The MBA Jam

The MBA Jam episodes:

• 06.24.2019

  Payal Nanjiani – Finish Strong – Acclaimed Motivational Leadership Speaker & Business Coach – Ep #48

  Payal Nanjiani is one of the world’s few Indian-American globally acclaimed motivational leadership speaker, executive and success coach, and author. She is the founder of the Success Is Within Leadership, whose global platform has developed millions of game-changing leaders, entrepreneurs,...

  
• 07.30.2018

  Director at Swiggy and ex-Flipkart – Kartik Patiar – Ep #47

  Kartik Patiar has done his MBA from SP Jain Institute and has also done an exchange program at ESB Business School in Germany. He has diverse experience in marketing and sales across domains - from industrial engineering in the B2B...

  
• 06.25.2018

  Thriving in the early days of Indian startups – Garima Bharadwaj – Great Lakes MBA – Part 2 – Ep #46

  Garima Bharadwaj has done her MBA from Great Lakes Institute of Management in India. Garima has recently shifted to a new role of leading strategy at an IOT company called Enlite Research. Garima’s previous experience includes leading business development &...

  
• 06.20.2018

  Living life with no regrets – Garima Bharadwaj – Great Lakes MBA – Part 1 – Ep #45

  Garima Bharadwaj has done her MBA from Great Lakes Institute of Management in India. Garima has recently shifted to a new role of leading strategy at an IOT company called Enlite Research. Garima’s previous experience includes leading business development &...

  
• 06.11.2018

  What it takes to break into the Forbes ’30 under 30′ | Michael Schwartz from NYU Stern MBA | Ep #44

  Michael Schwartz has done his MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business, also known as NYU Stern. Michael has got 10+ years of experience ranging from new product development and asset creation to in-market execution and media planning...

  
• 05.29.2018

  Serial Entrepreneur & Digital/Agile Transformation Expert: Praveen Karadiguddi, Imperial College MBA, Ep #43

  Praveen Karadiguddi is a Serial Entrepreneur, he has led and founded 2 consultancies with around 120 and 30 people respectively. He has done his MBA from Imperial College London. Praveen helps with digital/agile transformation and builds/enables great teams that build...

  
• 05.21.2018

  I get interviewed by Engel Jones on why I started The MBA Jam and more

  In this episode, Engel Jones, Founder and Podcast Host of Twelve Minute Convos, interviews me, Avinash Bajaj, about my motivation to start The MBA Jam, and more about my personal life and experiences.

  
• 05.07.2018

  Leadership Trainer, Coach, Founder & Chief Energising Officer of Abhivyakti: Vikramaditya Duggal | Ep #41

  Vikramaditya Duggal is currently heading his own organisation - Abhivyakti - the expression. It specialises in training and coaching services for people, leadership and organizational development. He is a professional banker. He worked in State Bank of India for 22 years....

  
• 04.30.2018

  XR industry enthusiast and Founder of the Immersive Tech FB Community in India: Ritu Srivastava | Coventry University London MBA | Ep #40

  Ritu Srivastava recently finished her MBA from Coventry University London. She is a keen follower of the Global XR industry (VR, AR, etc..). She is also the founder of the facebook group 'Women in Immersive Tech India'  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1665600700189879/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritu-s-72a561144/  

  
• 04.09.2018

  How to re-centre your life: Puja Talesara – Organisational Development Consultant, Podcaster and Leadership Coach; Institute Of Technology And Management, Southern Hampshire University MBA; Ep #39

  Puja Talesara has done her MBA from Institute Of Technology And Management, Southern Hampshire University. She has largely worked in Leadership coaching and HR across various organisations. She also runs a podcast of her own, called Leadership Demystified, where global...

  
• 04.02.2018

  HR Expert with the heart of a Techie – London South Bank University MBA – Bhumika Zhaveri – Ep. #38

  Bhumika Zhaveri has done her MBA from London South Bank University (LSBU). Bhumika is the founder of a company called Interimarket™. InteriMarket™ is a unique platform built to solve the challenges modern organisations face in attracting, evaluating and retaining project based...

  
• 03.26.2018

  Focussing on human progress through education – EDHEC Business School MBA – Davis Jones – Ep. #37

  Davis Jones has earned his MBA from EDHEC Business School. He is the co-founder of Eazl, a business education company with more than 100,000 students worldwide that has published multiple bestselling video courses on topics like growth hacking, entrepreneurship, management training,...

