I was studying today for my marketing final, and I came across a quote from Sergei that I had scrawled on a slide printout of the “Branding” lecture. We had been talking about the definition of a brand, and one of the examples our professor gave was Livestrong. Sergei had his own opinion of that [...]
One of my classmates gave a presentation this week on the financial crisis from the perspective of a former hedge fund associate. As part of the presentation, he discussed the meaning of “hedge” as it relates to hedge funds. He also mentioned that he believed our current financial troubles to be temporary, and getting his [...]
Today in “Organizational Strategy and Human Resource Management,” affectionately known as “HR,” we discussed a case wherein candymaker Jacobs Suchard copes with pressure to centralize their operations. A side aspect of the case dealt with job fatigue, and one group suggested that manufacturing management positions be rotated every three years or so in order to [...]
It’s been a hectic week. Monday was 4 hours and change of class, with a lunch in between to discuss the admin-board meeting. Tuesday was a 4 hour leadership class, followed by said admin-board meeting (thankfully with croissantwiches), followed by two hours of accounting “review.” Those quotes are there because I actually acquired a substantial [...]
This week, I got some kind of unidentified flu, which I’m going to call swine flu because everyone and their uncle has gotten it around campus so why not me too. The day before I started feeling symptoms, I was going on and on about how I never get flu shots and how I’ve never [...]
This week in Quant* we were considering situations involving stochasticity and risk. An example came up which involved two sales divisions. The Eastern division made consistently moderate yearly profits while the profitability of the Western division varied widely, but on average (over time) both divisions fared just about equally. The question under discussion was that [...]
We’re a week into preterm at Rady. Some distinct personalities are already starting to emerge, including that of someone we’ll call “Sergei.”* Sergei is both very quotable and very Russian. I’d like to share some of his recent insights: Sergei, after a class discussion of factors possibly affecting a baby’s gender which touched on nationality [...]
My friend Kelly makes cards and started her own craft supply business! Support entrepreneurship in action.