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B-School / Consulting Clubs

Making The Most Out Of A Networking Event at University

If you are going to university, it is likely that you will attend a corporate networking event at some point. Whether you want to form connections with your dream employer, find out about a specific company or industry, or simply go because that’s what all of your friends seem to be doing, these events can […]

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AI / Big Data

Facebook Censors Free Speech?

On Friday, 22 September at 11.25pm, I shared the article below on Facebook.  It attracted one like and a comment, to which I replied. I thought nothing further of it. The next day, I happened to glance at my Facebook page. The post had vanished! How strange. On closer enquiry, I found that the post still existed […]

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Blockchain / Crypto

Bitcoin Remains Resilient Despite Establishment Backlash

Just this week, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon came out strongly against Bitcoin.  Calling it a “fraud“, claiming that “it is worse than tulip mania”, and declaring that he will fire any employee who trades the cryptocurrency for being “stupid”. (While somewhat amusingly admitting that his daughter invests in Bitcoin.) Also this week, several China-based Bitcoin […]

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Career Advice

Mythbusters: The Management Consultant Edition

So you’re interested in being a management consultant? Great! But what is it that they actually do? If you’re still not sure of the answer then read on, as I bust the myths and reveal the realities of what it truly means to be a “management consultant”. 1. Consulting only pertains to the business sector- […]

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Banking Blockchain / Crypto

Battle of The Central Banks: China Declares ICOs Illegal

As I have been writing in this space of late, the days of the Wild West for cryptocurrency are absolutely at an end. The writing has been on the wall all summer. The latest news to hammer the point home? As September dawned last week, six more major banks joined a UBS-led effort to create […]