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CMO Confidential
Jim Lecinski | The Insomnia Cookies Case - The GOST Model Taught at Northwestern

CMO Confidential

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 38:26


A CMO Confidential Interview with Jim Lecinski, Clinical Professor of Marketing at the Kellogg School of Management, two time author, and former Google VP. Jim discusses the need to teach both durable and perishable knowledge, the importance of faculty composition, why students should "sample" B-Schools, and how the Northwestern "House Design" keeps it ranked as the #1 marketing school. We go inside the Insomnia Cookies Case which uses GOST (Goals, Objectives, Strategy and Tactics) and 70/20/10 to train students on driving revenue, profit and market share. Tune in to hear why you shouldn't be a "Tumbleweed" and instead strive to "Meet the universe halfway."See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Two by Two
If B-schools were invented today, would students run placements? (30-minute version)

Two by Two

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 32:22


Business schools are among the most coveted higher educational institutions. Students go through some of the most competitive exams and pay significant fees because they hope that at the end of their degree, they will get a great job.Yet, the onerous process of finding, soliciting and bringing dozens of companies to campuses each year falls mostly on final-year students, who are part of elected/selected placement committees.For as long as we can remember, these committees have always been accused of bias, arrogance and powerplay by other students.Yet, the fact also remains that those on the placement committees sacrifice a significant part of their education and grades in order to run a great job-matching process for their entire batch.Should they, though?In the US, for instance, most leading B-schools have their professional teams that run the entire campus hiring process instead of students. Finding quality jobs for hundreds of students each year is a full-time job.In India, too, many colleges are gradually coming around to the same POV.IIM Kozhikode has transitioned the process from students to faculty. This model aims to instil transparency and professionalism in what vice-chancellor V Ramgopal Rao calls “a crucial rite of passage marking the end of academic life.”BITS Pilani has adopted a system where HR professionals employed by the institute handle placements.IIT Bombay set up a committee under a senior computer science faculty professor Uday Khedkar, with one of its aims being “setting up a clean and transparent placement process system”. Sources at IIT-B said the panel was set up after students brought to light instances of the biases some faced and how this had hampered their careers.Our guest for the episode is Professor Varun Nagaraj, Dean and Professor of Information Management & Analytics at S P Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai. He holds a Ph.D. in Management: Designing Sustainable Systems from Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management. He also holds an MBA from Boston University, an MS in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University, and a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Bombay. His career spanning over three decades in digital products reflects his passion for product management, development, and innovation.Over the course of the discussion, the professor and hosts Rohin Dharmakumar and Praveen Gopal Krishnan discuss how placements have evolved since their MBA days, their misgivings about the current system, and what institutes have to get better at.Perhaps the larger question is, how should we think about matching employers and graduates? Is a compressed “placements” process the best way?Welcome to episode 25 of Two by Two.—Additional reading:Bias, lack of transparency trips job hunts in premier schoolsWhy are IIT placements failing to deliver jobs? Former IIT Director explainsShiv Shivakumar's LinkedIn post —This is an edited 30-minute version of the discussion hosted by Praveen Gopal Krishnan and Rohin Dharmakumar with the guest. To listen to the full episode, consider getting a Premium subscription to The Ken, which, in addition to Two by Two, will get you access to all our long-form stories, newsletters, visual stories and the rest of the podcasts we produce.But if you just want to sample full episodes of Two by Two, you can do that by getting a Premium subscription on Apple Podcasts at a great monthly price.This episode of Two by Two was produced by Hari Krishna. Rajiv CN, our resident sound engineer, mixed and mastered this episode.If you liked this episode of Two by Two, please share it with like-minded individuals who would be interested in listening to the episode. And if you have more thoughts on the discussion, we'd love to hear your arguments as well. You can write to us at twobytwo@the-ken.com

All Indians Matter
‘Future of B-schools likely to be new-format courses, with fewer 2-year MBAs'

All Indians Matter

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 65:03


Especially after liberalisation and the era of high growth, the demand for MBA degrees skyrocketed. This led to the establishment of several public and private institutions offering the degrees. However, over time, several challenges arose – not least that many of the graduates were not employable. Also, facing technological disruption in a fast-changing business landscape, management education finds itself at another inflection point. The urgent imperatives of sustainability, inclusion and competitiveness demand a transformation to ensure such education remains relevant. Dr Varun Nagaraj, Dean of the SP Jain Institute of Management and Research, speaks to All Indians Matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two by Two
If B-schools were invented today, would students run placements? (10-minute trailer)

