Revaluating Failure

February 23, 2011

(Los Angeles, California) Still waiting to climb up. How many times did you fail before? Let’s be honest and say plenty of times. But, failing isn’t a bad thing if there’s a lesson to be learn from it. What is important is to reflect on the mistake, analyze it and look at how it went [...]

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21st Asia Business Conference 2011

February 19, 2011

The Asia Business Conference concluded about two weeks ago. Yesterday was our post-event celebration party. The conference was a pretty good considering our limited resources and time. I learned a lot through this conference planning. I was in the Operations, meaning that I have to handle the behind the scenes planning. I’ll list down what [...]

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Competitive Strategy Game: Week 3

February 18, 2011

(Miami, Florida) Too many competitors fighting for a piece of the pie. Week 3 The result of Week 2 was out, the price we charged in Market A was about 25% high than our closest competitor. They undercut us and produce more beyond their capacity, resulting in us losing some sales and storing some in [...]

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Competitive Strategy Game: Week 1 & 2

February 11, 2011

(Orlando, Florida) Fiery explosion of spectacular performance I am currently enrolled in a Competitive Strategy Game by Haas Business School. It was created by Severin Borenstein, my professor’s thesis advisor. He was very enthusiastic  about this game, and I can’t see why not. The game mimics real situation where firms only know about their production [...]

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Take Great Risk

January 9, 2011

When I read rag to riches stories, I was often inspired and awed by these people’s achievements. Like all the stories go, these wealthy people made great investments and often the investments went wildly successful. But in most of them, especially the super rich who started out with almost nothing, they took monumental risk. That’s [...]

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Nick Yang Part 2

December 19, 2010

Alright, I did promised a second part to Nick Yang’s post, here it is but I kept it short and to the point. Some of the explanations are my own conception on how to explain his concepts. Success = Effort/Expectation Hence, success is measured by how much you work and people’s expectation for you. It’s [...]

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TOTD: 12/13/2010

December 14, 2010

I am quite worry right now. It is the finals week and I am just worried that I did not prepare enough for my exams. I am, still a firm believer in achieving the best possible outcome with the minimal amount of work necessary to free up time. This time, is best invested in something [...]

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Yiying’s Wall of Arts

December 12, 2010

I meet Yiying earlier this year as a fellow dragon and saw some of her work while sitting next to her on the flight to Shanghai. She is a one-of-a-kind memorable person that you won’t probably forget ever meeting with. She is fun, hyper with abundance of energy and creativity. It’s hard to feel tired [...]

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There’s a Job Out There for You

November 6, 2010

A few days ago, my professor bought up an interesting reminiscent. When he graduated around two decades ago, jobs (in Korea) were plentiful and it was a booming period there. He mentioned how his classmates bombed entrance exams into prestigious companies and it took to rectify that was a simple phone call to the HR [...]

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Nick Yang

October 15, 2010

I attended a quick session with Nick Yang today. He shared some insightful gems, starting with his journey after graduating from UofM to his financial standing now. He graduated with EE degree from UofM in 1997. He was first exposed to the Internet when he came to the university. After graduating, he went back to [...]

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