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eClub Leadership at Stanford

02.24.2010 · Posted in Stanford MBA

Entrepreneurship club elections are coming up and I’m considering running for co-president. The Stanford GSB eClub is one of the largest organizations on campus, and one of the nation’s oldest organizations for the kind of work it does: The current leadership set a high bar: top shelf eWeek, BBLs, treks, dinners, and a host of ...

How to speak Japanese using computers

Wrote an article on speed reading a few weeks ago that got picked up on the blog of Steve Yoshida, an MIT Sloan School MBA: Above: Excerpt from Steve Yoshida’s post on speed reading I can’t read Japanese, so I ran Steve’s blog through Microsoft Translator, an online service transforming websites from one language to ...

Lightspeed makes an offer startups can’t refuse

Did I read this right? Is a VC offering startups $10K plus use of a Menlo Park office, fully-stocked kitchen and even a shower—without taking an equity stake? Above: Info page on Summer Fellowship Program from Lightspeed Venture Partners Lightspeed Venture Partners offers a Summer Fellowship program that surprised me last week. I’d spent the ...

How to cheat on MBA research assignments

I use the word “cheat” here as in “cheating death”—to avoid something unnecessary that gets in the way of enjoying yourself and having a good time (i.e. no Honor Code violations, just time savings).  This habit began at the age of 7. My parents bought us the World Book Encyclopedia. It included a special service: ...

How to meet Startup CEOs

JobNob connects Startups with job seekers open to working for either traditional or alterative pay. In my mind, it’s a huge service to both audiences. Last Thursday, they packed Illusions Supper Club in Palo Alto with an Ivy League Happy Hour where I and fellow Stanford MBAs met some of the hottest new companies coming ...

How to teach diversity using professional actors

The Stanford MBA Diversity Lab impressed me today. The experience rose head and shoulders above the patronizing hear-this-so-we-don’t-get-sued corporate training I took in the past. Above: Stanford MBAs en route to Diversity Lab discussions. First, a short talk to set context, then half a dozen sharply dressed actors flown in from New York play out ...