Great Lakes Institute of Management

Spartans 2012

MBA Class Reunion — Where Are We Now?
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Batchmates
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Spartan Directory
All 298 classmates from the Class of 2012. MBA-era photos from your placement book. Click any card to add current details.

🎙 Spartan Stories

Real journeys. Real lessons. 13 years after Great Lakes — what did we learn, where did life take us, and what would we tell our younger selves?

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Career Journey
What changed after MBA? Turns no one expected.
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Lessons Learned
One thing you know now that you wish you knew then.
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Letter to 2012-Self
What would you tell yourself at placement season?
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What I am Building Now
Current role, passion project, or entrepreneur journey.

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Episodes Queue
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Outreach Strategy
Step-by-step playbook to find, contact, and onboard all 298 Spartans.

Template 1 — Direct contact:

Hey [Name]! Abhilash here from Great Lakes MBA 2012 — the Spartans! Building a digital reunion — a directory of all 298 of us with our current journeys, plus a podcast called Spartan Stories where batchmates share career lessons and advice. Your profile link: spartans2012.com/profile/[slug] Takes 5 minutes to update. Would love to reconnect!

Template 2 — LinkedIn:

Hi [Name], Great Lakes MBA 2012 — Spartans! I am Abhilash. Building a digital reunion + podcast for our 298 batchmates. Your profile: [link]. Takes 5 mins!

6-Week Roadmap

Week 1

Build Contact List

Search LinkedIn for Great Lakes 2012. Target 100+ contacts.

Week 2

First Wave Outreach

Message all 1st-degree connections. Create WhatsApp group. Target 50 profiles filled.

Week 3

LinkedIn Blitz

20-30 connection requests per day. Post on LinkedIn. Target 80 more profiles.

Week 4

First 5 Episodes

15-min Google Meet calls. Three questions: What now? One career lesson? Advice for fresh MBAs?

Week 5

Amplify

Share episodes on LinkedIn tagging Spartans. Each reshare finds more batchmates.

Week 6+

Keep It Alive

Featured Spartan of the Month. Quarterly newsletter. Virtual reunion call.

Free Stack: Netlify (hosting) · Google Forms · Google Meet · Spotify for Podcasters · Mailchimp free tier
How It Works
The complete mechanism — from finding batchmates to running the podcast.
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1. Pre-loaded Directory

All 298 names and MBA-era photos extracted from your 2012 Placement Profile Book. When batchmates update, their current role, city and new photo replace the defaults.

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2. Personal Outreach

Personal messages with unique profile links. The MBA photo creates instant recognition — that is me! — which drives completion.

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3. Podcast: Spartan Stories

15-min recorded calls. Three questions: What are you doing now? One career lesson? Advice for fresh MBAs? Publish on Spotify then tag them on LinkedIn.

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4. Viral Loop

Each episode tagged on LinkedIn, Spartan reshares, their network finds more batchmates. The project grows itself.

Do These Right Now

Next 30 min
Host on Netlify (drag and drop this file)
Create spartans2012@gmail.com
Update your own profile first
Today
Search Great Lakes 2012 on LinkedIn
Message 20 batchmates you know
Post about this on LinkedIn
This week
Reach 50 profiles filled
Record 2 podcast episodes
Publish Episode 1 on Spotify