Inside Kellogg School of Management with Jibikeoluwa FaborodeEver met one of those people that your parents ask if they have 2 heads? Well, let me introduce you to one!Jibikeoluwa is a proud Nigerian, a business strategist and an international policy expert. After completing her MBA at Kellogg, she's now an incoming Consultant at EY-Parthenon’s Houston office. At Kellogg, she served as Vice President of Global Affairs for the Kellogg Student Association and worked to deepen student’s access to global experiences, geostrategy learning and community building in a world with growing divides and intense competition.Before Kellogg, Jibike spent close to a decade in global strategy, foreign affairs, and climate finance roles across Africa with the UK foreign, commonwealth and development office, African Development Bank, and Huawei Technologies. Asides her MBA from Kellogg, Jibike holds an M.Sc., in International Development Policy from Duke University, another M.Sc., in Energy Economics from University of Port Harcourt and a B.Sc., in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Obafemi Awolowo University.She’s passionate about development in emerging economies, in particular across Africa and Asian markets.In this brutally honest conversation, she talk through:- The Kellogg MBA application process- How to land and/or increase scholarship awards- Tips for getting highly effective recommendation letters- How to navigate coffee chats, networking and everything else that scare international students- Simple strategies to land your dream internship & full time offer at firms like Amazon, Tesla, SpaceX, McKinsey, Goldman Sachs & Open AI- …and other specific things to do to get into your dream business school and enjoy your 2 yearsIf you want step-by-step guidance on how to get into Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, or you just wonder what it's like to be an Kellogg student, this episode will give you an exclusive look INSIDE!🎬 𝐖𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐎𝐒:▶Inside Harvard Business School: https://youtu.be/qvIqmu3sRFA▶Inside Booth School of Business: https://youtu.be/1Yopl7VSyNg🔔 𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊: ▶ https://www.youtube.com/@business101pod/videos?sub_confirmation=1 @business101pod

How do you go from "your story is decent but not memorable" to "welcome to HBS"? 'Demilade Oresanya will tell you it takes a village!

'Demilade is first of all a proud Nigerian. He's also a business strategist, and an Associate at McKinsey’s Toronto office. He is a class of 2025 MBA grad from Harvard Business School, where he served as co-President of the Africa Business Club and worked to connect African companies with world-class talent.

Before HBS, 'Demilade spent close to a decade in sales, marketing, and strategy roles across Africa with ENGIE, Unilever, TOTAL, and Diageo. He holds a BSc in Mass Communication from the University of Lagos and a professional marketing diploma from the UK’s Chartered Institute of Marketing.

He’s passionate about unlocking Africa’s full potential through bold, business-led solutions.

In this brutally honest conversation, 'Demilade walks us through :

- The HBS MBA application process

- How to ace the famous HBS application essays

- Tips for getting highly effective recommendation letters

- How to navigate coffee chats, networking and everything else that scare international students

- Simple strategies to land your dream internship & full time offer at firms like Amazon, Tesla, SpaceX, McKinsey, Goldman Sachs & Open AI

- …and other specific things to do to get into your dream business school and enjoy your 2 years

If you want step-by-step guidance on how to get into Harvard Business School at Harvard College, or you just wonder what it's like to be an HBS student, this episode will give you an exclusive look INSIDE!

No one has a better perspective of Booth School of Business at The University of Chicago than Sharon Nwani, an operations leader, who in her current role, serves as a Pathways Operations Manager at Amazon. She is a Class of 2025 Booth MBA graduate, where she served as Co-Chair of both the Booth Africa Club and the Emerging Markets Club at Booth, driving initiatives that unlocked the power of community, collaboration, and opportunity across borders. Before Booth, Sharon worked across development finance, consulting, and strategy roles in Sub-Saharan Africa and South America, driving over $500m worth of financing and supply chain transformation projects at the Bank of Industry, Market Access Africa, and Africa Foresight Group. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from the University of Benin, is a Certified Management Consultant and, most recently, a Stevie Awards judge.Sharon’s passion lies in building inclusive, tech-enabled supply chain systems that help businesses grow—and she’s on a mission to strengthen operational infrastructure globally, one meaningful solution at a time.In this brutally honest conversation, Sharon breaks down:- The Booth MBA application process- How to get application fee waivers- Strategies to get GRE scores as high as 338- How to write application essays that the M7s love- Tips for getting highly effective recommendation letters- How to navigate coffee chats, networking and everything else that scare international students- Simple strategies to land your dream internship & full time offer at firms like Amazon, Tesla, SpaceX, McKinsey, Goldman Sachs & Open AI- …and other specific things to do to get into your dream business school and enjoy your 2 yearsIf you want step-by-step guidance on how to get into The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, or you just wonder what it's like to be a Boothie, this episode will give you an exclusive look INSIDE!