“In the summer between my freshman and sophomore year, my grandfather got me a job at a local messenger company working on Wall Street. I was lucky enough to have been in the business during a stock market boom but just before the fax machine appeared on the scene, let alone email and the Internet. As a result, the messenger business was booming.” YearsHas BeensEnoughJobsResultsCompanyStreetsWallInternetSceneLuckySummerMachinesLocalsGrandfatherEmailMy GrandfatherMessengersFreshmanSophomoreFaxSophomore YearFax Machines Author:Lewis Schiff
“The problem is not the sentiment, it's the execution. When a company makes a mistake, the individual benefits because they've learned how NOT to do something while the institution had to pay for the mistake.” ProblemIndividualPayMistakeCompanyBenefitsInstitutionsSentimentsExecution Author:Lewis Schiff
“However, there's nothing more inspiring than a company that does solve problems and those problems are captured as part of a larger story.” DoeStoriesProblemCompanySolveCaptured Author:Lewis Schiff
“In companies, there are three activities that should be labeled better. First there is the "CORE" which is the thing the company does that its customers pay it to do.” ShouldFirstsDoeThreePayCompanyActivityCustomersCore Author:Lewis Schiff
“MBA programs are underwritten by large companies and they succeed at producing future employees of large companies. In that regard, they are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing.” CompanySucceedProgramRegardSupposed To BeEmployeeMbaLarge CompaniesMba Programs Author:Lewis Schiff
“If the question is, how do we best produce business people who can succeed in the post-Great Recession era, then I think the MBA programs and their connection to large companies remains intact but it's not the path to a "Business Brilliant" life. It's a path to a middle-class existence marked by large stretches of security and comfort with occasional eruptions that you're probably ill-prepared to handle. Do I sound too cynical?” PeopleIfsThinkingSoundExistenceCompanyClassPathMiddleSecurityProduceComfortSucceedProgramConnectionsRemainsPreparedIllBrilliantHandleErasPostsMiddle ClassCynicalOccasionalRecessionsEruptionMbaLarge CompaniesGreat RecessionMba Programs Author:Lewis Schiff
