Jan
26Yes, “I must be crazy,” “What was I thinking,” and “I’ll thank myself later” have all been going through my head this week. As you can see, I have/will have had three MBA project presentations in three weeks! And it’s my own fault…
Two are with my winterterm class “Creativity & Innovation” which is hectic enough with 2 midterms and 2 projects in a short 4-week period. My group already did one last week on Apple vs. IBM, and this week our project is more creative…establishing a viral marketing campaign for Chapman University’s Leatherby Center for Corporate Entrepreneurship & Ethics. I can’t divulge any details (as we’re ‘competing’ against 2 other groups this week), but I hope know we’re going to KILL it!
Finally, next week I’m competing in the ACG (Association for Corporate Growth) Case Competition, where we will prepare a strategy & the corresponding valuations for a possible merger & acquistion. Have I taken finance yet? NO. Have I ever done a valuation in my life? NO. Do I know anything about the M&A field? NO. Are we going to win? Well, I don’t know but thankfully it’s a team effort, so we’re all bringing in our respective strengths. Oh, & I’m teaching myself valuation and M&A this week…I just joined the group last week.
So wish me luck, as I don’t want to look like a dumb BlondeMBA. At least I’ll get all those oral presentation/public speaking jitters out of the way…one “um” and “uh” at a time…I’ll thank myself later, right?
