4. The Best & Brightest Executive MBAs Of 2023
For nine years running, we’ve recognized the “Best and Brightest” executive MBAs as nominated by the best b-schools in the world. And the list is always one of our most popular reads. These profiles are not only motivating for prospective candidates, they offer valuable insights into the top programs in the world.
Among this year’s Best & Brightest, you’ll find feel-good underdog stories like Robert Griffith, a ’23 grad of Fordham University’s Gabelli School. Griffith is a household name for many NFL fans, a 13-year league veteran who started as an undrafted free agent before emerging as a three-time All-Pro. You’ll also find Lara Adesokan from Rice University’s Jones Graduate School. Born in Nigeria and educated as an engineer in the UK, Adesokan has spent over two decades working for Shell. Her first assignment out of university? Being the only woman among 122 male colleagues on a rig in the North Sea!
Read all 105 2023 Best and Brightest profiles here.
5. Biggest Myths About Executive MBA Programs
Each year, as part of our Best & Brightest EMBAs profiles, we ask candidates to share the biggest myths about the degree. We compile the most helpful answers into a popular and highly useful tool for prospective EMBAs to separate fact from fiction.
See the full collection here.
6. 20 Highest-Funded MBA HealthCare Startups For 2023
With its complex and often cumbersome delivery system, changing technology, and built-in customer base, the healthcare industry is a sector ripe for disruption.
It can be agonizingly slow, with clinical trials for new medicines and treatments often taking years. It’s very often infuriatingly selective, with the best care often reserved for the most privileged. And, particularly in the United States, paying for healthcare is unduly confusing and sometimes prohibitively expensive, especially for underserved populations.
Just the right landscape, it seems, for an entrepreneurial-minded MBA to make an impact.
In this story, we look at 20 innovative and disruptive startups in the healthcare space, all founded by MBAs and EMBAs at the top business school. Startups range from artificial intelligence-enabled tools for diagnosing kidney disease to 3D printed teeth aligners as an alternative to braces. Altogether, the 20 startups raised $1.15 billion in total funding to date. See the full list here.
7. EMBA Spotlights
For school seekers out there, our EMBA Spotlight series is a can’t miss. In these program deep dives, we speak with students and program directors to get to the differentiators of EMBAs at the top ranked business schools.
Each spotlight includes must-know basics like format, cost, and academic requirements as well as insider perspectives to help prospective students evaluate the best EMBAs for them.
Our series has 18 spotlights so far, with many more coming in 2024. You can read them here.
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