Two by Two

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 11:18


Business schools are among the most coveted higher educational institutions. Students go through some of the most competitive exams and pay significant fees because they hope that at the end of their degree, they will get a great job.Yet, the onerous process of finding, soliciting and bringing dozens of companies to campuses each year falls mostly on final-year students, who are part of elected/selected placement committees.For as long as we can remember, these committees have always been accused of bias, arrogance and powerplay by other students.Yet, the fact also remains that those on the placement committees sacrifice a significant part of their education and grades in order to run a great job-matching process for their entire batch.Should they, though?In the US, for instance, most leading B-schools have their professional teams that run the entire campus hiring process instead of students. Finding quality jobs for hundreds of students each year is a full-time job.In India, too, many colleges are gradually coming around to the same POV.IIM Kozhikode has transitioned the process from students to faculty. This model aims to instil transparency and professionalism in what vice-chancellor V Ramgopal Rao calls “a crucial rite of passage marking the end of academic life.”BITS Pilani has adopted a system where HR professionals employed by the institute handle placements.IIT Bombay set up a committee under a senior computer science faculty professor Uday Khedkar, with one of its aims being “setting up a clean and transparent placement process system”. Sources at IIT-B said the panel was set up after students brought to light instances of the biases some faced and how this had hampered their careers.Our guest for the episode is Professor Varun Nagaraj, Dean and Professor of Information Management & Analytics at S P Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai. He holds a Ph.D. in Management: Designing Sustainable Systems from Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management. He also holds an MBA from Boston University, an MS in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University, and a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Bombay. His career spanning over three decades in digital products reflects his passion for product management, development, and innovation.Over the course of the discussion, the professor and hosts Rohin Dharmakumar and Praveen Gopal Krishnan discuss how placements have evolved since their MBA days, their misgivings about the current system, and what institutes have to get better at.Perhaps the larger question is, how should we think about matching employers and graduates? Is a compressed “placements” process the best way?Welcome to episode 25 of Two by Two.—Additional reading:Bias, lack of transparency trips job hunts in premier schoolsWhy are IIT placements failing to deliver jobs? Former IIT Director explainsShiv Shivakumar's LinkedIn post —This is a shorter '10-minute trailer' cut from the hour-long discussion hosts Praveen Gopal Krishnan and Rohin Dharmakumar had with the guests. If you would like to listen to the full episode, you can do that by getting a Premium subscription to The Ken, which, in addition to Two by Two, will get you access to all our long-form stories, newsletters, visual stories and the rest of the podcasts we produce.But if you just want to sample full episodes of Two by Two, you can do that by getting a Premium subscription on Apple Podcasts at a great monthly price.This episode of Two by Two was produced by Hari Krishna. Rajiv CN, our resident sound engineer, mixed and mastered this episode.If you liked this episode of Two by Two, please share it with like-minded individuals who would be interested in listening to the episode. And if you have more thoughts on the discussion, we'd love to hear your arguments as well. You can write to us at twobytwo@the-ken.com

The Current
Parents worry overcrowded N.B. schools can't meet kids' needs

The Current

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 19:47


New Brunswick's schools are scrambling to keep up with dramatic population growth, with some resorting to turning cafeterias and libraries into classrooms. We talk to parents about the impact on their kids' education. 

Bloomberg Businessweek
Netflix Transition Talk has Arrived

Bloomberg Businessweek

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 45:18 Transcription Available


Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Michael Pachter, Entertainment Analyst at Wedbush Securities, discusses Netflix pivoting from a high-growth, low-profit business to a slow-growth, high-profit business. Bloomberg News Federal Reserve Reporter Catarina Saraiva talks about the Fed resetting the clock on rate cuts and questioning if rates are high enough. Bloomberg News Senior Editor Dimitra Kessenides and Francisco Veloso, Dean of INSEAD Business School, share their thoughts on the future of B-Schools. And we Drive to the Close with Janet Rilling, Head of the Plus Fixed Income Team at Allspring Global Investments. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bloomberg Businessweek
Netflix Transition Talk has Arrived

Bloomberg Businessweek

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2024 45:18 Transcription Available


Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Michael Pachter, Entertainment Analyst at Wedbush Securities, discusses Netflix pivoting from a high-growth, low-profit business to a slow-growth, high-profit business. Bloomberg News Federal Reserve Reporter Catarina Saraiva talks about the Fed resetting the clock on rate cuts and questioning if rates are high enough. Bloomberg News Senior Editor Dimitra Kessenides and Francisco Veloso, Dean of INSEAD Business School, share their thoughts on the future of B-Schools. And we Drive to the Close with Janet Rilling, Head of the Plus Fixed Income Team at Allspring Global Investments. Hosts: Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. Producer: Paul Brennan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Poets&Quants
Sustainability: Not Another Fad At B-Schools

Poets&Quants

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2024 24:27


Our special guest for today's episode is Charlene Zietsma, faculty director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise

Raj Shamani - Figuring Out
WATCH THIS Before Doing MBA - Reality Of IIMs, CAT Exam & Coaching @RahulCatking FO 162 Raj Shamani

Raj Shamani - Figuring Out

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2024 59:45


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BusinessLine Podcasts
What is behind IIM placements and their recent downtrend?

