65 posts tagged with "msx-chronicle"

My presentation to the incoming Class of 2014 at the Stanfor Sloan Orientation.

In descending order of importance, Complete your Linkedin profile. Linkedin has been used extensively by business schools, head hunters, and HR recruitment officers of many companies in US. It's gone mainstream and become a must-have in Stanford GSB.

It was a very pleasant surprise when I read the back page of 2013 Spring Issue of Stanford Business Magazine. Surprise #1, this was actually a very accurate quote from me, though I have no idea how the magazine got it.

As I was burning midnight oil on my final assignment/personal essay for S353, I finally could not help but laying out my entire career transitions, in the past, present, and future, on a diagram - something I've been thinking about doing for a long time but never got the chance to complete.

In my last post on this subject, I compared some similarities and differences between S353 (Entrepreneurship: Formation of New Business) and G566 (Real-Life Ethics), two of my favorite GSB courses.

On February 8, 2013, I emceed Sloan's Chinese New Year Party, which made history by becoming the most attended self-organized Sloan event with roughly 180 people (120 adults + 60 kids), in true Chinese fashion.

One of the benefits of sitting right next to my Sloan-mate Nicki Carter, who is co-leading an admirable and spirited effort of publishing Yearbook of Sloan Class of 2013,  is that I can rest assured to receive regular reminder about my yearbook message status for no less than ... four times a week.

Before we know, 8 months have flown by and now we're 4 months away from graduation. All good things will come to an end, and our wonderful journey at Sloan Fellow Program in Stanford GSB is of no exception.

G566 Real-Life Ethics was my most favorite class in the Fall Quarter and S353 is my most favorite class in the current Winter Quarter. They share a lot of similarities, but resonate with me at very different levels. Here's a detailed breakdown of comparison between them:

As my prior article "15 Things to Know in Strategizing Your Stanford Courses" mentioned, doing one of those startup-themed courses (E245, S321) feels almost like a rite of passage for many Stanford MBA/Sloans. So, should you just go and do it?