Articles by Richard Battle-Baxter

Startup Life after B-School
First Order Of Business—I’m working on something that business school applicants have been asking for. So I’m starting to collect email addresses and will let everyone know when it’s ready: Click … Read More

Why Does Death Make You Introspect? #GoneTooSoon
I really don’t know what to say right now, but I’m just going to write (because is therapeutic) t’d see where this ends. I need to express the way that I’m feeling right now because I’m sure … Read More

Back to Cornell for 3rd MBA Classmate’s Wedding
Tis the season I suppose! Last weekend (Labor Day Weekend), I was back up in Ithaca for the wedding of two of my classmates. I love a good wedding especially when it’s a wedding where I know a good amount of the … Read More

2 Tuckie Start-Ups & Me: Chatdesk.com and JoinReflect.com
Here I am again with another blog post. This one is is inspired by a couple of situations that I’ve had over the last couple of weeks. They’re relevant to this blog because as I reflected on each situation, I … Read More

How Networking as a Pre-MBA Can Pay Off
I’ve got to find two posts that will add some context to this current post. But I’ll start anyway and then back track. Per my blog you should recognize by now that I’m a networker. I love to meet people … Read More

Don’t Give a Damn when Starting Your MBA Program
Good Morning! This isn’t the next blog post that I truly wanted to write but, it’s top of mind right now so I’ve got to do it. I just had morning coffee with my friend who suggested to me in 2009 that I … Read More

1st Month Back in NYC—Start Up
Hello hello! I’ve been meaning to get around to writing another blog post that recaps the last 4-5 weeks of me being back in the city “full-time” working on In The Loop because, well, it keeps me … Read More

First Week in NYC: Classmate Visits from Australia
I think this is the perfect time to write this blog as I sit here at WeWork Times Square and reflect on the last couple of days. Let me just preface this by saying that it was been an incredibly exciting couple of days. … Read More

Viral B-School Graduation Speech
I know, I know, it’s been a while since I’ve updated my blog, but trust me—I will be doing it again. I’m working on something very important at the moment. But, if you have not seen this viral … Read More

Challenging Aspect of B-School
A while back when I started this YouTube channel, I initially came up with a list of topics to talk about from a list that a friend who graduated from HBS sent me. It was a list of questions that he frequently received … Read More

Tips for Visiting B-School Classes
Contrary to popular belief, visiting business schools and business school classes is incredibly important. As I always tell people, it’s not important to do for the simple matter of being able to say, “Oh … Read More

Drinking in B-School: Copious Amounts
I made this post to my YouTube channel because if I remember correctly, there are quite a few references to the copious amounts of drinking that goes on in business school ESPECIALLY in the 2nd year. I probably even … Read More

The LGBT MBA Conference
I love Poets & Quants because it gives me a lot of material to comment on since the articles on that site are different from articles found anywhere else. In any event, I need to comment on a recent article titled … Read More

How the GMAT Score Might Influence Your B-School Perfomance
In this video blog post, I talk about the correlation (or lack there of) between GMAT scores and business school performance. I remember when studying for the GMAT, I hated the exam so much because I knew that while I … Read More