{"id":10273,"date":"2020-02-09T12:26:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T12:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/?p=10273"},"modified":"2021-04-16T10:27:02","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T09:27:02","slug":"jason-finkelstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/2020\/02\/jason-finkelstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Finkelstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">MBA 2020, United States<\/p>\n<h2><em>&#8220;You miss 100 shots you don&#8217;t take&#8221; Wayne Gretzky<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>I started my professional journey as a Personal Wealth Manager. After a year, I transitioned into the Internet\/Tech Sales industry working my way up to Mid-Market Account Executive.<\/p>\n<p>I am extremely interesed in Finance, Leadership, Management, and the Operations side of businesses. My career goals are to either be in business for myself (Finance or Real-Estate) or be a senior-leader in an innovative company.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of work, I enjoy playing basketball, Ultimate Frisbee, and doing my best to stay in shape. Exploring new restaurants andpPubs is also a big hobby of mine, I love to eat and sample the latest beer or Scotch!.<\/p>\n<p><b>Achievements<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Earning my Series 7 &amp; 66 licenses on my first attempt to become a fully licensed Wealth Manager.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Hitting my sales-quota 16\/18 months in my two entry-level sales roles at Glassdoor (118% total) and being promoted to an Account Executive ahead of schedule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>As an Account Executive at Glassdoor and in my last quarter, successfully pitching and selling two \u201cProof-of Concept\u201d deals, which turned into $50k of total revenue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What attracted you to the Kent MBA programme and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After researching the program, the KBS, and the prestige that comes with a degree from here, I couldn\u2019t pass up the opportunity to try and study in this programme.<\/p>\n<p>I had visited the University of Kent campus previously and fell in love with the campus and the town of Canterbury. Kent Business School.<\/p>\n<p>As a born &amp; raised American, the opportunity to study abroad (which I never did in undergrad) was also very appealing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What were your motivations for undertaking an MBA?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The need to continue learning and challenging myself mentally. Not being satisfied with my level of knowledge &amp; skills in the wider scheme of business. I want to learn more and have a deeper understanding of how to manage finances, operations, leadership, management, supply-chain, etc \u2013 to ultimately be more than just a sales-person for my career.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aspirations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I want to have the opportunity to be a senior leader, to be an entrepreneur or start my own real-estate business. I want to learn and gain as much as expertise from unique minds from across the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advice<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Never stop learning. Don\u2019t try to do everything by yourself.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MBA 2020, United States &#8220;You miss 100 shots you don&#8217;t take&#8221; Wayne Gretzky I started my professional journey as a Personal Wealth Manager. 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