Posts Tagged ‘Goizueta-Business-School’

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 both in the camp that an MBA, given the right prior experience and background, can be a useful thing to accomplish.  But then both of us went through one year programs (he went to INSEAD) and we both started companies prior to getting our MBAs.  Maybe starting a company as an admission requirement into b-school would help generate better business leaders.

These Last 6 Months and What Is Next

I’ve refrained from talking about what I’ve been up to since I graduated from Emory’s Goizueta Business School. The time has come to discuss what I’ve been up to and what I’m going to do next.

EarthLinkNear the end of my school year (in early 2006), I got a call from EarthLink. After getting a hold of my resume, they were interested in having me come and interview. I’ve been a long time shareholder of the company (I bought stock in MindSpring soon after it went public in 1996) and thought this might be a good opportunity to know the company better. So I did the interview. Then another. And then another.

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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.

Goizueta Business School LogoI’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 Emory’s Goizueta Business School. I don’t know the circumstances behind why Kembrel is leaving the school. The recent drop in BusinessWeek’s MBA rankings may have contributed to Kembrel’s decision. Under Kembrel’s direction, the school jumped from a second tier ranked school to positions 28 in 2000, 22 in 2002, and 20 in 2004. Everyone expected the assent to continue but in the most recent rankings (2006), GBS dropped to 23.

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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 Virgin Islands. I’m sure the sailing expedition will be cool but I wouldn’t trade my OCS experience for anything.

Response to Comments

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.

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Sanjay Parekh

I'm the founder and organizer of Startup Riot and Startup Dinner and the founder of GivingTi.me and Startup Gossip. I also co-founded Digital Envoy a long time ago. I'm the only one responsible for the things I write about here and I don't speak for any company, organization, or group.

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