The Cambridge Judge MBA Finance Approach
According to U.S. News & World Report, a career as a financial manager is the third hottest job for a graduating MBA student in 2017, while a career in accounting ranks number one. Indeed, finance careers pay well, offer robust job growth, low unemployment rates and the opportunity for MBAs to use both their quantitative and creative skills.
According to Shawnice Meador, Executive Director of MBA Career and Leadership at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flager Business School, who spoke to U.S. News, “These sorts of roles are really critical for a company since they’re trying to make sure that they’re making strategic financial decisions.”
With respect to preparing students for careers in finance, the University of Cambridge Judge Business School takes a multifaceted approach. Continue reading…
Judge Business School Alumna Goes From Sweden to Cambridge to Turkey For Dream Business
A Cambridge Judge alumna travelled around the world to ultimately pursue a crowdfunding business. Louise Westerlind (Cambridge MBA, 2008) grew up in Sweden and is now co-founder of rewards-based crowdfunding platform Fongogo, based in Istanbul, Turkey.
Fongogo was launched in November 2013 and today it’s Turkey’s largest crowdfunding platform through funds raised and website traffic. Fongogo was founded by Louise, Ali Cebi and Ali Tirkes, and now has a team of six people.
Louise, who just came back from Startup Turkey – the country’s biggest start-up conference where Fongogo made it to the final – took time off to share some of her experiences, originally published on Judge’s news site.
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