This is randomly put within this maelstorm but I would like to give my perspective. I'm an alumni of Columbia and have TA'd at the business school. Later, I ran a software company which was in 4 countries. I interviewed HBS students (ultimately hiring Stanford, Berkeley, and MIT grads.) My perspective is this- as an employee, a shareholder, etc, there is so much personal and financial pressure when growing a company that I want to hire employees that will absolutely be straight up. I need integrity in my employees- badass fighters that will go to the mat, but integrity is first. There was not a specific rule against lifting the veil nor was it difficult to gain access. Its just an issue about people's moral compass and integrity. The company fucked up but that is not an excuse. We should all be better than that. Finally, B-schools have turned out quite a few unethical people- I've just run into someone recently, but I think that the schools recognize this and are trying to do something about it. This was just a high profile way of dealing with this. Harvard did not deal with it effectively- they should have been more discrete- probably similar to stanford.
Sure, I think that Stanford's approach is a little more soft and smart, but one has to think who of those people are going to actually be accepted. Finally, my last thought is that business school is really unnecessary. A better education would be to take that 100K and start your own business/ small fund and learn from that. Traditionally, B-school was to develop middle managers, and top leaders are forged, not educated. BTW, look at all the top VC's on Sand Hill Road- they all have operational experience- very few have the B-school, banker, consultant background. So, sack up and learn more about yourself by become independent. BTW, I don't know if it is self selection or what but the HBS students have been smart but pompous and unable to think out of the box.
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This is randomly put within this maelstorm but I would like to give my perspective. I'm an alumni of Columbia and have TA'd at the business school. Later, I ran a software company which was in 4 countries. I interviewed HBS students (ultimately hiring Stanford, Berkeley, and MIT grads.) My perspective is this- as an employee, a shareholder, etc, there is so much personal and financial pressure when growing a company that I want to hire employees that will absolutely be straight up. I need integrity in my employees- badass fighters that will go to the mat, but integrity is first. There was not a specific rule against lifting the veil nor was it difficult to gain access. Its just an issue about people's moral compass and integrity. The company fucked up but that is not an excuse. We should all be better than that. Finally, B-schools have turned out quite a few unethical people- I've just run into someone recently, but I think that the schools recognize this and are trying to do something about it. This was just a high profile way of dealing with this. Harvard did not deal with it effectively- they should have been more discrete- probably similar to stanford. Sure, I think that Stanford's approach is a little more soft and smart, but one has to think who of those people are going to actually be accepted. Finally, my last thought is that business school is really unnecessary. A better education would be to take that 100K and start your own business/ small fund and learn from that. Traditionally, B-school was to develop middle managers, and top leaders are forged, not educated. BTW, look at all the top VC's on Sand Hill Road- they all have operational experience- very few have the B-school, banker, consultant background. So, sack up and learn more about yourself by become independent. BTW, I don't know if it is self selection or what but the HBS students have been smart but pompous and unable to think out of the box.