Real stories, honest reflections, and personal journeys from Stanford GSB’s MSx program. Hosted by Alessandro Balzi and Miki Watanabe (Class of 2026), this podcast explores life inside one of the world’s top business schools through candid conversations with students, alumni, and beyond. Originally launched by Jateen Kooverjee and Sasha Gidwani (Class of 2024) and carried forward by Béa Asavajaru and Vinicius Quintanilha (Class of 2025), the podcast continues as a student-led tradition.
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MSx Insider 2026 - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of MSx
Tyler Martin, Martín Coulthurst, and Miki Watanabe (MSx '26) take an honest look at the MSx experience: the moments that made it all worth it, the parts nobody warned them about, and the costs of spending a year at Stanford GSB. From the incredible people and opportunities to possibility paralysis, financial pressure, and being away from the people and life you left behind, they discuss what surprised them, what challenged them, and what they would do differently. No brochure, no sugarcoating. Just three MSx students reflecting on the good, the bad, and the ugly of their year at Stanford.
8 Sept 2026
MSx Insider 2026 - Entrepreneurship
Clara Leow, Neo Zhang, and Steven Yan (MSx ‘26) discuss what many of us come to Stanford GSB for: entrepreneurship. From finding an opportunity and choosing a cofounder to validating a business and navigating the inevitable uncertainty, they talk about what it really takes to turn an idea into something more real, the Stanford resources that helped along the way, and what the journey taught them about themselves.
Links referenced in the episode:
Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES)
Stanford Venture Studio (SVS)
Entrepreneurship Courses
20 Aug 2026
MSx Insider 2026 - Social Impact
Natasha Su Sivarajah, Jessica Olsen, Eléonore Windisch, and Alessandro Balzi (MSx '26) sit down to reflect on their different paths to social impact at Stanford GSB. With backgrounds spanning climate capital, community justice, ESG, and responsible AI, they discuss what brought them there, the resources they leveraged, what’s next, and…even what they wrote in their application essays.
Links referenced in the episode:
Center for Social Innovation
Impact Fellowships
Stanford GSB Impact Fund
Stanford HAI Affinity Groups
Stanford Seed
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