IBD Blog
Berkeley Haas IBD 2017 – Aramis Menswear, Sao Paulo, Brazil
July 27, 2017
Written by Diane Chiang, Barun Mazumdar, Abhishek Mishra, Kalyan Pentapalli and Priya Vijayakumar Weekend before in-country: Foz de Iguaçu Five happy and excited Cal bears arrived at the Iguaçu airport on late Friday evening after spending almost…
Summer IBD Team Teaches 2 Week Entrepreneurial Course to Students in Harare, Zimbabwe
July 25, 2017
Written by Sampada Chavan, Kathryn Linarducci, Senthuran Raveendranathan, Yi Zhang, and Praveen Settipalli The Berkeley Haas IBD team finally arrived in Harare, Zimbabwe on Sunday, July 2 after over 30 hours of travel time. After a quick shower…
Wrapping Up Our Citibanamex Experience
July 21, 2017
Written by Kim Eun, Pamela Ju, Deepak Kurien and Austin Lu It’s been an exciting two weeks for the Haas IBD Citibanamex team! We came, we met, we ate, we worked, and we conquered – in that order. Meeting Citibanamex Our main client…
The Adventure Begins, Team Ananda in Bangkok
July 13, 2017
Written by Kevin Cottle, Gian Gentille, Jordan Taylor, Mike Solarz and Elspeth Ong After a whirlwind week of finishing finals, packing up our apartments and saying goodbyes to our friends in Berkeley, our team of five – Elspeth, Mike, Kevin,…
IBD Hong Kong Blog
July 06, 2017
Written by Andy Kang, Donald Bullock, Brian Burke, Tulio Da Silveira, and Juan Norero Day Zero After a 15-hour flight, we’ve finally landed in Hong Kong! Despite being jetlagged, we’re pretty excited about the prospect of living in Asia and…
Leaving on a Jet Plane: Four Summer IBD Teams Depart for IBD In-Country Experiences
June 29, 2017
The IBD Evening Weekend MBA (EWMBA) Teams are on their way to their in-country destinations where they will spend the next two weeks working with their IBD clients before presenting their final recommendations on July 14th. Despite only having a…
Team IBD Japan Takes on a Timely Issue: Media and the US Market
June 29, 2017
Written by Federico Alvarez Del Blanco, Diego Butrich, Kim Long, Angela Napit, and Kasey Koopmans The US media is having a moment. According to Donald Trump’s twitter account, “the media is the enemy of the American people.” Counter to his…
Updates from IBD Turkey – Touring Turkey with YGA and The Turkish Delights
June 25, 2017
Written by Amol Borcar, Annie Porter, Chelsea Harris, Jeanne Godleski, and Mariana Martinez The room was buzzing with three languages, and communication was a game of telephone. One of the Syrian primary students would excitedly share something in…
Dari Kita, Untuk Kita – From Us, For Us
June 16, 2017
Written by: Mackenzie Cooke, Anne Kimberley, Tyler Owens, Karin Schmidt and Nony Onyeador A poem by esteemed poet, Annie Kimberley: In the dark of night, we wake and depart, For beating a long commute, we need this jump start; The worst traffic…
Updates from the IBD – Team Tekes in Finland
June 09, 2017
Berkeley-Haas Full Time students Lauren Elstein, Javier Gunther, Natalie Osterweil, Mitch Plueger, and Matt Shelton are working on an IBD project with Tekes in Finland. Who are the Finns? Considering how familiar we generally are with European…