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The Fuqua Show
Welcome to The Fuqua Show, a podcast sharing the stories, lessons, and passions of Team Fuqua at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. We interview diverse members of the community - students, alums, partners, faculty, staff, and more - to learn about the unique things they bring to the Fuqua community.
Disclosure: This is a student-run production. The opinions expressed in this podcast are the speakers' own and do not necessarily reflect the view of Duke University or the Fuqua School of Business.
Episodes
64 episodes
E63 - Earned, Not Given: Nina King’s Rise in College Sports
How did a law graduate end up running one of the most elite athletic programs in the country?Nina King made history as Duke’s first female Vice President and Director of Athletics—and only the third Black woman ever to le...
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Episode 63
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20:17
E62 - ICU 2 MBA | Connection, Compassion, and Resilience (Mitchell Woodruff)
Mitchell Woodruff (Class of 2024) grew up in the small town of Crestwood, Kentucky. After earning a degree in psychology from Xavier University, Mitchell pursued nursing at Bellarmine University and worked as a pediatric ICU travel nurse across...
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27:11
E61 - Making a Difference: Teaching, Running for Office, and Leading in the White House (Dr. Ronnie Chatterji)
Dr. Ronnie Chatterji returned to Fuqua in 2023, after serving in the White House as implementation lead for the $52 billion CHIPS and Science Act. He thrives at the intersection of academia, public policy, and business, working as a professor a...
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Episode 62
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1:07:43
E60 - Moving On Up: Physical Therapy to MBA (Veronica Valencia Victoria)
Dr. Veronica Valencia Victoria (Class of 2024) is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and could also be considered a doctor of reinventing herself. Originally from a small town in Colombia, she moved to the U.S. when she was 12 years old, ultimately b...
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Episode 61
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21:12
E59 - Seeing the World and Making it Better (Kandasi Griffiths)
Kandasi Griffiths (Class of 2024) had a goal to see the world. And after living in 17 places on 4 continents, she is certainly on her way! After college, she taught English in Paris, organized conferences in the UK, and learned jewelry making i...
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Episode 60
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45:13
E58 - Small Town, Big Dreams: Relationship Health to Rural Wealth (Annie Forrest)
Annie Forrest (Class of 2024) grew up in a small Appalachian town called Richlands, Virginia, where her family has lived for 8 generations. She left home for the University of Virginia, where she became an advocate for sexual assault and relati...
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Episode 59
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36:08
E57 - Rejection is Just a Redirection: Life Lessons from a Strategy Professor (Dr. John M. de Figueiredo)
Dr. John M. de Figueiredo (Faculty Director, Duke Center for Institutional and Organizational Performance) has taught strategy, law, and economics at Duke for more than 14 years and has received 8 teaching awards. However, when trying to start ...
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Episode 58
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25:55
E56 - A Brighter Future: Afrobeats, International Development, & Business (Queen Nwokonneya)
Queen Nwokonneya (Class of 2024) has big ambitions to improve people's lives in developing countries. Originally from Abuja, Nigeria, she discovered a passion for international and economic development, which brought her to the UK for school an...
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Season 1
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Episode 57
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30:02
E55 - The Greater Good: Shaping My Social Impact Career (Erin Worsham)
Erin Worsham spends her days helping people create positive impact in the world. She has been at Duke for a total of 19 years, first as an undergrad music major and now as the leader of Fuqua's Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurs...
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Episode 56
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45:30
E54 - Life and Taxes: Advice from an Excited Accounting Professor (Scott Dyreng)
Happy (?) Tax Day! To celebrate, we're bringing you a special episode with our professor and resident tax guru Scott Dyreng - featuring advice on taxes, life, and everything in between.Scott Dyreng grew up on a turkey farm in rural Utah...
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Episode 55
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34:50
E53 - Dreaming Big: Founding a Mattress Company & Redefining Resilience (Kanchan Nebhwani)
Kanchan Nebhwani (Class of 2024) comes from an Indian family, but grew up in South America and the Caribbean. She learned about entrepreneurship from her family's furniture business and she eventually came to the U.S. to become a founder hersel...
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Season 1
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Episode 54
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28:52
E52 - Advancing Women in Business (Kelsey Worsham & Rhea Philip)
Kelsey Worsham and Rhea Philip (Class of 2025) join us for this episode in honor of Women’s History Month. The newly elected co-presidents of the Association of Women in Business (AWIB), Kelsey and Rhea share a passion for female empowerment an...
