When Gibbons enrolled in CORe back in 2015, it was the only course available on HBS Online, which meant he was in the school's second cohort — but he maintains that he would have still selected it today even given the more expanded menu of choices:"CORe was what I needed — a solid core foundation to underpin the intuition I had to diagnose a market need and ideate solutions."
For Gibbons, the choice of HBS Online over other online programs was a no-brainer:"I'll put it this way, having a certificate from HBS will never hurt you," says Gibbons.He feels that the CORe online curriculum was instrumental in his successful transition from military life into entrepreneurship, and unequivocally believes investing in an online education benefited his professional life.
"Dance is a field comprised of women but run by men, so being able to talk about the business side of what I want to do gives me more credence," says Pollack."It gave me the skills and confidence to back up my ideas and get people to pay attention. I'm now able to reach out to the organizations and the people I want to work with."