BusinessLine Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2024 14:44


Placements at India's top-tier B-Schools are currently witnessing a decline in numbers, attributed to the prevailing global economic downturn. In a compelling discussion shedding light on the recent downturn in placements at India's premier B-Schools, Ayush Arya engages with two prominent YouTube personalities, Abhishek Jain, renowned as The IIM Guy from IIM Visakhapatnam, and Keshav Grover, a recent graduate from IIM Jammu. In this conversation, the duo shares invaluable insights into the challenges faced during on-campus and off-campus placements, the debate between specialisation and generalisation, and much more. They unravel the intricacies of navigating the corporate landscape in the midst of a global economic downturn and provide a firsthand account of their post-graduation experiences. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/business-line/message

Live from Studio 5 on AMI-audio
Accessibility Issues at N.B. Schools

Live from Studio 5 on AMI-audio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2023 14:19


There are several accessibility issues facing public schools in New Brunswick. Shelley Petit from the New Brunswick Coalition of Persson with Disabilities offers insight into how schools can make their grounds inclusive to students. From the December 4, 2023, episode.

The Signal Daily
WWE and UFC Announce A Knockout Merger

The Signal Daily

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 9:12


B-Schools in India are getting creative with their curriculums! Management universities like the Indian Institute of Management(IIM), Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies and more are switching their curricula to incorporate a whole bunch of eclectic subjects.  In other news, Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Entertainment or WWE and UFC or Ultimate Fighting Championship have announced a merger that's worth a whopping $21.4 billion. What does this mean for both the companies?  Tune in to The Signal Daily to know more!  You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android, iOS or any other podcast app. You can check out our website at https://ivmpodcasts.com/. Do follow IVM Podcasts on social media. We are @IVMPodcasts on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram. Follow the show across platforms: Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts,  Amazon Prime Music. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Poets&Quants
At B-Schools, Sustainability Is The Hot Topic

Poets&Quants

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2023 29:53


We discuss the trend with Kogod School Dean David Marchick of American University where applicants to its MS in Sustainability Management are up 100% in the past year

FUTUREPROOF.
Digital Transformation 2.0 (ft. author Tim Bottke)

FUTUREPROOF.

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2023 29:07


Years after companies spend millions of dollars on digital transformations, their investors ask why there's no return on investment. It's not that digital transformations are a waste, but that companies haven't designed them to maximize value. They overpay and get no payback. I've worked at companies who might fall into that category, so I know the struggle is real!In a fantastic, incredibly useful book that came out in December, Digital Transformation Payday: Navigate the Hype, Lower the Risks, Increase Return on Investments, Tim Bottke, senior Strategy Partner at Monitor Deloitte and Associate Professor for Strategy and Digital Transformation at SDA Bocconi business school—that's one of Europe's top B-Schools for all you Americans out there—delivers a provocative new perspective on digital business transformation—using research to get beyond the hype and uncover its real financial payback.This is a book that gives you a legit framework for defining a company's next digital transformation effort end to end to ensure maximum return on investment and value—and I loved that Tim wrote this book with a very specific audience in mind who know how critical digital transformation is to developing the future state of a company.As always, we welcome your feedback. Please make sure to subscribe, rate, and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and Google Play - and make sure to follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn!

