May 11th, 2008
Posted by Lindsay
Under: Events & Speakers, Lindsay Miller, Sports & Social
You may have heard by now about MBATs—the MBA Olympics hosted by HEC outside of Paris. Trusted alums told me that this would be the best event of the year, and I wasn’t disappointed. Go to www.mbat.org to check out the official event site. I’ve been told that organizing the event (4 days, 2000 MBAs, [...]
April 21st, 2008
Posted by Lindsay
Under: Events & Speakers, Lindsay Miller, MBA Bloggers 2007-2008
We’ve had some fantastic speakers come to talk this year, but by far the best have been those organized by/connected with current MBA students. The latest was Alexis Dormandy, an amazing guy who has worked for McKinsey, Orange. Accenture, Virgin (currently on the Board), is Chairman of European Red (Bono’s Charity), and is now Managing [...]
April 10th, 2008
Posted by Satoko
Under: Events & Speakers, MBA Bloggers 2007-2008, Satoko Ueyama
“We can come to something universal we can connect to. That’s a piece of cake”. –Karen Tse
During the spring break, I attended the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship. It was a great opportunity not only to learn about social entrepreneurship but also to talk directly to and be inspired by participants with such unique [...]
April 2nd, 2008
Posted by Lindsay
Under: Events & Speakers, Lindsay Miller, MBA Bloggers 2007-2008
If you’re at all interested in social entrepreneurship, you must check out the Skoll World Forum. There’s a link on the site that will take you to Social Edge where you’ll find all of the sessions from the Forum streamed on video, as well as blog entries for each. That’s definitely the best way to [...]
March 3rd, 2008
Posted by Daniel
Under: Academic, Daniel Seiderer, Events & Speakers, Oxford Life
There’s only one week of lectures left for Hilary Term. After that, it’s one week for revision and then, it’s exams week again. I can’t believe that the second term is already almost over. It seems that it just started. Last Friday, I submitted an assignment for Operations Management. It was about Zara, [...]