The information you are about to read is about the various schools participating in this competition but they will only be referred to by their team names as per the rules of the competition. Any comments that associate a team with a school will be deleted by the administrator - me.
Oh and by the way, I cannot be bribed :)
Thursday, March 29, 2007
The Reception
The formal reception was held at the SMG building - BU's School of Management building - at 595 Commonwealth Ave. in the 9th floor ballroom. Our ballroom is a perfect place to mix and mingle and Mary Sforza, the events coordinator, and her excellent staff made it a lovely comfortable place to do so. MIT showed up early (or was it on time?) and the rest sailed in on the bus from the hotel with Nicole Bludeau bringing up the rear with two members of the London School of Business. Jim McGroddy was reliably at hand to usher folks upstairs and the mingling began.
It was a very relaxed atmosphere with teams meeting other teams and professors and Deans working the room. Wines, cheeses, fruit and assorted nibbles were at hand and the Case Competition Committee members were very good with making the teams feel at ease and indeed at home.
Associate Dean Chalykoff started with his opening remarks on how excited he was to be present in the midst of representatives from the world's best business schools. We did miss Wharton (who, unfortunately, had to pull out of the contest at the last minute and were not there to defend their title) - maybe they weren't up for the challenge! But as Dean Chalykoff said to the competing teams, "our loss and your gain!" In all seriousness though, apparently Wharton pulled out because of personal (or perhaps personnel) reasons and we sincerely hope that all is well with them. Dean Chalykoff enthusiastically welcomed all the students and introduced Sr. Associate Dean Lawson as the Chief Operating Officer who ensures that all the tough jobs associated with getting things done get.. well.. done! Dean Lawson rightly said that an international competition of any kind is unique in management education. I agree with him in that we are very lucky to be able to have this opportunity to come together as a large intellectual force bringing our respective strengths to the table for a healthy joust.
Dean Lawson then introduced Josh Cleveland, the President of the MS-MBA Association, as a fantastic example of what the BU MS-MBA is all about and I'm sure there isn't a single person on campus who would contest the fact that Josh is a tremendous leader and an all-round terrific guy to boot! Josh acknowledged that he couldn't have pulled it off without his committee and the support staff. He did make it a point to introduce me, which I thought was lovely.
I do realize at this point that many of you reading this blog may not know who I am. I'm a 2nd year MS-MBA student at BU graduating this May with concentrations in Strategy & Business Analysis and Marketing. I responded to an open 'Blogger Wanted' advert sent out by Josh and the committee and I'm very pleased to be part of this event and am privileged to be able to bring the thoughts of our fantastic entrants - hopefully I'll get to speak with all 44 of them!
Jim and Steve worked on the case competition committee last year as well and they did point out that not much has changed in the organization of the event. Last year's event was a huge success with everything going off without a hitch so why mess with a winning formula, I guess. Steve did mention one reason why he volunteered to work on the committee one more time and I'm sure many of the other members echo this sentiment - we get to be part of a community that comprises of some of the world's best MBAs from amazing schools. What could be better than that.
Here's Steve's tip for the teams - it's all about stamina. Tomorrow's 24 hours are going to feel like 36. It's important to stay fresh.
Good luck all!
The Case Competition Committee members:
Committee Chair – Josh Cleveland
Internal Comp. Coordinator – Jim McGroddy
Web Development Coordinator – Sean Chen
Facilities Coordinator – Manu Goel
Volunteer Coordinator – Jeff Symons
Finance Coordinator – Jingjing Li
Guest/Com Coordinator – Steve Gerety
Marketing Coordinator – Divya Sood
Recruiting Coordinator – Natasha Bastien
It was a very relaxed atmosphere with teams meeting other teams and professors and Deans working the room. Wines, cheeses, fruit and assorted nibbles were at hand and the Case Competition Committee members were very good with making the teams feel at ease and indeed at home.
Associate Dean Chalykoff started with his opening remarks on how excited he was to be present in the midst of representatives from the world's best business schools. We did miss Wharton (who, unfortunately, had to pull out of the contest at the last minute and were not there to defend their title) - maybe they weren't up for the challenge! But as Dean Chalykoff said to the competing teams, "our loss and your gain!" In all seriousness though, apparently Wharton pulled out because of personal (or perhaps personnel) reasons and we sincerely hope that all is well with them. Dean Chalykoff enthusiastically welcomed all the students and introduced Sr. Associate Dean Lawson as the Chief Operating Officer who ensures that all the tough jobs associated with getting things done get.. well.. done! Dean Lawson rightly said that an international competition of any kind is unique in management education. I agree with him in that we are very lucky to be able to have this opportunity to come together as a large intellectual force bringing our respective strengths to the table for a healthy joust.
Dean Lawson then introduced Josh Cleveland, the President of the MS-MBA Association, as a fantastic example of what the BU MS-MBA is all about and I'm sure there isn't a single person on campus who would contest the fact that Josh is a tremendous leader and an all-round terrific guy to boot! Josh acknowledged that he couldn't have pulled it off without his committee and the support staff. He did make it a point to introduce me, which I thought was lovely.