Reverse and Onward
Episode 2 - Unravelling an IronMan - A Talk with Hetal Sonpal

Reverse and Onward

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2022 19:22


Unraveling an Iron Man...When I first talked to Hetal for this podcast, he was already a Half-IronMan. As he had promised me then, he completed the FULL IRONMAN in August 2022 and now adorns the title for life. He plans to climb Mount Everest among many other audacious dreams..... Hetal is someone I have always admired for his passion for achieving a never-ending list of milestones in life. Since we were colleagues at a tech MNC, I have seen him grow from strength to strength in living his dreams. An IronMan, Marathoner, Technology Strategist, Author, Angel Investor, avid reader, Motivational speaker, and now a PhD scholar, whatever role Hetal embraces, he does it with perfection and passion. Hetal Sonpal has over 23 years of experience in the Tech industry. An alumnus of the NMIMS, Mumbai, Hetal has worked in Senior Management roles across Asia for Wipro, Microsoft, LinkedIn, and Intel. Hetal is currently a Startup Evangelist and helps startups in sales, marketing, strategy, and growth. He is among only 54 "Regional Mentors of Change" for Niti Ayog and mentors school children in Innovation programs. Apart from being a TEDx speaker, Hetal has given motivational talks at many prominent B Schools and colleges across India. Hetal is a published author: his first book, Against All Odds, was released on Aug 21, 2021. He regularly blogs on LinkedIn and other online channels. Hetal's running journey started in Oct 2013, and since then, he has run 18 full, 21 half marathons, and Malnad 50K ultra. Apart from this episode which covers Hetal's health and fitness journey, I hope to cover Hetal's complete IRONMAN Journey, the preparation, the toil, and the experience very soon! Stay tuned ...

Dinis Guarda citiesabc openbusinesscouncil Thought Leadership Interviews
Sundeep Reddy Mallu - ESG & Analytics at Gramener - Data And Business Decisions - With Hilton Supra

Dinis Guarda citiesabc openbusinesscouncil Thought Leadership Interviews

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 57:46


Today's guest of Dinis Guarda YouTube Podcast Series is Sundeep Reddy Mallu, the head of analytics and hiring at Gramener, which solves business problems for its clients by identifying data insights and presenting them as data stories.Mallu advises executives at leading enterprises and NGOs on data science, helping organizations transform by building teams and adopting a culture of data.A new interview conducted by Hilton Supra and powered by FreedomX, openbusinesscouncil and citiesabc.Sundeep Mallu BiographyMallu's journey started in 2003 selling seeds at farmers' meets. A stellar journey which has brought him to now delivering business value to Fortune 100 clients globally via custom Data Science solutions.In his current role as SVP Analytics, Sundeep Mallu advises executives on 1) aligning their data science strategy with business vision, 2) building teams to apply advanced analytics and data visualization, and 3) helping businesses adopt a data-driven culture.Likewise, as a TA head, he owns the hunt for great team players, across industries and school campuses, and attracts them to join Gramener.Sundeep Mallu has a diverse experience in client handling and working in multi-cultural teams across North America, Europe, Singapore and India. As an international speaker, he's taken the stage at leading events conducted by organizations such as TEDx, O'Reilly Strata; and has conducted 100+ hours of corporate training and do guest lectures at B Schools.About Dinis Guarda profile and Channelshttps://www.openbusinesscouncil.orghttps://www.intelligenthq.comhttps://www.hedgethink.com/https://www.citiesabc.com/More interviews and inspirational videos on Dinis Guarda YouTube

After Class med Jesper & Dennis

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Information Morning Saint John from CBC Radio New Brunswick (Highlights)

Host Julia Wright speaks with the CBC's Vanessa Blanch as she checks in with schools finding out what's happening in the classrooms and the effect on students and teachers.

Founder Thesis
Building NextGen Marketeers | Varun Satia @ Kraftshala

Founder Thesis

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2022 86:08


MBA is the go-to postgraduate degree in India. But there are two major issues students face. On one hand, where a minor chunk gets selected to the top institutes, the irrelevant curriculum fails to prepare students for what lies ahead in corporate life. In this edition of Founder Thesis, Akshay Datt speaks with Varun Satia, Founder and CEO of Kraftshala, India's largest online learning platform for marketing and sales. Varun is an alumnus of FMS, Delhi and has worked at Nestle before starting his entrepreneurial journey. He started Kraftshala as a project in 2016 to help students understand what real-world sales and marketing look like. And today Kraftshala has collaborated with numerous sales and marketing professionals and students from top B-Schools in the country and has helped them to build careers in this field. Tune in to this episode to hear Varun speak about how Kraftshala is challenging the traditional higher education ecosystem in India. What you must not miss! Varun's experience of working as a brand manager The Kraftshala model of learning The road for the future

Higher Education Enrollment Growth Briefing
Should our b-schools go back to in-person once we can?

Higher Education Enrollment Growth Briefing

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 0:54


Reported by Business Standard, while our business schools became more online-friendly since the pandemic out of necessity, the question becomes, why should we go back once we can?

Business Standard Podcast
Which B-schools are India's best, according to the latest BS survey?

