About Josh

Josh Petersel is a full-time MBA student at Harvard Business School, class of 2013.

He spent five years working on Eleven Magazine (and later, Eleven Media Group), turning the enterprise from a simple, dorm-room based idea into a comprehensive monthly guide for St. Louis music fans and culture enthusiasts. It was a way better use of his time than surfing the internet. Josh last held fancy titles such as CFO and Associate Editor, but also sporadically contributed as the magazine’s most heralded and hilarious columnist (arguably).

Josh graduated with a BSBA from Washington University in St. Louis in May 2009, majoring in Finance, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship. Though this may sound time-intensive, one can rest assured that Josh still set aside plenty of time to beat video games, merry-make with friends, travel, and play roller hockey.

Josh’s current life goals include retiring from a career job by age 40, shooting a flamethrower, building a treehouse, and street performing—although, not necessarily in that order. In the past, Josh has worked in St. Louis, Chicago, and New York City, and studied in Cambridge (MA), St. Louis (MO), Seville (Spain), and Madrid (ditto). He is currently considering futures in Advertising & Branding, Entrepreneurship, Consulting, Medicine, Inventing, Waiting Tables, Teaching, and Professional Wrestling (the fake kind).

If you’re interested in Josh professionally, read on at Josh for Business. If you just think he seems like a nice guy, you can also friend him on Facebook or send a thoughtful email to peterselj@gmail.com .

Josh usually doesn’t write about himself in the third person, but he thought it’d be fun to try out here.