Sramana Mitra: Could you switch gears and tell me what you see out there as open problems around which people could be starting new companies? Patrick Mullane: That’s a broad question. I see a lot of opportunities in the job I’m in that we don’t address and I don’t see anybody addressing. One is how
Sramana Mitra: Let’s talk about some of the other trends that you see in this mode of delivering education. Are there international students who are just doing the certification and has nothing to do with applying for the full program? Patrick Mullane: Yes, for sure. Let me be clear. The number of people who use
Sramana Mitra: Now let’s go to the types of programs that you’re running. I’d like to take them one by one and understand better the trends in that. Let’s start with the one where you have people taking it as a preparatory step towards applying for Harvard MBA. What are the trends in that? Patrick
Harvard Business School is using online education extensively across different use cases. Learn how. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by having you introduce yourself and HBX platform. Patrick Mullane: I’m the Executive Director of HBX, which is Harvard Business School’s online education initiative. Harvard Business School built a custom platform about four years ago with the