Puneet Kumar

MBA 2014
  • Hometown: Sri Karanpur, Rajasthan, India
  • Pre-MBA: Royal Dutch Shell, Concept Engineer

Puneet Kumar

Post Graduation Goals:

TBD, hopefully working with a tech company in the product/strategy space, or maybe investing.

Favorite GSB Memory So Far:

The room packed with 300 people for my TALK and all the love I received after!!!

Friday
02:00am
Having a deep conversation with my hall mate about life, and that is when I realize I need to start this project, "A Week in My Life" :)
09:00am
Trying to wake up but cannot wake up after sleeping at 3 a.m.
10:00am
Time to learn Big Data. It is a great learning experience.
12:00pm
Running to Arbuckle to get lunch and run to a session for international students on immigration laws.
01:15pm
Ebiz class. A prominent VC talks about future of social media and upcoming trends. Super exciting stuff.
05:00pm
It is Friday. Yayyy…Time for LPF gathering. This week it is sponsored by BBSA (Black Business Students Association). Fun times…
06:00pm
A casual call with a hedge which ends up being a formal interview! Why do I not anticipate these things better?
09:00pm
Dinner with friends! :)
10:00pm
Here starts the party to celebrate Federica's Bday. Awesome party and great time meeting all of my lovely friends. It was one of the bday's when everyone was so dressed up.
02:30am
Writing my journal of the day :)
03:00am
Call with a friend in London to discuss start up ideas.
04:00am
It is finally time to sleep….Good night….
Saturday
10:00am
Good morning Stanford. Time to wake up and do some work.
12:30pm
Yummy waffles with Peter at Coupa Café.
02:00pm
Reading the case for an assignment and writing position statement for a club.
06:00pm
Working on an entrepreneurship case with Julian for formation of new ventures course. Trust me - this is fun!
08:30pm
Indian dinner outing with my best friend and his fiancé. Forgot to take a picture! Oops…
10:30pm
Birthday party of my hallmate. (This week seems to have a lot of close friends’ bdays.)
12:30am
Going to another club (Patio), and encounter a huge queue in front of it. I have never seen this place so crowded.
01:30am
Drive back home. Home sweet home.
02:00am
Working on a project. This seems to be a really productive hour for me.
03:00am
Writing a card for my friend :)
04:00am
Call to my mom. I miss her…
04:30am
I hit the sack now.
Sunday
10:30am
Barely woke up to run to a DnD (Data & Decisions) meeting.
12:30pm
Lunch at Coupa with DnD group--solving big data problems.
02:30pm
DnD is done but it is time to do my finance.
03:30pm
Working with my buddy Julian on the Formation of New Ventures project--analyzing a space company. I sit on the floor and he follows :D
06:45pm
Ready to pick up food for an Indian cultural dinner we are hosting.
08:00pm
Sharing Indian culture with my classmates and enjoying an amazing meal at another Indian classmate's house.
10:00pm
Return from the dinner and crash someone's study session to chit chat! I do a lot of that :P
10:30pm
Back to my room and sorting out emails. Waiting for a call with an alum in India at midnight (FYI--India is 13.5 hrs ahead).
12:00am
Call gets canceled.
01:00am
I am tired and fall asleep on my floor.