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  MBAs on the Move

  The Dream Came True. Then the Story Kept Going.

  When Forté first featured Lee Gonzalez in 2016, she was doing what entrepreneurs often do: looking ahead. She and her sister had already built and sold two hostels in Barcelona before opening their third, The Local, in Queens. Their next dream was already taking shape, a hotel-hostel hybrid in Portland, Oregon. Lee talked about it […]

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  Early Career

  It’s Time to Reinvest in Your Career

  The Job Market Sucks. The Economy Is Awful.  That’s the story right now, and you’ve probably said some version of it yourself. Maybe about your own job. Maybe about a friend who just lost her job. Maybe about the fact that nobody’s hiring, but everybody’s laying off. Not to mention that AI already blew up […]

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  Impact Stories

  Alexandra Hanley on Stepping Into Her Role in a Competitive Industry

  As a Business Management major with a Finance specialization — and a 3.98 GPA — Alexandra Hanley is no stranger to hard work. At Stony Brook University, she’s a teaching assistant for Business Communications, a Forté Campus Ambassador, and a leader in Women in Business. She’s built a strong academic and leadership foundation, but like […]

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  Match Made in Mission

  From a Table in the Back to a Career in Consulting

  How One Student’s Decision to Show Up Led to an Unexpected Career Path  When Caroline Chou walked into the Forté Emerging Leaders Conference, most of the tables were already full. So she took a seat in the back. The prospect of attending a conference initially felt intimidating. “I was feeling rather lost in my business […]

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  Match Made in Mission

  Foundations Matter: How One Student Found Her Home in Real Estate Finance

  Featuring Hines and Deja Alfaro, NYU Stern Before Deja Alfaro found herself working in fund management in London, she was a first-generation college student at NYU trying to figure out where she fit in finance. Like many business students going to school in New York, the path seemed to point in one direction. “Everyone just […]

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  Career Advancement

  “I was basically a chair”: 5 tips for telling your career story

  Yesterday, my daughter texted a picture from work. Two tiny preschoolers, both perched squarely in her lap, grinning at the camera. It was adorable. She’s spending her gap year at a preschool, before she starts graduate school in the fall. I’ve gotten a lot of texts like this.   But it was her caption that made […]

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