Tucker Blair and the Duke MBA
September 18th, 2009by Taylor Llewellyn · No Comments · Entrepreneurship
Growing up, both of my parents ran their own businesses. This upbringing shaped my entrepreneurial spirit from an early age. So much so that it’s always amazing to me that so many people feel like they can’t run their own businesses, or are surprised to hear that not everyone works for a large corporation.
Upon graduating [...]
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Pre-reading: Global Markets and Institutions
July 31st, 2009by Randy Zwitch · 1 Comment · Pre-reading: London
Global Markets and Institutions, with Prof. Jim Anton, is a multi-term course focusing on the macroeconomic drivers that drive the creation of wealth. The pre-reading for this class is fairly straightforward: there’s some textbook reading to introduce the necessary macroeconomic concepts and definitions, and two case studies.
The first case study, “Institutions” from the Journal of [...]
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Accounting Review (pre-term)
July 27th, 2009by Randy Zwitch · 4 Comments · Pre-reading: London
After a two day grind, I’ve finally finished the accounting review, and should now be caught up to where I was supposed to be on 7/20!
Like the Math Review, the Accounting Review is a CD of Flash presentations that cover basic accounting transactions, both journal entry and T-accounts. After introducing those concepts, the review [...]
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