for everyone in IBD this year because the possibility of actually traveling again to our international clients…
A Vision for the Future: Team Visualiza
July 06, 2022
By Alana Bianes, Bree Aronin, Darius Ansari Guatemala was a whirlwind. Our team of 3 got to experience so much in just two weeks time. From operating rooms to optical shops to volcanic lakes, it will be hard to forget our time in this incredible…
