Explore IBD student adventures, from the culinary to the cultural, along with students’ approach to working in-country at their client’s site. You’ll also find IBD alumni reflections and more.
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Reflections from Ghana
July 26, 2023
Written by: Jayson Wang, Patrick Drown, Ryan Armanda, and Sarah Vlazny The road to Ashesi The car ride from Accra, Ghana’s capital, to Ashesi University starts out paved, but the final twenty minutes of the ride is a bumpy, slow dirt road. Ditches…
Beyond Yourself Across the Globe
July 20, 2023
Written by Doris Yuan, Lauren Zinzer, Terry Xu, and Brian Khan The orange street lights seeped through the blackout curtains of the overnight bus from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap as our team struggled to sleep through the rumbling and rattling of the…
Experiencing Helsinki with Team Giosg
July 20, 2023
Written by: Terence Neo, Tarun Davuluri, Michael LaFramboise, Basim Siddiqui Big Reveal Day When we found out who our team was, our client company, and that we had been selected to travel to Finland, everyone in the team was overjoyed. We were…
Direct to Delhi: Measuring Impact of Seva’s Global Eyecare Investment
July 20, 2023
Written by: Alexandra Hecht, Ariana Simone, Bjorn Halvorson, Lindsay Chan Preparing for Takeoff Our IBD team of Ally Hecht, Ariana Simone, Bjorn Halvorson, and Lindsay Chan spent the semester supporting the Seva Foundation, a global eyecare…
Embracing Senegal: Stop Guessing Africa
July 20, 2023
Written by: Kristina Martinez, Nick Chen, Sam Magnuson, Tianyin Shi Embarking on an Unforgettable Journey An indelible mark was left on our minds when we were informed during our initial IBD class that we had been paired with Lengo, an AI-driven…
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…