  
• 03.19.2018

  Episode #036 : Karthik A P Viswanathan | Illinois Institute of Technology MBA | Senior Product Manager at LinkedIn | ex-Flipkart | ex-Sprinklr | Data Geek

  Karthik Viswanathan is a senior product management professional with overall 10+ years of experience in product development, product management and vendor management, with the last 5+ years in core product management - managing platform products, APIs and consumer-facing experiences. Proven capabilities...

  
• 03.12.2018

  Episode #035 : Gennaro Cuofano | LUISS Business School & University of San Diego MBA | Creator of FourWeekMBA.com | Business Developer at WordLift

  Gennaro Cuofano graduated as a Lawyer. Then earned an International MBA from LUISS Business School and the University of San Diego. He then worked as a financial analyst for a Real Estate Investing Company in San Diego, California. At that time...

  
• 03.05.2018

  Episode #034 : Sean Tope Akinwale | Imperial College MBA | Software Engineering to Project Management & Business Development | Change Management Consultant

  Sean Tope Akinwale started his journey as a software engineer at Accenture, before pursuing the path of Project Management and Business Development. Sean currently works for himself, as a Freelancer, as a Change Management Consultant. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-tope-akinwale-mba-4030b220/

  
• 02.26.2018

  Episode #033 : Jeremy Glassenberg | Carnegie Mellon Tepper MBA | Product and Platform Leader | API Strategist | Advisor and Consultant

  Jeremy Glassenberg is an experienced product leader of 9+ years with a proven track record of growing and helping to monetize startups. He has managed and expanded developer platforms to communities of tens of thousands of developers, executed on high...

  
• 02.19.2018

  Episode #032 : Inna Semenyuk | Imperial College MBA | Singularity University | Innavation Labs | Snapchat Expert | TV Presenter to Digital Marketing Strategist

  Inna Semenyuk is currently the founder of a company called Innavation Labs. Innavation Labs is a marketing consultancy based in San Francisco, and one of it’s clients is the Calm App. She has also worked as a marketing strategist with...

  
• 02.12.2018

  Episode #031 : Jonathan Chizick | Michigan Ross MBA | Product Engineer | Sales & Marketing | Startup Mentor | MBA Career Advisor at Berkeley Haas School of Business

  Jonathan Chizick started his career as a Product engineer with Ford where he worked for 6+ years, after which he went on to work in various roles with big brand names such as Apple, Best Buy, Dell where he was...

  
• 02.05.2018

  Episode #030 : Ignatius Fogarty | Imperial College London Executive MBA | Product Management

  Ignatius Fogarty began his journey at UCL as an Admissions Assistant. Following which, he moved on to Preqin where he spent close to 9 years. He held various roles while there - starting as Research Analyst to growing his way...

  
• 01.29.2018

  Episode #029 : Diego Gosmar | UCLA Fully Employed MBA | CEO at Xenialab & XCALLY

  Diego Gosmar is a Passionate Visionary Innovator with almost 20 years of experience in the ICT and Telco industry. He started to work on the early Voice over Internet technologies at Telecom Italia Labs in 1997, when he was finishing...

  
• 01.22.2018

  Episode #028 : Sagnik Roy | Fordham MBA | Vice President and Head of Multimedia Sales at BCCL Worldwide

  Sagnik Roy started his journey in Accounting, but made the shift into Marketing, Sales and Advertising after finishing his MBA from Fordham University in the US. He started off at Sony Entertainment where he worked for 4 years. After which he...

  
• 12.26.2017

  Episode #027 : Alex Pitt | Stanford MBA | Mustard Seed | Hanging around the hoop

  Alex Pitt is a co-founder and director of Mustard Seed. Mustard Seed is an impact investment firm whose investment philosophy is around supporting visionary entrepreneurs who they believe will generate compelling and sustainable outcomes. Mustard Seed’s portfolio is very interesting. their...

  
• 12.04.2017

  Episode #026 : Ved Ramakrishnan | Texas Austin McCombs MBA | Engineering | Management Consulting

  Ved Ramakrishnan started off his journey as an engineer, he’s done his Masters in Computer Science from Utah State University in USA. Ved has largely worked in Management Consulting, he’s got 12+ years of hands-on experience managing global cross-functional teams,...

  
• 11.20.2017

  Episode #025 : Steven Charlton | University of Westminster MBA | Hustler | Entrepreneur | British Army

  Steven Charlton currently runs his firm called Infinity Loop Consulting, as the Managing Director. Prior to this, he’s run various other businesses, which he has sold off to his partners over time. Steven finished his MBA from University of Westminster...

