B36 – Indefinite Integrals, Airplanes & Change Management 2.0

  Over the course of my final block week here at Columbia Business School (can’t believe it’s almost finished), I took Advanced Organizational Change with one of my favorite Professors Todd Jick.  If you recall, last year I “tooted his horn” pretty intensely.  I still stand by it. This class is his playground, his time […]

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B35 – NFL’s Existential Threat & What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

The beautiful thing about 2nd year MBA is that all the (painful) “core” learnings of business has already occurred.  You know your DCF’s, you can value anything from startups to century old companies.  You get how M&A works (at least in theory).  And marketing and accounting is set.  2nd year is where business schools get […]

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B33 – Shorten the Gap…if It Can Be So Simple

Summer is a great time for rest and relaxation.  At the same time, it’s an opportunity to push through the doldrums to surpass the normal productivity of society.  Meetings might have to be moved around to accommodate anothers’ travel plans, but often upon return, the schedule is surprisingly open.  For a person who takes months […]

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B32 – How to Make Great Presentations with Producer of Bite Size (and master of story telling)

Join me as I talk with Eric Gallegos, a man of many professions and skills including producing the documentary Bite Size and is currently rocking it in San Francisco as Business Development Manager for inDinero a series A funded startup that creates software to help small businesses track and manage their finances. My favorite of Eric’s skills […]

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