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What they do teach at Harvard Business School that's worth learning even after banking monetary success

Personally, I have accumulated sufficient assets, but ironically it took the famed business institution to give my career a deeper purpose

Author Guest Columnist Scott Hanson April 3, 2014 at 6:19 AM
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Scott Hanson: I felt a little intimidated ... [at first] as a state school grad I didn't feel like I could cut out on anything.

Evan Cooper

Evan Cooper

April 4, 2014 — 1:15 PM

Scott: Great to read about your Crimson exploits. But I have a feeling you could have taught those B-School experts a thing or three about running a successful advisory business. You’re one of the few advisory leaders who truly understands marketing and developed a real specialty (serving utility workers and their retirement needs, not just “wealthy people,” the pseudo-niche carved out by most advisors). That you invested the time and money — and went out on a limb emotionally — to spend time at Harvard just proves that real leaders are never complacent or smug and continue to build on their successes.
Evan Cooper, Asset.tv, New York


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