Stories
What the ones who went say.
Testimonials, recaps and letters. Each one with a name and with permission — we do not publish a word from a student without their family authorising it.
Editorial
One of 19 designers writing fashion’s future
Vogue named her among the designers shaping what comes next. Her label’s name is a challenge: No Me Copies.
Letter
The most revealing week of my life
Seven days, one program, and what he calls an enormous blessing.
Editorial
Boxing as a tool for change
A Bronx-raised gym owner on using boxing to build social responsibility in teenagers.
Editorial
Soccer as an engine for equality
How Eglantina Zingg turned the discipline of the game into a tool for girls’ empowerment across Latin America.
Editorial
The business of reputation
A Llorente y Cuenca director on communications, public relations, and an uncertain world.
Editorial
Nine years inside the terminal
A senior software engineer on the platform that runs global finance, and the startup he co-founded on the side.
Editorial
The designer behind the Met Gala
What happens before New York’s most dazzling nights, according to the man who designs them.
Editorial
Building wealth through real estate
The founder of Velocity Capital — one of the organizations behind the week — on his approach to investing.
Letter
Words can’t describe what it meant
On business, self-respect, and finding people she now calls siblings.
Editorial
Collecting art without a fortune
Inside the world of emerging-artist auctions, and why building a collection doesn’t require deep pockets.
Letter
An awakening, at the right moment
It found her in a moment of uncertainty and became the guide she says she needed.
Letter
A week that can change you this much
On leaving her comfort zone, and the lessons that only fit into a single week.
Letter
It gave me a family
She came for the world’s best companies. She says what she left with was something else entirely.
Letter
A different world opened up
She came in expecting to learn business. She left having opened her eyes to something wider.
Editorial
What thirty years in advertising teaches you
A ZULU 8 director and Visionarium advisory board member on branding — and on what makes the program different.
Letter
Getting up with one purpose
Why she says every day since Visionarium starts with the same intention: being happy.
Letter
The small things that matter most
Punctuality, how you dress, and one word she says opened every door that week: networking.
Letter
The story behind every company
What she says stayed with her wasn’t the companies — it was every person she met along the way.
Letter
What I used to think success meant
He thought it was about control. Visionarium rewrote the definition — and led to a summer internship.
Editorial
From composition major to CEO
A music-industry entrepreneur and Visionarium advisory board member on turning a passion into a company.
Letter
A city that never stops moving
On what New York does to you physically and mentally, one week at a time.
Letter
One of the best experiences a kid my age can live
On what stayed with him long after he left New York.
Letter
More than business and finance
A short note on the people he found along the way.
Editorial
Advising at the United Nations
An advisor to Chile’s Permanent Mission on research, speechwriting, and the work behind multilateral diplomacy.
Editorial
Reading the market at J.P. Morgan
The Executive Director of Latin America Credit Research on what the job actually involves.
Letter
The inspiration I didn’t expect to find
She went in expecting the companies to be the highlight. She left saying it was her own classmates.
Letter
Music, business, and Kenny Gerbson
A Lincoln Center Jazz scholarship student on why he thinks the program is a rare kind of classroom.
Letter
A message from John West
A short note to “Lala,” from the speech coach who calls himself honored to be part of Visionarium.
Editorial
Leading Sotheby’s Private Clients Group
A Senior Vice President on working at the intersection of art, clients, and one of the world’s oldest auction houses.
Letter
More in one week than in a school year
What he says Visionarium taught him that the classroom never did.
Editorial
The label that dressed Michelle Obama
Two Parsons classmates on building a fashion house from a shared last name — translated from the original Spanish.
Editorial
One of Colombia’s youngest congressmen
Federico Hoyos on political consulting, sustainable mobility law, and what he came to tell Visionarium students.
Editorial
Two Stanford students, one search box
A short history of Google, and why Visionarium partners with it for a week every edition.
Editorial
Sweeping studio floors for lessons
A Broadway actor on the method, the grind, and what it takes to actually get good.
Editorial
Coaching Wall Street to speak
One of New York’s most recognized speech coaches on what actually separates good communicators from great ones.
Editorial
The systems behind global market data
A Bloomberg project manager on liquidity, algorithmic orders, and what runs underneath the terminal.
Letter
The friends you get to choose
A thank-you letter to an entire edition, one nickname at a time.
Letter
What you have left of Visionarium
A letter to the next class, from an alumnus who moved to France a few days after writing it.
Editorial
Selling to the mind, not the person
One of Latin America’s top marketing speakers on entrepreneurship, innovation, and giving back through education.
Letter
Not sure what to study — then sure
Before Visionarium she didn’t know what came after high school. After, she did.
Editorial
40 U.S. presidents, one tailor
Brooks Brothers’ VP of Strategy on 200 years of American style, and why knowing how to dress is its own skill.
Editorial
The CEO who put Heads of State in one room
Matthew Swift co-founded Concordia to make public-private partnerships actually happen. Here’s how.
Letter
Hard to put into words
A short account of the bonds one week can leave behind.
Letter
Humility, patience, and brotherhood
You think you’ll only learn about business. He says that isn’t true.
Editorial
Designing the future of the classroom
A Gensler associate on the architecture of STEM education and academic libraries.
