Business Beyond Usual

Welcome back to our expansion of the Business Beyond Usual concept. Each week, our regular BBU team runs down the top happenings at Michigan Ross for the coming week and welcomes a special guest. This week, Christina and Eileen chat with guests Justin about this week's UpClose event and Vaish about the Women in Leadership Conference.

Check out the BBU “Ross Weekly” today, and watch out for the next full episode of “Business Beyond Usual,” coming soon, featuring many different Voices of Ross.

Have thoughts about topics we should cover or just want to get in touch? Send us an email at [email protected].

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Business Beyond Usual is brought to you by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Episode Producer and Host: Christina Weiberg.

Guests: Justin Rufen-Blanchette and Vaish Sitarama.

Executive Producers: Christina Weiberg, Eric Hopfenbeck, and Bob Needham

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In this special “person on the street” episode, returning MBAs offer some advice to incoming students; new MBAs talk about what they’re looking forward to; and everyone reflects on one word to best describe the school.

Have thoughts about topics we should cover or just want to get in touch? Send us an email at [email protected].

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Business Beyond Usual is brought to you by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

• Episode Hosts and Producers: Christina Weiberg, Eric Hopfenbeck.
• Executive Producers: Eric Hopfenbeck, Christina Weiberg, and Bob Needham.
• Producers: Alex Abrams, Varun Joshi. 
• Audio Engineer: Jonah Brockman.

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Welcome back to our expansion of the Business Beyond Usual concept. Each week, our regular BBU team runs down the top happenings at Michigan Ross for the coming week and welcomes a special guest. This week, Eric chats with guest Thomas Krouse about his background, his personal coming-out story, the Out For Business club, and upcoming events for Coming Out Week.

Check out the BBU “Ross Weekly” today, and watch out for the next full episode of “Business Beyond Usual,” coming soon, featuring many different Voices of Ross.

Have thoughts about topics we should cover or just want to get in touch? Send us an email at [email protected].

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Business Beyond Usual is brought to you by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Episode Producer and Host: Eric Hopfenbeck.

Guest: Thomas Krouse.

Executive Producers: Christina Weiberg, Eric Hopfenbeck, and Bob Needham

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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to our expansion of the “Business Beyond Usual” concept. Each week, a couple members of the regular “BBU” team run down the top happenings at Michigan Ross for the coming week and welcome a special guest. This week, they also welcome two guests; Shreyans talks about Michigan football and "the Bus" tailgate scene, while Kateri talks about the Hispanic Business Students Association and upcoming events for Hispanic Heritage Month.

Check out the BBU “Ross Weekly” today, and watch out for the next full episode of “Business Beyond Usual,” coming soon.

Have thoughts about topics we should cover or just want to get in touch? Send us an email at [email protected].

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Business Beyond Usual is brought to you by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Episode Producers and Hosts: Christina Weiberg and Alex Abrams.

Guest: Kateri Gutierrez.

Executive Producers: Christina Weiberg, Eric Hopfenbeck, and Bob Needham

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In this special bonus episode, Business Beyond Usual wraps up its fifth season with a panel discussion among six second-year students on the BBU team. They talk about their plans post-graduation; memories of Ross and the podcast; and advice for MBA students now and in the future on how to choose classes, which Ross events are can’t-miss, dating in B-school, and much more. 

Have thoughts about topics we should cover or just want to get in touch? Send us an email at [email protected].

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Business Beyond Usual is brought to you by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

• Episode Hosts and Producers: Jeff Church, Katie Coleman.
• Guests: Bridget Manning, Ifueko Ogbeide, Lauren Abuouf, Robert Leupp.
• Executive Producers: Jeff Church, Katie Coleman, and Bob Needham.
• Producers: Bridget Manning, Christina Weiberg, Varun Joshi, Robert Leupp, Lauren Abuouf, Ifueko Ogbeide, Alex Abrams, Eric Hopfenbeck. 
• Audio Engineer: Jonah Brockman.

