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Dubai Silent Auction | Pakistan Floods

Friends in Dubai are organizing a silent auction to raise funds for the Pakistan floods.

Poets & Quants. [That would be us MBAs]

My new favorite business school site.

Wadah Khanfar of Al Jazeera at Columbia 032410

Al Jazeera’s Wadah Khanfar speaks at Columbia March 24 2010.

QS World MBA Dubai April 21 2010.

The QS World MBA Tour hits Dubai April 21 2010.

Abraaj CEO Arif Naqvi CBS Talk.

Arif Naqvi, Founder and CEO of the Dubai’s premier Private Equity firm speaks at CBS Tuesday March 23rd, Uris 142, 12:30pm. Arif is a phenomenal speaker and a renowned investor. He will share stories from his career as well as discuss his view of private equity and business in emerging markets. Space is limited. Related [...]

Chris Anderson CBS Talk.

Chris Anderson CBS Talk. March 18.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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