With my kids at the Vienna airport before I am off to Rotterdam My road to MBA started somewhat ten months ago. I was already working as a Finance Controller at the brewery and the more I was involved in the
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The inevitable question – “Why RSM?”
Photo taken by me my first day at RSM. Why RSM? I was on a plane headed to the Netherlands when it occurred to me that I knew no one there except someone by the name of Tinka Broeders,
Read moreA year in the making
Last year this time, I was on my way back from a coastal summer holiday in the beautiful Western Cape province of South Africa. My GMAT appointment, application essays and the uncomfortable wait that comes after were the primary thoughts
Read moreErasmus Beer is ready!
Our MBA program at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) stands out worldwide because of the entrepreneurial mindset of our students. We have a creative and fun approach to our ideas, and are dead serious when it comes to
Read moreTHE MILAN EXPERIENCE
The MBA Study Trips are a great opportunity provided by RSM to get to know how business is done in other parts of the globe. From United States, to Costa Rica, to Europe and China; every one of us had
Read moreHelp me find the break of this amazing roller coaster, please!
It’s real: time is going by too fast. I still remember some alumni of the previous promotions prevented me about this – it was 2015 and I thought “let’s see what happens next year”. The roller coaster started to move
Read moreHalfway through the journey and still a lot to discover
Finishing the last papers for Term 2 gets you into thinking. After the blazing fire of intense work dies out, you actually get some time to reflect on what has been going over the past few months. Father’s day especially
Read moreKicked off the year with a win in Lanzarote
Little did I know when I got elected the President of the prestigious RSM Sailing Club that my first assignment would be to set sail to Lanzarote. This gorgeous Spanish island off the coast of west Africa was as alien
Read moreOneMBA Global Residency Europe
The second Global Residency for the 2017 OneMBA cohort took place in March. This time, Europe was the location, with Rotterdam and Warsaw as our host cities. ‘Hey, I read your blog!’ was the first thing I heard from one
Read moreMy decision to do a MBA at RSM
Many people have asked my why I decided to do a MBA, and why I chose RSM. To date it’s been one of the most difficult decisions of my life (although the process of trying to pack everything I own into a 30 kg
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