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Top 10 Things I Learned #4 – Help Everyone

Top 10 Things I Learned in Business School #4 – Help Everyone You can never do too many people one favor. Really. The author Paulo Coelho has this thing he calls “the favor bank.” You build up credit by doing your friends favors that you can later borrow against. How […]

May 21, 2009 ×

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A (school) year in review

I don’t think that whirlwind even begins to describe this year. I moved to New Orleans less than a year ago and yet it feels like I’ve been here for years. While I still get a little lost around town (I continuously get Claiborne and Carrollton confused), and the summers are insufferable, […]

May 21, 2009 ×

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Top 10 Things I Learned #5 – Meet Everyone

Top 10 Things I Learned in Business School #5 – Meet Everyone I have a little over a half hour in my last class of the last semester of my MBA. I got a job this week, which is an amazing opportunity and I am ecstatic about it. I got […]

May 6, 2009 ×

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Top 10 Things I Learned #6 – Vision is Everything

Top 10 Things I Learned in Business School #6 Vision is Everything When trying to accomplish anything professionally one has to have: a clear sense of where one would like to be the ability to communicate that to others a fairly good idea on how to execute it Being driven […]

May 2, 2009 ×

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Backyard Lamb Roast

Backyard Lamb Roast

Our Greek classmate, Christos wanted to do something for his birthday. He ended up borrowing this setup from our Greek professor and proceeded to roast a whole lamb in my backyard. I’m looking at a lot of happy classmates right now. Knud Berthelsen

April 30, 2009 ×

Experience, Master of Business Administration, New Orleans, Programs

Dave at Jazz Fest last weekend. Go ahead… Just pack your bags. I’ll see you in July.

Dave at Jazz Fest last weekend. Go ahead… Just pack your bags. I’ll see you in July.

Dave at Jazz Fest last weekend. Go ahead… Just pack your bags. I’ll see you in July. Justin

April 29, 2009 ×

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Still haven’t decided? Well I saw NBA playoff history last night. Hornets lost by 58.

Still haven’t decided? Well I saw NBA playoff history last night. Hornets lost by 58. Still, I bet the other places you are looking don’t have NBA playoff teams. Justin

April 28, 2009 ×

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Top 10 Things I Learned #7 – Read everything you can get your hands on

Top 10 Things I Learned in Business School #7 – Read everything you can get your hands on A question I was asked last week was: What is the most important quality you would consider in hiring someone? This was especially important as it was during an interview for a […]

April 27, 2009 ×

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Top 10 Things I Learned #8 – There is always something you can get better at

Top 10 Things I Learned in Business School #8 There is always something you can get better at Humility is important in business school. There is way too much to read, get involved in, write, model in excel, and drink. You have to be humble enough to admit your mistakes […]

April 24, 2009 ×

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Top 10 Things I Learned #9 – Be interested in something

Top 10 things I learned in business school #9 Be interested in something #10 was a total softball, but an important lesson that many people miss. #9, on the other hand, is an affliction that you have to shake. Great opportunities are around every corner, but sometimes people don’t bother […]

April 23, 2009 ×