Episode #09: Matt Saverin (EWMBA '20) is one of the many intriguing Haas students with unordinary backgrounds. He grew up training for professional snowboarding, had a stint in entrepreneurship in college, but somehow ended up as an Equity Analyst at Goldman Sachs. His wealth of experience and admirable focus and dedication to his crafts gives a different perspective of a Haas student who knows exactly what he's getting out of his MBA experience.

The OneHaas podcast is always looking for feedback and student co-hosts to make this podcast more valuable for all the students at Haas. Our mission is to promote more interprogram connectivity of the Haas family, between the FT, EW, and Executive programs. With over 1200 Haas MBA students on campus every year, there is more to this network than meets the eye. We hope to bridge that gap ever so slightly and introduce you to people you never knew you had in your Haas network. 

Episode #08: I was fortunate enough to catch up with Eppa Rixey before one of our Saturday classes. Eppa (EWMBA ’19) is a Strategic Planning Manager at Lagunitas Brewing Company. We start off by sharing his experiences as a Management Consultant at Bain after his undergrad, making the move into breweries, and choosing Haas to continue his thirst for knowledge. We also talk about the economics of local businesses and share his favorite beers at Lagunitas for all you craft beer lovers.

Episode #07: I am joined by Nate Pollak of the Executive MBA 2018 program. Nate’s background started in Management Consulting out of his undergrad and after four years he decided to start a restaurant in San Francisco at the height of the recession. Throughout our conversation, we talk about the type of mindset you need to have and the hustle required to succeed as an entrepreneur. We then turn around and talk about wrestling with failure yet maintaining a student always mentality. If you are interested in what Nate is up to or want to reach out to him regarding his businesses, you can reach him at [email protected].

Episode #06: Today we speak with Gagan Dhaliwal of the Full-Time 2019 program. He hails from our friendly neighbor, Canada, and comes from a background in medicine. We start off talking about how an MBA made sense for him as a doctor and the role business has in the healthcare industry. We then talk about his time at Haas as an international student, some of his challenges, and his involvement as the co-president of the Haas Politics and Policy Club. We wrap up with very astute advice for incoming and prospective students on how to improve their short time at Haas. For more information about the Haas Politics and Policy Club or to reach out to Gagan, you can reach him at [email protected].

Episode #05: Today we share an episode from Founded@Berkeley with Kourosh Zamanizadeh (EWMBA '18). He is the COO and co-founder of Ping Inc. Awarded 2017’s LegalTech Startup of the Year by the American Bar Association, Ping is an enterprise SaaS company that automates timekeeping for lawyers and provides analytics on time and billing data for law firms. Kourosh shares with us the founders' journey from quitting their jobs and flying to London to land their first client, to finding and building a support system around your startup.

Founded@Berkeley is a co-production between Berkeley Entrepreneurship Association and Haas Business School Students, Ann Snitko and Sean Li. Our mission is to bring the UC Berkeley entrepreneurship ecosystem closer than ever and find key ingredients of Berkeley founders success.

Episode #04: Today I speak with Luca Cosentino (FTMBA '19) who is co-president of the Berkeley Entrepreneurs Association (BEA). We hear about his background from Rome to Berkeley and we discuss the current entrepreneurial ecosystem for Berkeley students. We expand on ideas for improving inter-school entrepreneurship and collaboration by connecting and bringing together the engineering school, law school, business school, medical school, etc. If you're interested in learning more about BEA, how you can get exposure to entrepreneurship, or how you can help out feel free to reach out to Luca via email at [email protected].

Episode #03: I'm privileged to be speaking with Mojgan Payombar (IG: art_by_moj) from the EMBA 2018 program on this International Women's Day. Her journey of breaking barriers and leaving Iran alone to pursue a life in the US is an inspirational story that it's never too late to take risks and question the status quo. We also talk about her commute to Haas for the Executive MBA program from Southern California, launching an art show to raise funds for Haas, and keeping an open mind in today's social and political climate. If you would like to reach out to Moj about the Haas Art Show, please reach out to her at [email protected].

Episode #02: In today's episode, we speak with David Zhao (EWMBA '19) and Vlad Rozhkovskiy (EWMBA '19) about their personal paths, challenges, and success with getting into the investment banking route at Haas. They share the determination and dedication needed to break into the highly competitive banking industry. If you'd like to learn more, please join the Finance Club at Haas via CampusGroups.

OneHaas is a podcast devoted to bringing the Haas community closer together through our stories. I'm your host Sean Li and my mission is to help open our eyes to the network we never knew we had. 

We’re always looking for Haasies willing to share their stories and experiences so that we can give you more insights into different programs, different careers, and ultimately different perspectives. We hope you enjoyed today’s episode, please feel free to email me for suggestions on how I can improve this podcast or if you have any recommendations for people or content you’d like to hear. My email is [email protected].

Episode #01: In today's pilot episode, we speak with Steve Lee (EWMBA '20) to hear about his past and present experiences with management consulting, the perks and pitfalls of traveling the world for work and engaging in meaningful pro bono projects for non-profits.

Welcome to OneHaas, a podcast devoted to bringing the Haas community closer together through our stories. I'm your host Sean Li and my mission is to help open our eyes to the network we never knew we had.

We’re always looking for Haasies willing to share their stories and experiences so that we can give you more insights into different programs, different careers, and ultimately different perspectives. We hope you enjoyed today’s episode, please feel free to email me for suggestions on how I can improve this podcast or if you have any recommendations for people or content you’d like to hear. My email is [email protected].