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Episode 53
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32:47
E51 - Investing in Myself to Serve Others (Louis Wu)
Louis Wu (Class of 2024) left China at the age of four with his mom to pursue the American dream without speaking a word of English and with no support system. Lost in the hustle and bustle of New York, Louis found comfort in books, becoming a ...
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Season 1
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Episode 52
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22:07
E50 - All About Steve (Steve Misuraca)
Steve Misuraca (MBA '09) has served the Fuqua community for nearly 17 years. His MBA experience was likely similar to yours - living in Station Nine, overcommitting, early rejections, pivoting his career path, and questioning what he wanted to ...
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Season 1
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Episode 51
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27:58
E49.2 - Bread Winner: Starting & Running My Bakery (Tara Coley)
Tara Coley, founder of BE Bakery (one of Fuqua's new community partners), is the final guest in our "Black Entrepreneurs" series for Black History Month 2024.With host Janice Cater (Class of 2024), Tara covers the origins of her baking ...
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Season 1
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Episode 50
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21:32
E49 - Black Entrepreneurs at Fuqua
In collaboration with Black Business Students Association (BBSA) and Business in Africa (BiA), we are excited to bring everyone a special episode in honor of Black History Month. Joy Akinfenwa, Kwabena Anim, and Abimbola Olurotimi (all Class of...
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Season 1
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Episode 49
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40:12
E48 - Love is Fuqua 2024
It's our 2nd annual Valentine's Day episode! Hear about first dates and soul mates from four Fuqua couples.First, we have Audrey Lopez (Class of 2024) and Vijay Kailash. Audrey moved from Colombia to a random Airbnb in Charlotte, North ...
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Episode 48
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46:05
E47 - Japan to the World (Saki Kudo)
Saki Kudo (Class of 2024) grew up in a small town in northern Japan, with a population of 5,000. Since then, her world has gotten much bigger, living in Tokyo, Philadelphia, Michigan, Alabama, and now North Carolina. In this episode, S...
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Episode 47
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25:35
E46 - Family, Faith, and Finance (Alleah Salone)
Alleah Salone's (Class of 2025) first job was in the McDonald's drive through. Her most recent job before coming to Fuqua was at Silicon Valley Bank, where she experienced what was, at the time, the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history. ...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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22:23
E45 - Fun & Games: How to Create Incredible Experiences! (Alyssa Barnea)
Alyssa Barnea (Class of 2024) was a corporate event planner, or in other words, a professional problem solver. She has solved problems with celebrity chefs. She has solved problems in Barcelona. She has even solved problems for Ukrainians unabl...
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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21:03
E44 - Make Your Own Kind of Music (Sunny)
Sunny is one of Fuqua's baristas by day and a musician by night. Originally from Durham, she has been singing, rapping, and performing onstage for 15 years and has self-released five albums ("Sexuality", "Sunny Speaking", "Blue Jeans", "Popstar...
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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27:48
E43 - This Too Shall Pass: Challenge, Failure, and Resilience (Aurni Zaman)
Aurni Zaman (Class of 2024) currently serves as the President of COLE, the Coach K Center for Organization, Leadership, and Ethics. She's thriving in her second year of MBA, but it wasn't an easy journey to get here. Aurni shares her challenges...
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Episode 43
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42:55
E42 - Overcoming Addiction and Becoming a Mental Health CEO (Jaime Blaustein)
Jaime Blaustein (MBA '18) recovered from 7 years of drug addiction before coming to Fuqua, pursuing investment banking, and becoming a mental health CEO. Combining his experiences in recovery with his business skills from Fuqua, Jaime co-founde...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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38:18
E41 - Hispanic Heritage at Fuqua (Jessi Aguilar, Marielena Octavio, & Besith Pineda)
Jessi Aguilar, Marielena Octavio, and Besith Pineda (Class of 2024) all identify as Hispanic, with family roots in Mexico, Venezuela, and Guatemala. Though they share similar experiences (family immigration, learning English, giving back to the...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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34:56
E40 - LIVE SHOW: Reinventing Myself (Brian Wong)
Brian Wong (Class of 2024) has reinvented himself countless times - as an internationally competitive tennis player, social worker, real estate entrepreneur, environmentalist, and investment banker. It's an impressive resume, but one full of ha...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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