Annexstad Family Foundation Podcast
Oct 28, 2026 · 23 min · 9 segments
In this episode, Goldie Initiative Scholar and University of Chicago Booth MBA graduate Daniela Ivanov discusses lifelong learning and pursuing your goals at any stage of life. Daniela shares her…
Ellen WamanHostPatty AnnexstadHost
You know, before pursuing your MBA, did you ever feel like you had missed your window or, you know, had missed your opportunity or the timing wasn't right prior to applying to Booth?
As a woman or I think any human being, we're under this impression that you have to have an MBA done by a certain age.
And just like looking back on life and seeing what opportunities I should have taken and I didn't.
You know, what will that look like? And that was a driver for me as well of, okay, when I'm 90, maybe not when I'm 50, 60, but when I'm way in the chair, hopefully, hopefully I'm still getting up out of the chair.
You know, before pursuing your MBA, did you ever feel like you had missed your window or, you know, had missed your opportunity or the timing wasn't right prior to applying to Booth?
As a woman or I think any human being, we're under this impression that you have to have an MBA done by a certain age.
And just like looking back on life and seeing what opportunities I should have taken and I didn't.
You know, what will that look like? And that was a driver for me as well of, okay, when I'm 90, maybe not when I'm 50, 60, but when I'm way in the chair, hopefully, hopefully I'm still getting up out of the chair.
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