I thought I was kind of a hotshot because I had had two years of work experience at Morgan Stanley, and I was about to get my Stanford M.B.A.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I.B.M. was my college education, effectively. They were very good at teaching you management.
If I hadn't gone to Stanford, I'd be working at P&G now.
I definitely had a top-notch education.
I got quite the college experience.
I worked hard at my four-year M.A., but got a 2.1. That was a big disappointment, as I wanted to write about history and thought I needed a First.
I was going to get a degree in economics and be a teacher. But I couldn't afford to pay for the education. So I just got the MBA and not the doctorate. I loved it at Bain, and I've been there ever since.
Luckily, I was blessed to go to Stanford and a school that was primarily focused on academics, so it was a blessing.
I got more out of the farm than Harvard Business School.
I have no doubt that my M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School of Business was one of the best investments I ever made. It helped me climb the corporate ladder and become an entrepreneur.
I came out of my professional athlete career with a 450 credit score, no money in the bank to show for it, but I had an Ivy League degree. So I put that Dartmouth degree to good use and got a job on Wall Street. I hated it but used the time to make connections and become financially literate.