Alumni News

Browse or search the articles below and see what some Stanford GSB alumni have been up to professionally.

August 31, 2017

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How Word Choice Can Cultivate Optimism and Improve Health

Using the right language during crises improves patients’ chances of recovery.

A young woman holds an older woman’s hands | iStock/Xesal

August 30, 2017

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San Francisco’s Soccer Team Comes From Stanford Roots

Deltas CEO Brian Andrés Helmick, MBA ’05, seeks to foster community, and help the community, through the city’s first professional soccer team.

August 30, 2017

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“The Only Time You Must Not Fail is the Last Time You Try”

Nike’s Philip Knight, MBA ’62, talks with Stanford GSB Dean Jonathan Levin and alumni at an intimate Q&A.

Philip Knight (right) and Stanford GSB Dean Jonathan Levin. | Kiefer Hickman

August 29, 2017

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Want to Feel More at Peace About a Decision? Stop Dwelling on the Negatives

You may think you’re weighing the pros and cons equally, but you’re probably not.

Illustration of man pulling a question mark from a funnel | iStock/dane_mark

August 17, 2017

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Shirzad Chamine: Five Strategies to Challenge Negative Thoughts

Break out of this self-destructive habit to become more productive in work and life.

A woman sits on a rock in the mid-afternoon sun and meditates in Central Park. | Reuters/Carlo Allegri

August 15, 2017

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Ramiro Cormenzana, SEP ’17: Learning to Lead by Design

Following in his boss’s footsteps, an executive seeks inspiration at the place where one of Latin America’s largest online marketplaces was conceived.

Ramiro Cormenzana, SEP 17 | ToniBird Photography

August 7, 2017

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Why Hospital ER Wait Times Are Often Wrong

Research shows how to improve a system that doesn’t work.

August 3, 2017

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Guardians of Low Earth Orbit

A Stanford entrepreneur is helping the fast-growing commercial space industry navigate a zero-gravity obstacle course.

August 3, 2017

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Jenna Nicholas, MBA ’17: Investing the Effort to Understand Marginalized Communities’ Funding Needs

Impact Experience, the 2017 Social Innovation Fellow’s latest venture, uses the power of local knowledge to help plan effective, caring partnerships.

2017 SIF Fellow Jenna Nicholas | Stacy Geiken

August 3, 2017

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Tricia Smith, SEP ’17: A Single Company, but Multiple Careers

An executive at a major retailer dives into learning to help address the rapid changes in her industry and her own changing role.

Tricia Smith, SEP '17 | ToniBird Photography

August 1, 2017

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Social Innovation Fellow Creates Jobs App for People With Low Literacy

Muhammad Mustafa, MS ’17, will use icons and audio to help illiterate workers communicate, Forbes reports.

July 31, 2017

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Jane Chen: Be Courageous Because You Will Fail

The CEO of Embrace Innovations explains the most important skill for a successful entrepreneur.

Jane Chen started and runs Embrace Innovations, a technology company that has created a way to keep premature babies warm. | Stacy Geiken

July 27, 2017

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Gabrielle Scrimshaw, MBA ’17: A Trailblazing Relative Helps a Young Native American Woman Dream Big

An artist’s daughter from a small Canadian community found inspiration in a one-sentence postcard.

Gabrielle Scrimshaw, MBA ’17 | Yuri Sagalov

July 5, 2017

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Inclusion 101: Tech's Future Founders Get Schooled on Diversity

Dow Jones Newswire|As Silicon Valley companies confront accusations of unfair treatment of women and minorities, Stanford GSB is trying to help would-be entrepreneurs create more conscientious companies.