SOM gave me the credibility to go out into the world and find investors. And it gave me the confidence to go out and actually build my own business utilizing the skills I learned as a student.
Elon Boms ’07
Founder and Managing Director, LaunchCapital; Lecturer in the Practice of Entrepreneurship
Elon Boms
Founder and Managing Director, LaunchCapital; Lecturer in the Practice of Entrepreneurship
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"I think there was some subliminal awareness that in choosing Yale, in wanting to engage with the experiment being tried at SOM on public and private management, that I would find my way to the public sector, too."
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Rebecca Lilly Brooks ’98
MBA
"Yale SOM gave me a broader view of the world and of how finance can be directed to social good. That concept of blending is fundamental to SOM.”
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Shirley Yeung ’93
MBA
"Yale SOM offers an environment where you are not just trained very well technically by world-class faculty, but you also have the opportunity to explore the human side of being a businessperson."
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