Monday, April 6th
We kicked off the week with breakfast at Joe DiNucci’s favorite restaurant, Buck’s of Woodside. Legend has it more deals are done here than at any other Silicon Valley eatery. The only deal that was done this morning involved delicious pancakes for jetlagged trekkers, but score that one a success.
Our first official stop [...]

One of the most interesting experiences I’ve had thus far at Saïd Business School has been the Entrepreneurial Project. Effectively serving as a sixth course in Hilary term, the project takes you out of the classroom and allows you to apply pretty much everything you’ve learned in the MBA program so far—and then some. You [...]

“Just think, in a previous life, it was probably somebody else’s business card.”
Think and smile branding, we are told. This line on the back on the back of Jeff Mendelson’s card was our first introduction to the President of New Leaf Paper;  a leading company in environmentally superior paper.  Over the next two hours Jeff [...]

31st March 2009
 
I woke up a bit early and walked around for my morning walk. The weather looked so lovely, especially after 6 months in England. So warm and so windless…. perfect proper spring weather, I would say.
After breakfast in the hotel, we went to Hong Kong international terminal to visit Hutchison Port Holdings. It [...]

 
13th April 2009
It was a clear sunny day that started out with an hour train ride from the city out to Palo Alto. We kicked off our weeklong trek with an intimate breakfast with the Skoll Foundation  team.
 
I was impressed that the whole office joined in to meet and greet us early on a Monday [...]