So, I’m back. After graduating from Emory, the family and I decided to head out on vacation (more on this later). While I was gone, some folks posted some comments which warrant responses. Normally I respond within the posts, but this time I’ll devote a posting to reply to everyone.
I’m interested in the Entrepreneuship [sic] electives offered there [Goizueta] – did you take any of those? Will they be helpful to me as an aspiring entrepreneur given the fact that I’ve already read 5-6 books on how to “Start Your Own Business” and the like, or is there not that much added value?
I didn’t take any entrepreneurship classes at GBS. Given my past history as an entrepreneur, I didn’t feel like the classes would add that much to my knowledge compared with other electives at GBS. In your case though, I would highly recommend taking some, or all, of these electives. Reading a book is not the same as experiencing the trials and tribulations of starting up a company. For that matter, attending a twelve week class also doesn’t impart the same level of knowledge or experience as actually doing it yourself but I think it adds more than just reading a book. By the way, I’ve had some contact with Charlie Goetz who teaches at least one entrepreneurship class (I had him for the Sales & Business Development lead week this past January). I think very highly of him and his entrepreneurial credentials are impressive. Everyone who has taken his class has said that they thoroughly enjoyed the semester. And before you (or anyone else) asks, I’ve already been interviewed for the class three separate times so it would be best if you found another entrepreneur to interview. :-)
BTW, Mike – go jackets (I’m BEE’96)! ;-)
Next, Ian Holsman asks:
now the big question.. has the year break / MBA made you hungry again ?
Good question. Of course I’m in a different situation than you since I just took one year, full time off instead of three years part time. I’ve had a number of ideas over the last few years that I thought would be fun to build. I’m going to start one on the side soon but tomorrow (Monday June 19, 2006) I’ll start a consulting gig with a company in Atlanta. The company will not be named but they are a large technology company. I’ll be working on some innovation oriented offerings and hopefully I can help the organization push something out quickly. The future may hold me joining them as a “regular” full time employee next year but we’re both (them and me) taking the next six months as a trial period to see if this really is a fit. Also, I think “hunger” is really a natural personality trait. Some people are obviously not ambitious. Nothing wrong with that, those of us who are ambitious need people to hire and man the engine room. So I’m not sure if b-school would have ignited or extingished anything for me either way. I will say that the vacation I mentioned before was a nice re-energizer.
Sanjeev asks:
Where you was located before mba?
Yeah, this is a surf by comment (“SBC”). You’ll probably never see this response but if you even read this blog for more than five minutes you would know I attended Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. Let’s just hope that no English speaking based b-school accepts you with the horrendous grammar that you have. I really hate SBC. Shesh.
In the post “Learn the Language“, anand says:
I dont understand why so much huss and fuss over Spanish language…
Yeah, apparently you also didn’t understand the point of my post either.
Interesting that our vacation (yes I know that I’ve now mentioned it twice in this post without going into details) was out to Hawai’i (yes, that is the proper spelling of it). What exactly would a law specifying a national language do to the Hawaiian language being used in a lot of everyday business and transactions in Hawai’i? Native Hawaiians would probably be more up in arms with this than the recent defeat of the Akaka bill.
More on a lot of randomness soon…
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Sanjay,
Thanks for your comments on my english.
Sanjeev.
Okay, so maybe this wasn’t a SBC. If you’re seriously considering higher education at an English speaking institution, I’d highly recommend cleaning up your grammar. You’ll have a much more difficult time getting into a school if your writing isn’t clear, concise, and grammatically correct.
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