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• 02.24.08
  How Consulting Paid for 50% of my MBA
  Entrepreneurship, My Experiences

  Recently someone wrote me asking for advice on how to break into the world of consulting. I thought the best way to address this was through a post on my personal experience... When I was 24 I lost my job. I won’t get into specifics, but it was a difficult time because everything I had worked so hard for suddenly seemed to have been stripped away from me. At the time I wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do, but I knew I did not want to put my trust into another corporate experience for a long, long time. ...
  
  
• 09.28.07
  New York, I’m Back
  My Experiences

  Unbelievably, I forgot to announce on this blog that I am moving back to New York. As of Sunday I will be based out of Brooklyn Heights -- returning to the city I left almost four years ago. With that said, here is an ode to my time in DC. When I arrived in DC I was doing securities litigation, studying for the LSAT and thinking I would join the ranks of K Street lawyers. I came to DC largely because I didn't know anyone here and I didn't want to do what all my other friends were doing ’“ ...
  
  
• 08.12.07
  Best Books for an MBA
  Great Thinkers

  As the New York Times recently highlighted, a business student (or CEO’s) best friend is a well-constructed library. The following are the books that I highly recommend to any current, aspiring, or ’damn, why did I go to law school!’ MBA student. Certain titles may be a bit 'atypical' at first glance; indeed they are anything but. [Note: each title links to the listing on Amazon.com] The Power of Productivity Atlas Shrugged Against the Gods The Little Prince WSJ Guide to Understanding Money & Investing Wikinomics The Art of War The Long Tail George Soros on Globalization When Genius Failed Guns Germs & Steel Beating the Street The Pyramid Principle Innovator’s Dilemma Art of ...
  
  
• 08.12.07
  I finished my MBA on Tuesday.
  Tech'nomics

  For those unfamiliar with this blog, I started it about a year ago, mid-way through my MBA at Johns Hopkins University. What started as the IntelliGrad blog, switched to Leveraging Ideas when covering the cross section of technology and education became too limiting. Tuesday was a big milestone for me and I am very excited to have more time to devote to working on my own company, advising startups and writing. The way that Hopkins ends the MBA is by splitting students into consulting groups for their final class. Each group is then assigned to help a company with a ...
  
  
• 02.10.07
  MBA MEC Colmbia 2007 Conference Notes
  My Experiences, Social Media

  Yesterday I attended the MBA MEC (Media & Entertainment Conference) at Columbia University and I wanted to share my thoughts and observations on the event. Overall, I thought the conference was put together very well but I was disappointed with the lack of technological knowledge of the panelists ’“ especially because technology is so integral to the future of entertainment and media. The key note speaker, Peter Cuneo, Vice-Chairman and former CEO of Marvel Entertainment was excellent. Peter has orchestrated an incredible turnaround at Marvel lifting the stock price from $.80 in 2000 to $29 in 2006. One interesting tidbit is ...
  
  
• 01.17.07
  Is Math Overrated for MBAs?
  My Experiences, Tech'nomics

  Someone recently asked me about my getting an MBA degree, knowing that I was a Liberal Arts major in college. This person was interested in pursuing an MBA, but worried about the amount of math involved. While I could write endless articles on this topic, I am going to stick with one issue for now: Do you need to be good at math to succeed as an MBA student? Short Answer: No. When my friend asked me this question, my immediate response was that the liberal arts is the best preparation for an MBA and that overall, math was not as big ...
  
  
• 12.30.06
  2006: Almost a Wrap. New Year, New Name, New Location
  My Experiences

  2006 was my first year as a blogger. I didn’t start until September, but I still managed to get in over a hundred entries, or about 5 posts per week. I’m still getting my flow and formatting down“ I think I tend to be long winded, but I promise to shorten-up in 2007. As I start a new semester (I’m an MBA student) I will be taking: Personal Wealth Management, Venture Capital, Advanced Corporate Finance and Managerial Communication. In addition to discussing my own observations, I hope to comment on the wisdom I acquire in the classroom. I’m also helping a ...
  
  
• 12.05.06
  Johns Hopkins University Announces New Business School
  Campus Chatter

  Yesterday, the Board of Trustees at Johns Hopkins University announced the receipt of a $50 million dollar gift, proceeds of which will be used to establish the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School.? School operations will begin January 1, 2007. According to Yahoo!, The Carey Business School will be launched with a $100 million funding plan, one of the largest commitments in the history of business education. Said Hopkins’ President, William Brody, ’the School will make its mark producing leaders armed with both business skills and cross-disciplinary knowledge.’ Coordinating with Hopkins’ other graduate programs, the Carey School will grant joint master's/MBA degrees and ...
  
  
• 10.29.06
  Porsche Theory: the 1960 vs. the 2006
  Entrepreneurship

  I just got back from the Johns Hopkins Alumni Council’s Leadership Weekend. As the representative for the Hopkins MBA program, I am extremely fortunate to have access to some incredibly talented and smart people. In fact, my experience with the council last year is what provided the impetus for me to devote all my time and energy to creating the most effective and efficient tool available for students and alumni to engage, network and share experiences and common interests. However, as brilliant as most people in the room were, the conversation reinforced a theory I have long held. I call it ...
  
  

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