Editorial
The club Yale students built in 1861
Inside the New York institution that has hosted Visionarium’s students ever since.
Letter
Every company started somewhere
On realizing the biggest names in the world once stood exactly where she was standing.
News
From a conference to a summer internship
How one student turned a five-minute exchange with a CEO into a summer at Concordia.
Editorial
From Wall Street to Finhabits
An MIT graduate and Wall Street veteran on leaving finance to make investing accessible in Spanish — translated from the original Spanish.
Editorial
Building a world of visionaries
Why Maria Clara García started Visionarium, in her own words — translated from the original Spanish.
Letter
Words can’t describe what it meant
On business, self-respect, and finding people she now calls siblings.
Editorial
Collecting art without a fortune
Inside the world of emerging-artist auctions, and why building a collection doesn’t require deep pockets.
Letter
An awakening, at the right moment
It found her in a moment of uncertainty and became the guide she says she needed.
Letter
A week that can change you this much
On leaving her comfort zone, and the lessons that only fit into a single week.
Letter
It gave me a family
She came for the world’s best companies. She says what she left with was something else entirely.
Letter
A different world opened up
She came in expecting to learn business. She left having opened her eyes to something wider.
Editorial
What thirty years in advertising teaches you
A ZULU 8 director and Visionarium advisory board member on branding — and on what makes the program different.
Letter
Getting up with one purpose
Why she says every day since Visionarium starts with the same intention: being happy.
Letter
The small things that matter most
Punctuality, how you dress, and one word she says opened every door that week: networking.
Letter
The story behind every company
What she says stayed with her wasn’t the companies — it was every person she met along the way.
Letter
What I used to think success meant
He thought it was about control. Visionarium rewrote the definition — and led to a summer internship.
Editorial
From composition major to CEO
A music-industry entrepreneur and Visionarium advisory board member on turning a passion into a company.
Letter
A city that never stops moving
On what New York does to you physically and mentally, one week at a time.
Letter
One of the best experiences a kid my age can live
On what stayed with him long after he left New York.
Letter
More than business and finance
A short note on the people he found along the way.
Editorial
Advising at the United Nations
An advisor to Chile’s Permanent Mission on research, speechwriting, and the work behind multilateral diplomacy.
Editorial
Reading the market at J.P. Morgan
The Executive Director of Latin America Credit Research on what the job actually involves.
Letter
The inspiration I didn’t expect to find
She went in expecting the companies to be the highlight. She left saying it was her own classmates.
Letter
Music, business, and Kenny Gerbson
A Lincoln Center Jazz scholarship student on why he thinks the program is a rare kind of classroom.
Letter
A message from John West
A short note to “Lala,” from the speech coach who calls himself honored to be part of Visionarium.
Editorial
Leading Sotheby’s Private Clients Group
A Senior Vice President on working at the intersection of art, clients, and one of the world’s oldest auction houses.
Letter
More in one week than in a school year
What he says Visionarium taught him that the classroom never did.
Editorial
The label that dressed Michelle Obama
Two Parsons classmates on building a fashion house from a shared last name — translated from the original Spanish.
Editorial
One of Colombia’s youngest congressmen
Federico Hoyos on political consulting, sustainable mobility law, and what he came to tell Visionarium students.
Editorial
Two Stanford students, one search box
A short history of Google, and why Visionarium partners with it for a week every edition.
Editorial
Sweeping studio floors for lessons
A Broadway actor on the method, the grind, and what it takes to actually get good.
Editorial
Coaching Wall Street to speak
One of New York’s most recognized speech coaches on what actually separates good communicators from great ones.
Editorial
The systems behind global market data
A Bloomberg project manager on liquidity, algorithmic orders, and what runs underneath the terminal.
Letter
The friends you get to choose
A thank-you letter to an entire edition, one nickname at a time.
Letter
What you have left of Visionarium
A letter to the next class, from an alumnus who moved to France a few days after writing it.
Editorial
Selling to the mind, not the person
One of Latin America’s top marketing speakers on entrepreneurship, innovation, and giving back through education.
Letter
Not sure what to study — then sure
Before Visionarium she didn’t know what came after high school. After, she did.
Editorial
40 U.S. presidents, one tailor
Brooks Brothers’ VP of Strategy on 200 years of American style, and why knowing how to dress is its own skill.
Editorial
The CEO who put Heads of State in one room
Matthew Swift co-founded Concordia to make public-private partnerships actually happen. Here’s how.
Letter
Hard to put into words
A short account of the bonds one week can leave behind.
Letter
Humility, patience, and brotherhood
You think you’ll only learn about business. He says that isn’t true.
Editorial
Designing the future of the classroom
A Gensler associate on the architecture of STEM education and academic libraries.
Editorial
The club Yale students built in 1861
Inside the New York institution that has hosted Visionarium’s students ever since.
Letter
Every company started somewhere
On realizing the biggest names in the world once stood exactly where she was standing.
News
From a conference to a summer internship
How one student turned a five-minute exchange with a CEO into a summer at Concordia.
Editorial
From Wall Street to Finhabits
An MIT graduate and Wall Street veteran on leaving finance to make investing accessible in Spanish — translated from the original Spanish.
Editorial
Building a world of visionaries
Why Maria Clara García started Visionarium, in her own words — translated from the original Spanish.