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Archive for February, 2010

A Fall Summary. Columbia Business School MBA 2011.

Recap of my first term at Columbia.

CBS Film Screening | Youssou N’Dour | I Bring What I Love

Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love is a music-infused cinematic journey about the power of one man?s voice to inspire change. N’Dour is the highest selling African artist of all time and has collaborated with musical superstars like Bono, Neneh Cherry and Peter Gabriel. The film chronicles N’Dour, a devout Sufi Muslim, as he [...]

MBA Media & Entertainment Conference 2010.

2010 MBA Media & Entertainment Conference.

Columbia J-School Talk: Covering Israel: The First and Second Drafts of History

My J-school prof is giving a talk next week: Join the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies for a discussion: Covering Israel: The First and Second Drafts of History with Gershom Gorenberg Krueger Family Visiting Professor, Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies and Nicholas Lemann Dean of the Graduate School of Journalism and Henry R. [...]

Entrepreneurship and Risk Management by Dr. Shimon Eckhouse | CBS Talk.

Dr. Shimon Eckhouse is an inventor and active entrepreneur in the field of medical devices and medical technology. Dr. Eckhouse is currently the chairman of Syneron Medical Ltd. (Nasdaq ELOS), which he co-founded in 2001 and took public on Nasdaq in 2004. Syneron reached a valuation of more than $1B and returned to its investors [...]

Columbia University PitchFest.

Last year, the Columbia University PitchFest brought together the entire Columbia community, including staff, faculty and students, as well as various media outlets and investors interested in learning more about entrepreneurship at Columbia. With 41 pitches and an audience of over 200, it quickly became one of the premier entrepreneurship events of the year. This [...]

Glen Hubbard Interview. [The Economist]

Dean Glenn Hubbard is doing book promo for his latest: The Aid Trap

Marc Cenedella Founder of TheLadders.com | CBS CEO Talk.

A conversation with Marc Cenedella, the Founder and CEO of TheLadders.com, the #1 source for $100k+ jobs in the world. Marc started TheLadders.com in July of 2003 to solve a puzzling gap in the world of online recruitment and high-end employment. Marc holds an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was [...]