Education
Shotput Ventures – Class of 2009
Today was the much anticipated Demo Day event for Shotput Ventures. The partners (and honestly, the companies too) have been waiting twelve long weeks to talk about what they are working on and what they’ve accomplished. There was a lot of speculation about the companies and who they might be (no, Wifi Cat isn’t one [...]
The Value of an MBA
David has a good post about the value of an MBA. I’ve written posts in a similar vein before. You can’t judge someone based purely on their education unless that is the only thing they’ve got. David and I had a conversation about this prior to the most recent YNR Social and I think we’re [...]
Burning Bridges
This story about a MIT associate professor claiming racism which has kept him from gaining tenure caught my eye. This little snippet from a letter written by the professor is really telling of the story:
“I will either see the Provost resign and my hard-earned tenure granted at MIT, or I will die defiantly right [...]
Leadership Change at Emory’s Goizueta Business School
It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that I have come to the decision to resign my position as Associate Dean for the full time MBA programs.
I’m a little surprised by the above which is the first sentence in a letter from Kembrel Jones, formerly associate dean of the MBA program at [...]
Goizueta Business School’s Leadership Academy
For those of you looking to join Goizueta’s Advanced Leadership Academy with hopes of doing the two day Marine Officer Candidate School experience, you’re in for some bad news. The school has dropped the OCS experience as a part of the academy and is now instead is doing a sailing expedition in the British [...]