  
• 11.13.2017

  Episode #024 : Taponeel Mukherjee | INSEAD MBA | CEO of Development Tracks | Being Patient

  Taponeel Mukherjee started his journey as a Trader at UBS, where he went on to being the Associate Director. After which he joined Citi where he was the Vice President for around 4 years. However, the latest thing that Taponeel is...

  
• 10.30.2017

  Episode #023 : John Cousins | Wharton MBA | CEO at MBA ASAP | Music & Literature to Finance & Entrepreneurship

  John Cousins is currently the CEO of MBA ASAP. MBA ASAP helps you learn skillsets that will make you more valuable at your job, help you start something on the side, or let you quit your job and start your...

  
• 10.16.2017

  Episode #022 : Dan Ziv | London Business School (LBS) MBA | Military | Law | Entrepreneurship | Product Mgmt. | Mentor/Advisor

  Dan Ziv is currently the Chief Product Officer and Managing Director UK & ROW at TouchNote. Dan is also a Mentor at Techstars, a member of Founders of the Future, Member of the advisory boards at Feedr Ltd and MORI. Prior to...

  
• 10.09.2017

  Episode #021 : Mayur Satyavrat | ISB MBA | Kellogg, Wharton, IIM, XLRI & more | From Head Count to Heart Count

  Mayur Satyavrat currently works in RBL Bank in India as Head of Learning, Organisation & Leadership Development. Prior to this, he was the director of human resources at Viacom18 Media, during which I believe he also did his MBA from...

  
• 10.02.2017

  Episode #020 : Saumyaa Vardhan | Imperial MBA | Statistician, Aviator, Astrologer, Entrepreneur | Founder & CEO Shubhpuja.com

  Saumyaa Vardhan is the Founder & CEO Shubhpuja.com, India's only science & technology based O2O platform for providing authentic Vedic services such as Vedic pujas, Astrology, Numerology, Vastu consultation, Palmistry through educated and qualified professionals. Prior to launching Shubhpuja.com, she worked in London for 7+...

  
• 09.25.2017

  Episode #019 : Michael Peña | Pepperdine (Exec) MBA | Project Management | Continuous Education

  Michael Peña works as Principal Project Manager at Pacific Gas and Electric Company, where he manages complex projects with budgets of $6M+. Michael has done his bachelors from Fresno Pacific University, Exec MBA from Pepperdine University and has also done a...

  
• 09.18.2017

  Episode #018 : Maheshwar Ramakrishnan | SP Jain MBA | Software Development to Product Management

  Maheshwar Ramakrishnan has done his MBA from SP Jain, one of the popular MBA institutions in India. Mahesh is currently Product Manager at Walmart Labs in India. After his Bachelors in Life Sciences from NUS in Singapore, he started his...

  
• 09.11.2017

  Episode #017 : Alex Mitchell | George Washington University MBA (Part-Time) | Product Director & Author

  Alex Mitchell is currently the Director of Product at Upside Travel. Previously, he was a Product Manager for Vistaprint and Webs, which was acquired by Vistaprint back in 2011.  Alex started his career at JP Morgan, where he was the...

  
• 09.04.2017

  Episode #016 : Michele Ferrario | Columbia MBA | Stashaway Co-Founder and CEO | Open Minds and Serendipitous Moments

  Michele Ferrario is the Co-Founder and CEO of StashAway. Based in Singapore, Southeast Asia’s financial epicenter, StashAway is committed to transform and lead the wealth management industry throughout all of APAC. Prior to founding StashAway, Michele spent the first part of...

  
• 08.29.2017

  Episode #015 : Raj Mukherjee | Columbia & UC Berkeley Haas MBA | Product Leader, Startup Investor & Advisor

  Raj Mukherjee currently works as Senior Vice President of Product at Indeed – one of the most well-known job search sites in the world. In this role, he leads the day-to-day operations of the global Product team, growing their core...

  
• 08.22.2017

  Episode #014 : Matheus Riolfi | Harvard MBA | M&A to Strategy to Consulting to Entrepreneurship

  Matheus Riolfi is currently the Director of International Expansion at Turo. He’s done his MBA from Harvard Business School. His career has transitioned from M&A; to Strategy to Consulting to Product Management, and along the way, he’s also run his...

  
• 08.15.2017

  Episode #013 : Marc Abraham | Durham MBA | Corporate Law to Product Management

  Marc Abraham is an experienced Digital Product Manager, interested in everything digital. Marc is currently the Head of Product at World First. His past experience has been in notonthehighstreet.com, Carwow, YouView TV Limited, Beamly, Reevoo, 7digital, Headshift and Comic Relief....

