See my audio post above. Check out a video of Regina's at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGTDRztaCCw
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Regina Spektor at the Wiltern
See my audio post above. Check out a video of Regina's at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGTDRztaCCw
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Two Champions
Ah, to have two great "athletes" in the family. Lindsey did her half-marathon last Sunday in great fashion completing 13.1 miles in under 2 hours (8 minutes less than her previous time). While just one week earlier I completed my "marathon" of chugging nine straight drinks at different bars throughout Newport Beach to win the Merage Golf Pub Crawl. What stamina we have!
Seriously, Lindsey did great. She ran so fast, I did not even see her cross the finish line (but there is no way a taxi could have gotten her close to the finish line). She commits a ridiculous amount of time to training with the constant goal of improving. It paid off on Sunday. I am sure she is scoping out the next competition.
Sunday, October 07, 2007
2007 Merage Golf Pub Crawl
Last night we had a Golf Pub Crawl through the Balboa Island area of Newport Beach. Yours truly crushed the competition by completing 9 straight hole-in-ones :) In all seriousness, the event was alot of fun and a great way to learn about the bars in Newport Beach and get to know our classmates. Thanks to Michelle for planning the event.
A second extended version with new pictures from Carl and Michelle Ring:
A second extended version with new pictures from Carl and Michelle Ring:
Thursday, October 04, 2007
School's Back
I just finished my first week of classes (I only have classes on Mon, Tues, and Wed). It didn't take long for school to pile up the work. It's funny how a summer can make you forget about what it's like to know you won't be having much of a life for the next three months.
Being in my second year, I am taking electives which means I am taking the courses that I am most interested in. I have enrolled in Competitive Intelligence, Financial Statement Analysis, Experiential Learning, and Global Team Collaboration.
Competitive Intelligence: This is a great (but gruelling) course that teaches you how to profile competitor companies. You watch the FBI profilers on CBS's Criminal Minds? This is that for companies. We learn to research competitor companies, create a profile, and use that information to predict how they react to our strategies to identify our best courses of action. This learning cumulates in a really cool "War Game" experience where the four class teams are assigned a company and forced to compete with each other.
Financial Statement Analysis: OK, this may not be joy to learn about as much as a necessary evil. Before attending my MBA, the one area I wanted to improve upon was my understanding of the financial health of companies. This should be the final course (in addition to my first year Accounting and Finance courses, my participation in a Wall Street Prep financial modeling course, and my participation in the Polaris competition) that will give my a solid high-level understanding of how to financially evaluate companies. The course is known to be a work-aholic's dream.
Experiential Learning: This is essentially a quarter long consulting project where a team of students work on a problem specified by a sponsoring company. My team is working on a really interesting project that will help a technology company develop a model of evaluating new product development concepts to manage their product portfolio in a way that will optimize the long-term value of the firm. This is the type of big, challenging project that gets me excited. I have volunteered to take lead on this project. It presents a great opportunity to gain great experience and expand my network with some great contacts.
Global Team Collaboration: The world is flat. More and more companies are conducting projects that utilize human resources located all over the world. This course is designed to give us strategies on how to manage that process. The professor is a well known expert on team dynamics who I am confident will make a very interesting and valuable class. The highlight of the class is that each student in the class will, alone, participate in a truly global project with other MBA students located all over the world.
Top that off, I am TA of an Executive MBA Microeconomics class. I have discovered some challenges that I did not expect. It seems that the Executive MBA candidates do not have to take the GMAT provided they have good work experience. This factor allows students to get in who have not refreshed their basic math skills. Throw them into a Micro class that heavily uses geometry, algebra and some calculus and you can see how they can get lost.
Anyways, lots of fun, lots of challenges - no life for Trevor.
Being in my second year, I am taking electives which means I am taking the courses that I am most interested in. I have enrolled in Competitive Intelligence, Financial Statement Analysis, Experiential Learning, and Global Team Collaboration.
Competitive Intelligence: This is a great (but gruelling) course that teaches you how to profile competitor companies. You watch the FBI profilers on CBS's Criminal Minds? This is that for companies. We learn to research competitor companies, create a profile, and use that information to predict how they react to our strategies to identify our best courses of action. This learning cumulates in a really cool "War Game" experience where the four class teams are assigned a company and forced to compete with each other.
Financial Statement Analysis: OK, this may not be joy to learn about as much as a necessary evil. Before attending my MBA, the one area I wanted to improve upon was my understanding of the financial health of companies. This should be the final course (in addition to my first year Accounting and Finance courses, my participation in a Wall Street Prep financial modeling course, and my participation in the Polaris competition) that will give my a solid high-level understanding of how to financially evaluate companies. The course is known to be a work-aholic's dream.
Experiential Learning: This is essentially a quarter long consulting project where a team of students work on a problem specified by a sponsoring company. My team is working on a really interesting project that will help a technology company develop a model of evaluating new product development concepts to manage their product portfolio in a way that will optimize the long-term value of the firm. This is the type of big, challenging project that gets me excited. I have volunteered to take lead on this project. It presents a great opportunity to gain great experience and expand my network with some great contacts.
Global Team Collaboration: The world is flat. More and more companies are conducting projects that utilize human resources located all over the world. This course is designed to give us strategies on how to manage that process. The professor is a well known expert on team dynamics who I am confident will make a very interesting and valuable class. The highlight of the class is that each student in the class will, alone, participate in a truly global project with other MBA students located all over the world.
Top that off, I am TA of an Executive MBA Microeconomics class. I have discovered some challenges that I did not expect. It seems that the Executive MBA candidates do not have to take the GMAT provided they have good work experience. This factor allows students to get in who have not refreshed their basic math skills. Throw them into a Micro class that heavily uses geometry, algebra and some calculus and you can see how they can get lost.
Anyways, lots of fun, lots of challenges - no life for Trevor.
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