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In this special episode, hosts Bridget and Alex welcome a panel of five first-year MBA students to talk about their recruiting experience during this unique year. Learn about resources and support available at Ross, advice for approaching a career pivot, recruiting challenges unique to the pandemic, and much more.

Have thoughts about topics we should cover or just want to get in touch? Send us an email at [email protected].

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Business Beyond Usual is brought to you by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

• Episode Hosts and Producers: Bridget Manning, Alex Abrams.
• Guests: Pilar Cabezas, Jordan Enos, Gena Inbusch, Yumi Karlshoej, Shota Saito.
• Executive Producers: Jeff Church, Katie Coleman, and Bob Needham.
• Producers: Bridget Manning, Christina Weiberg, Varun Joshi, Robert Leupp, Lauren Abuouf, Ifueko Ogbeide, Alex Abrams, Eric Hopfenbeck. 
• Audio Engineer: Jonah Brockman.

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In this special episode, hosts Jeff and Lauren welcome three key faculty members at the Ross School of Business — Hyun-Soo Ahn, Damian Beil, and Lindy Greer — to discuss their backgrounds, how they adjusted to remote teaching, and lessons learned from the past year.

Have thoughts about topics we should cover or just want to get in touch? Send us an email at [email protected].

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Business Beyond Usual is brought to you by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

• Episode Hosts and Producers: Jeff Church, Lauren Abuouf.
• Guests: Hyun-Soo Ahn, Damian Beil, Lindy Greer.
• Executive Producers: Jeff Church, Katie Coleman, and Bob Needham.
• Producers: Bridget Manning, Christina Weiberg, Varun Joshi, Robert Leupp, Lauren Abuouf, Ifueko Ogbeide, Alex Abrams, Eric Hopfenbeck. 
• Audio Engineer: Jonah Brockman.

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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to our expansion of the “Business Beyond Usual” concept. Each week, a couple members of the regular “BBU” team run down the top happenings at Michigan Ross for the coming week and welcome a special guest. This week, they also talk to guest Meredith about her background, her involvement with Detroit R+B, and the club's upcoming Detroit Impact Conference.

Check out the BBU “Ross Weekly” today, and watch out for the next full episode of “Business Beyond Usual,” catching up with past hosts of the podcast.

Have thoughts about topics we should cover or just want to get in touch? Send us an email at [email protected].

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Business Beyond Usual is brought to you by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Episode Producers and Hosts: Lauren Abuouf and Jeff Church.

Guest: Meredith Chapekis.

Executive Producers: Jeff Church, Katie Coleman, and Bob Needham

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In this special episode, hosts Jeff and Eric welcome three former BBU producers — Sheela, Marjace, and Jerry — to discuss their Ross experiences, the early days of the podcast, and what they’re doing now.

Have thoughts about topics we should cover or just want to get in touch? Send us an email at [email protected].

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Business Beyond Usual is brought to you by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

• Episode Hosts and Producers: Jeff Church, Eric Hopfenbeck.
• Guests: Sheela Lal, Marjace Miles, Jerry Won.
• Executive Producers: Jeff Church, Katie Coleman, and Bob Needham.
• Producers: Bridget Manning, Christina Weiberg, Varun Joshi, Robert Leupp, Lauren Abuouf, Ifueko Ogbeide, Alex Abrams, Eric Hopfenbeck. 
• Audio Engineer: Jonah Brockman.

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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to our expansion of the “Business Beyond Usual” concept. Each week, a couple members of the regular “BBU” team run down the top happenings at Michigan Ross for the coming week and welcome a special guest. This week, they also talk to guest Mo about the Ross Sports Business Association and this week's Sports Tech Conference.

Check out the BBU “Ross Weekly” today, and watch out for the next full episode of “Business Beyond Usual,” catching up with past hosts of the podcast.

Have thoughts about topics we should cover or just want to get in touch? Send us an email at [email protected].

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Business Beyond Usual is brought to you by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.

Episode Producers and Hosts: Bridget Manning and Jeff Church.

Guest: Maurice Watkins.

Executive Producers: Jeff Church, Katie Coleman, and Bob Needham

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Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.