  
• 08.08.2017

  Episode #012 : Ellen Chisa | Harvard MBA Dropout | Entrepreneurship and Product Management

  Until recently, Ellen Chisa was the VP of Product at Lola, a mobile travel-concierge company. She has previously worked as Product Manager at Kickstarter and Microsoft. Besides that, Ellen regularly teaches Product Management at universities and at General Assembly. She...

  
• 07.25.2017

  Episode #011 : Richard Sharp | Cambridge MBA | CTO of Shazam | Ex-Google, Intel, Citrix, AT&T, Yieldify | Part 2

  Richard Sharp is currently the CTO of Shazam. His past experience has been largely in Engineering and Product Management in companies such as Google, Intel, Citrix, AT&T; and Yieldify. Richard has done his Executive MBA from Cambridge University, before which he...

  
• 07.18.2017

  Episode #010 : Richard Sharp | Cambridge MBA | CTO of Shazam | Ex – Google, Intel, Citrix, AT&T, Yieldify | Part 1

  Richard Sharp is currently the CTO of Shazam. His past experience has been largely in Engineering and Product Management in companies such as Google, Intel, Citrix, AT&T; and Yieldify. Richard has done his MBA from Cambridge University, before which he has...

  
• 06.27.2017

  Episode #009 : André Akira Kashiwara | Imperial MBA | Consulting | Leadership | Entrepreneurship

  Andre has finished his MBA from Imperial College London. Previous to his MBA, Andre has done a variety of roles - ranging from Consulting to Project Management to Sales to Leadership in Director position. Andre is originally from Brazil, he’s...

  
• 06.13.2017

  Episode #008 : Max Wesman | Berkeley Haas MBA | Product Management | Startups

  Max Wesman is currently the VP of Product Management at GoodHire, where he oversees GoodHire's product strategy, development, pricing, marketing, and overall growth. Before joining the Inflection team, GoodHire's parent company, Max managed and launched enterprise and small business software products...

  
• 06.08.2017

  Episode #007 : Ankush Bhatia | Columbia MBA | Investment Banking | Startups

  Ankush Bhatia has done his bachelors in engineering, following which he went on to pursue his Masters in mathematics and statistics from the Stony Brook university in New York. That led him into the world of Finance, Investment Banking and...

  
• 05.01.2017

  Episode #006 : Conrad Chua | Cambridge MBA | Head of MBA Admissions, Marketing and Recruitment

  Conrad Chua is the Head of MBA Admissions, Marketing and Recruitment at the Cambridge Judge Business School. He also regularly blogs at www.thecambridgembaadmissions.com where we writes about MBA admission processes and perspectives at Judge Business School. You can find him...

  
• 04.30.2017

  Episode #005 : Doc McKerr | Cranfield MBA | British Army | Great Himalaya Trail | Executive Development Director

  Doc graduated from the University of Hull in 2004 with a first class honours degree in Chemistry.  In 2006 he commissioned as an officer in the British Army and served a total of seven years within the Royal Engineers operating...

  
• 03.19.2017

  Episode #004 : Vidisha Hegde | ISB MBA | Business & Product Strategy | Design Focus

  Having worked across Strategy & Management before her MBA, Vidisha shares her experiences in this episode on how an MBA from ISB Hyderabad (one of the most premium institutions in India) allowed her to pursue her real passion in the...

  
• 03.19.2017

  Episode #003 : Wendy Xiao Schadeck | Columbia MBA | Venture Investor Northzone | Co-Founder CoHatchery

  Wendy has done a bunch of things in her career. Starting off as an Analyst and moving quickly to an Associate role at major Management Consulting firms, Wendy decided to pursue her MBA at Columbia Business School. While at school...

  
• 03.19.2017

  Episode #002 : Sanket Kshatriya | MDI MBA | HR Manager Reliance

  Sanket, currently HR Manager at Reliance, finished his MBA from MDI Gurgaon only last year, that brings in a much fresher perspective on the MBA degree. Let's hear more about what inspired Sanket to do his MBA and how has...

  
• 03.19.2017

  Episode #001 : Manish Sharma | Oxford MBA | Founder of Printo

  Manish Sharma is the founder of Printo, a very successful business based in Bangalore and many other cities in India. Learn more about what Manish gained out of his MBA from Oxford University.

  
• 03.18.2017

  Episode #000 : Welcome to The MBA Jam Podcast – what’s this all about?

  Have you ever wondered if an MBA degree is the next best step for you and your career? Do you know what people gain (or lose) out of doing an MBA? Are you confused between the various MBA programs out...