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THE BERKELEY MBA CURRICULUM
Stephen Love
MBA 10
Manager
ZS Associates
San Mateo, California
Previous degree:
HBA, Business Administration
University of Western Ontario, Canada
When asked how tough business
school is, Stephen Love reaches
back to his football-playing days in
college for a comparison. “You end
up beat up and tired,” he says, “but
it is all worth it.”
Part of what makes it worth it for
Love is the quality of the courses
and the faculty. “The professors
both talk the talk and walk the
walk,” he says. “They have been
there and done so much in their
respective areas of expertise. Randy
Haykin, who taught my New Venture
Finance class, was employee number
five at Yahoo! and now runs his
own VC firm.”
“Because there were relatively
few students in my class who had
worked in consulting, I’ve found
myself being a resource for their
questions,” says Love. “That’s part
of the culture here—everyone is
willing to share their expertise.”
Throughout the curriculum, Love
has recognized many opportunities
to leverage his Berkeley MBA
education. For example, “what I
learned in my Negotiations class has
already proved useful on the job,”
he says. “Now I have a better set of
skills to handle the push back from
prospects I sometimes encounter in
the sales process.”
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