“The great thing about education is that no one can ever take it away from you,” says Fulkerson. “Getting my M.B.A. was never about receiving that official piece of paper that says I can put three letters after my name now; it was about the experience and not the destination. I put myself through this not to actually have the degree, but to challenge myself through a self-growth process of learning and being exposed to new ideas and people. And that, I hope, is an investment that will pay dividends for the rest of my life.”