I do realize at this point that many of you reading this blog may not know who I am. I'm a 2nd year MS-MBA student at BU graduating this May with concentrations in Strategy & Business Analysis and Marketing. I responded to an open 'Blogger Wanted' advert sent out by Josh and the committee and I'm very pleased to be part of this event and am privileged to be able to bring the thoughts of our fantastic entrants - hopefully I'll get to speak with all 44 of them!
Jim and Steve worked on the case competition committee last year as well and they did point out that not much has changed in the organization of the event. Last year's event was a huge success with everything going off without a hitch so why mess with a winning formula, I guess. Steve did mention one reason why he volunteered to work on the committee one more time and I'm sure many of the other members echo this sentiment - we get to be part of a community that comprises of some of the world's best MBAs from amazing schools. What could be better than that.
Here's Steve's tip for the teams - it's all about stamina. Tomorrow's 24 hours are going to feel like 36. It's important to stay fresh.
Good luck all!
The Case Competition Committee members:
Committee Chair – Josh Cleveland
Internal Comp. Coordinator – Jim McGroddy
Web Development Coordinator – Sean Chen
Facilities Coordinator – Manu Goel
Volunteer Coordinator – Jeff Symons
Finance Coordinator – Jingjing Li
Guest/Com Coordinator – Steve Gerety
Marketing Coordinator – Divya Sood
Recruiting Coordinator – Natasha Bastien
Pre-reception reception
It's one hour before the start of the formal reception to welcome the competition entrants. We have 11 teams from Kellogg, Stanford, Sloan, UNC Kenan-Flagler, Eller, McCombs, Queens Canada, Seoul Korea, IIM Calcutta and London School of Business and I will attempt to contact each team over the next two days to bring you the inside stories of their experience as participants in this event. I know there is a palpable level of excitement and anticipation (or maybe that's just me needing to cut down on coffee today). The organizing committee is definitely all switched on and look forward to the kick-off reception tonight.
I did bump into the IIM folks who, along with Seoul Korea, attended Prof. Hatten's Managing Risk class this afternoon. They seem well rested, cheery and look forward to the contest. They did express regret that since they'll be flying out on Sunday, they may not have time to check out the HBS and/or MIT campuses but I did point out the wonders of Comm. Ave. and the BU campus (construction notwithstanding).
The teams should all be checked in to the Brookline Courtyard Marriott Hotel by now (that's where they'll be staying for the duration of the competition.
Stay tuned for more after the reception! I, for one, am very much looking forward to being in the same room as the world's top MBA minds.
I did bump into the IIM folks who, along with Seoul Korea, attended Prof. Hatten's Managing Risk class this afternoon. They seem well rested, cheery and look forward to the contest. They did express regret that since they'll be flying out on Sunday, they may not have time to check out the HBS and/or MIT campuses but I did point out the wonders of Comm. Ave. and the BU campus (construction notwithstanding).
The teams should all be checked in to the Brookline Courtyard Marriott Hotel by now (that's where they'll be staying for the duration of the competition.
Stay tuned for more after the reception! I, for one, am very much looking forward to being in the same room as the world's top MBA minds.
Monday, January 29, 2007
Welcome the winning teams for the BU Internal Case Competition!
We are having the final winning teams for the BU Internal Case Competition held last weekend - the same 24 hours format as the official case comp. During the two days internal case competition, each team was doing a great job and the final come out was very great. Many of the judges and participants mentioned to me how impressed they were with the organization and facilitation of the competition.
We sincerely thank all teams and judges participating the internal case competition and gladly to announce the final winning teams as the following.
1st Place (1st Years):
We can't say!
2nd place (2nd Years):
Stephan Boyamian
Charles Fedolfi
Gordon Rowe
Seth Joseph
3rd Place (2nd Years):
Neha Mathur
Mukund Srigopal
Chris Teng
Andrey Tovstukha
We sincerely thank all teams and judges participating the internal case competition and gladly to announce the final winning teams as the following.
1st Place (1st Years):
We can't say!
2nd place (2nd Years):
Stephan Boyamian
Charles Fedolfi
Gordon Rowe
Seth Joseph
3rd Place (2nd Years):
Neha Mathur
Mukund Srigopal
Chris Teng
Andrey Tovstukha
Internal Case Competition
The internal competition is over. It will be interesting to hear what four team members have won to represent Boston University School of Management. As for the International Competition, the final list of schools is coming to a final completition. The announcemet as to whom they are should be in the next week or so.
Friday, January 26, 2007
Internal Case Competition is coming tomorrow!
Internal Case Competition is coming tomorrow. Very excited about that!
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Internal Case Comp is coming this weekend!
For the long planning date and efforts, we will have the internal case competition in this weekend and will pick up the BU representative team for the official International Tech-Strategy Case Competition.
We are very exciting to have more than 12 teams for the internal competing and already have done the first round selection for the final 12 internal teams. Let's see and expect what we will come out in the Sunday afternoon.
We are very exciting to have more than 12 teams for the internal competing and already have done the first round selection for the final 12 internal teams. Let's see and expect what we will come out in the Sunday afternoon.
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