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<span class="titletext">How to Get into a Top MBA School Seminar</span>
<br />
<span class="subtitetext">Sofia, 28th Jun 2008</span><br />
<br />
<span class="highlight">The Event:</span>
The MBA degree has been a gateway to a successful career and fruitful life
to many young professionals. It is no secret that Bulgarians are among the
smartest people in the world, yet many of us are struggling to get into a
top MBA program. Many of us simply are not as great at selling ourselves as
many Americans and West Europeans are.
<br />
No worries, the BG MBA power crew is here to help. Students and alumni from
top MBA programs are here to share their success stories. Attend our free
seminar and you will have a big leg up over the competition. You can attend
in Sofia or via the web from anywhere in the world.
<br /><br />
<span class="highlight">When:</span> Sat June 28 , 6.30 PM Sofia Time = 10AM EST
<br /><br />
<span class="highlight">Where:</span> Sofia, Bulgaria (exact location will be announced shortly)
<br /><br />
<span class="highlight">Where Virtually:</span> Web cast at <a href="http://vyew.com/content/">http://vyew.com/content/</a> (conference code will be emailed later)
<br /><br />
<span class="highlight">What you will learn:</span><br />
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<img src="images/bullet.gif" alt="The Aleksander Foundation" /> How to prepare for the GMAT <br />
<img src="images/bullet.gif" alt="The Aleksander Foundation" /> How to choose where to apply <br />
<img src="images/bullet.gif" alt="The Aleksander Foundation" /> How to write your essays <br />
<img src="images/bullet.gif" alt="The Aleksander Foundation" /> How to enhance your work experience <br />
<img src="images/bullet.gif" alt="The Aleksander Foundation" /> How to improve your extracurricular activities <br />
<img src="images/bullet.gif" alt="The Aleksander Foundation" /> Other tips <br />
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<span class="highlight">How to sign up:</span>
<br />
If you use facebook <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=17974821815">please sign up here</a>.<br />
Otherwise please email Valentina at <a href="mailtop:vstoikova_bg@yahoo.com">vstoikova_bg@yahoo.com</a>
<br /><br />
<span class="highlight">Format:</span>
Presentation 15 min, QA 1 hour, drinks afterwards all night. MBA alumni / students will
share their experience with prospective applicants. MBA alumni will be present in SOFIA
and will connect from US/London via web interface.
<br /><br />
<span class="highlight">Who:</span> We have assembled an amazing team of several MBA students and alums from top schools.
<br /><br />
<b>THE TEAM</b>
<br /><br />
<span class="highlight">Theo (da Toshe) Vachovsky – Chicago GSB Class of 2008</span>
<br />
Theo is an MBA veteran.
He has completed a year at the University of Maryland (Smith) transferred to
University of Chicago GSB where he has just finished his MBA. After his MBA
Theo will be working as Product Manager for Microsoft Live.com division.
<br /><br />
Having gone through the admissions process twice Theo has interesting insights.
Theo is a co-founder of Aplus.Net , which is one of the top US web hosting companies
and was recently sold to a PE fund. Theo is also a founder of a BG group in San
Diego and is in charge of BG Euforiya events in San Diego area.
<br /><br />
<span class="highlight">Kalina Blagoeva – Chicago GSB Class of 2010</span>
<br />
Kalina is an incoming student to
the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. She has worked as Financial
Officer at the AUBG Ellieff Center, Financial Manager at Leo Burnett Advertising and
Strategy Controller at M-Tel. Kalina has earned her B.A. degree in Business
Administration (minor: Applied Economics) at the American University in Bulgaria.
<br /><br />
<span class="highlight">Krassimir Piperkov – Stanford GSB Class of 2008</span>
<br />
Krassimir is a second year MBA
student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He focuses on entrepreneurship
and plans to start a company immediately after graduating in 2009.
<br /><br />
Krassimir was born
and raised in Sofia, attended the Sofia High School of Mathematics and enrolled in
the American University in Bulgaria after serving in the Bulgarian Army for 1.5 years.
Soon after he immigrated to the US where he continued his college education at Santa
Monica College and later transferred to the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA).
Upon graduation from UCLA, Krassimir started his professional career at Merrill Lynch's
Investment Banking office in Los Angeles. After 2 years he decided that he needed more
experience with operations and corporate strategy and took a job at American Golf
Corporation where he reported directly to the CFO, CEO and the President.
3 years later Krassimir was ready to focus on his passion for entrepreneurship and
applied to Stanford, Harvard Business School and MIT. He chose Stanford because of the
school's entrepreneurial and collaborative environment.
<br /><br />
Krassimir will work this summer
at an aviation start-up - ICON Aircraft - which designs, manufactures and sells light
sport aircraft. In his spare time, Krassimir enjoys traveling, flying, skydiving and
spending time with friends.
<br /><br />
<span class="highlight">Zlatin Ivanov - The Wharton School Class of 2009</span>
<br />
Zlatin holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science
from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. He spent seven years in the online/new media/technology
space helping FortuneCity.com navigate the post-dot-com business environment and New York Magazine
grow new revenue streams. He is currently a Summer Associate at Raiffeisen Investment in Sofia and hopes
to work in CEE upon graduation.
<br /><br />
<span class="highlight">Assia Stoyanova - MIT Sloan Class of 1996</span>
<br />
Assia holds an MS in Computer Technologies from the Technical
University, Sofia before she joined MIT Sloan. She has spent 10 years in management consulting. Currently
Assia is specializing in business transformation and helping executives lead organizations through business
changes.
<br /><br />
<span class="highlight">Bojan Stoyanov - The Wharton School</span>
<br />
Bojan is a Director in the Financial Restructuring and Operational Turnaround practice at Huron Consulting
Group in the New York office. He combines financial and operational experience of over 15 years on three
continents: North America, Europe and Asia. Mr. Stoyanov's diverse experience includes M&A and public and
private financings across a wide array of industries on transactions ranging in size from $4 million to $4 billion.
Prior to joining Huron Bojan was a principal at JME/Relativity in charge of ongoing portfolio company (distressed
and performing) review and due diligence, prospective investment opportunities analysis and transaction execution.
<br /><br />
Mr. Stoyanov couples training in both engineer and finance having earned an MBA from the Wharton School, at the
University of Pennsylvania, with a major in Finance after obtaining his M.Sc. (summa cum laude) in Mechanical
Engineering (in power and utilities) and a B.Sc. (summa cum laude) in Economics, both from the Technical University
in Sofia, Bulgaria.
<br /><br />
Bojan lives in Manhattan with his wife, a fine executive consultant, and three children.
They enjoy traveling, sailing and skiing as well as listening to classical music. Bojan likes catching and cooking
the food he eats as he is an outdoors enthusiast and an avid angler and hunter.
<br /><br />
Bojan can be reached at 646 520-0038 or at <a href="mailto:bstoyanov@huronconsultinggroup.com">bstoyanov@huronconsultinggroup.com</a>
<br /><br /><br />
This event is a joint endeavor with the Aleksander Foundation, which was founded in 2005 by Academician Alexander G. Petrov, Ph.D., D.Sc.,
currently Director of the Institute of Solid State Physics, BAS, Sofia and Aleksander A. Petrov, Ph.D, CFA, an alumni of the FEB,
Sofia University and currently an Executive Director, Global Real Estate, Lehman Brothers, London.
<br />
The primary goal of the foundation
is to promote and support the development of the Bulgarian university education through a number of initiatives including the organization
and sponsorship of seminars, summer schools and University wide debate forums.
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