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Get into your Dream School with Kofi Kankam of Admit.me & AdmitAdvantage.com

MECE 019 | Dream School

 

AMA (Ask Me Anything) interview with Kofi Kankam, a former consultant turned serial entrepreneur. This is the 4th and final installment of our Welcome Back to Campus series, specifically focused on undergraduate and graduate students seeking to begin a consulting career.

In this episode, Kofi who is both a Harvard and Wharton MBA graduate, discusses his career journey and how he made the leap from school to consulting to entrepreneurship.  Kofi co-founded AdmitAdvantage.com and launched Admit.me, both services focused on helping individuals gain admissions to the top undergraduate and graduate programs across the world.

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Discussing Work-Life Balance, Music, and Fixing Banks with Ed

MECE 014 | Work-Life Balance

AMA (Ask Me Anything) interview where Ed, a senior manager and former bank examiner, shares his career journey and experiences as a consultant in the bank regulatory space. During this episode, Christie and Ed give mentoring advice to a consultant that is seeking career guidance to create more of a work-life balance so that he could pursue his passion and hobby of being an amateur musician.

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Career Journey of A Consultant Rockstar featuring Ron

MECE 12 | Rockstar Consultant

 

In this Where are They Now? episode, Christie interviews Ron, a former consulting colleague with the brand of a rockstar. Ron discusses a myriad of topics, shares stories of his career journey, managing resistance, the differences in federal vs commercial consulting, how to choose between becoming an independent consultant, working at mid-tier boutique, or for a large Big 4 consulting firm. Christie and Ron also gives advice to a newbie consultant facing peer pressure drinking on his engagement.

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It is Bench Week on MECE Muse Unplugged (special announcement)

MECE 10 | Bench Week

 

Special edition of The MECE Muse Unplugged where Christie reflects on the current state of the show since launching on July 7, 2017. She also gives a special announcement on the future of the show, and shares highlights of upcoming episodes for the next month.

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