I tend to take the long way around, learning lessons the hard way while trying to fail forward. I’m energized by sharing those lessons and helping people with similar tendencies, backgrounds, and ambitions be a step ahead of where I was when I was in their shoes. At one point my life, I started doing things for the plot, but at a certain point, the plot started happening to me. If you’re someone who focuses less on test scores, though they do matter, and more on the story, the journey, and how all the pieces fit together, we’d be a great fit. Now for the baseball card stats: - I’m a 2025 Stanford GSB grad and now building my own company, Penguin Health, as a Stanford Impact Founder Fellow. My path to Stanford was traditional, but not really. - I went to Florida State and cold emailed 1,000 people to get a job in banking. I got fired after a year. - I failed forward and cold emailed my way into BCG, didn’t get fired, and actually liked it. I got bored though, and wanted to get closer to my dream of becoming a CEO. - I moved to Kenya, where I worked at Jumia, Africa’s first unicorn, and launched and scaled a 20-minute grocery delivery business across 10 African countries to $10M GMV in 18 months. - I applied to business school twice. - The first time, I applied to 6 schools and got 0 interviews. I wasn’t ready. - Unsure if I was going to apply again, I hired a consultant, applied to HBS and GSB, and got into both. I’ve been incredibly blessed with mentorship and guidance in my life. I want to provide that for others. Not by pretending there’s one perfect path or formula, but by helping you understand your story, sharpen your strategy, avoid the mistakes I made, and put together an application that actually sounds like you. Drop me a line, let's chat.