Business Standard Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2022 3:36


With shortlists for most of the IIMs or Indian Institutes of Management out and the deadline for applications at management schools across the country approaching, students are in a fix over which b-school to choose. To simplify this process for prospective MBA students, Business Standard has come up with its annual B-School Survey. The survey ranks b-schools across different categories.  The final ranking of the institutes that have participated this year has been obtained by arriving at a weighted composite score comprising the audit index and the perception index. The audit index is calculated on the basis of a self-audit, with suitable back-checks, by the B-schools on different parameters.   The perception index is a weighted score arrived at by merging ratings obtained from the industry, such as those from alumni and HR professionals. Each parameter has been assigned a different weight based on the directions of an expert committee. Business schools in each category have been placed in an alphabetical order and don't follow their percentile scores. The top nine B-schools make up the Super League 1.  The list includes The Faculty of Management Studies (FMS) under the University of Delhi, IIMs in Bengaluru, Kolkata, Indore, Kozhikode and Lucknow, Management Development Institute Gurgaon, SP Jain Institute of Management and Research Mumbai and XLRI Xavier School of Management Jamshedpur. The next is Super League 2. It has the Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi at the top. Followed by Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai. IMT Ghaziabad is ranked third in the category.  Then comes the A1, A2, A3 and A4 Categories. Students who could make it to the top colleges can choose any of them. All of them have good placement records. To see the full list of rankings, visit business-standard.com.  Based on three parameters (read them out), the survey has compiled the list of top colleges by return on investment. This include Department of Management Studies IIT Delhi, Faculty of Management Studies Delhi and Indian Instuitite of Management Bangalore among others. Business Standard also compiled a list of top 10 government and private colleges. While the top government colleges include the usual suspects, top private colleges are Great Lakes Institute of Management Chennai, Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, Institute of Rural Management Anand and K J Somaiya Institute of Management Mumbai among others. Indian companies, mostly the IT firms which are facing huge attrition, are hiring like never before. And it may go on for the next few years. For example, at Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, final placement ended within three days. . Of the 112 firms that registered, 57 had to be sent apology letters. Watch video

Business Beyond Usual
#605 - MBA Roundtable: Students from Five B-Schools Discuss Their Experiences

Business Beyond Usual

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2022 53:49


In this special episode, we welcome a panel of MBAs from several different B-schools — NYU Stern, Northwestern Kellogg, Dartmouth Tuck, Washington Foster, and Michigan Ross — who compare and contrast their different experiences. Hear about factors that went into their choice of school, how cultures vary among schools, standout courses, experiential learning, entrepreneurial opportunities, the difference between MBA and undergrad classes, and much more.Have thoughts about topics we should cover or just want to get in touch? Send us an email at bbupodcast@umich.edu.---Business Beyond Usual is brought to you by the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.Episode Hosts and Producer: Christina Weiberg.Panelists: Ashley Abraham, Rocio Arellano, Kevin Kou, Khalil Romain, Alicia Shiue.Executive Producers: Eric Hopfenbeck, Christina Weiberg, and Bob Needham.Audio Engineer: Jonah Brockman.Copyright 2022 - University of Michigan 

TDS Podcast
Charting Your Destiny - EP 11

TDS Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2022 6:43


Name: Yash Rathi Title: Charting Your Destiny Description: Success doesn't come overnight. You need to work on yourself, again and again, to be worthy of what you want to achieve. In this episode, the story of how JK Rowling, with her persistent efforts, rose above all odds and carved out her name as the first-ever Billionaire author, is being shared About Him: Mr. Yash Rathi is a Learning and Organisation Development Professional who has a passion for writing and research. He loves to travel and read. So far Mr. Yash has quite a number of publications in the domain of Human Resources, Marketing, and Literature. He is also a visiting faculty at various B-Schools. ************ Hello Everyone, TDS PODCAST PRESENTS 11th Episode Of Season 4 Written & Perform By Yash Rathi We Hope You Like This Episode/Season ********* TDS PODCAST TEAMS are very much happy to invite you to our *Brand New Season 4* Theme: Open If You Want to Participate, Dm us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/tds.publicationhouse Or WhatsApp: 7667737562

Grand Theft Life
#119 - Planet Labs is Indexing Earth, Billdr a Marketplace for Home Renovations, B-Schools Go In-House, and a Letter to the National Energy Minister

Grand Theft Life

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 45:25


Listen now | In this week's episode of Reformed Millennials, Broc and Joel revisit the topic of inflation and a concept that might explain why inflation numbers are lower in the coastal cities. They also talk about the space industry through the lens of a company that recently went public called Planet Labs, a little about the great resignation, and lastly about a Canadian Startup called Billdr that's working on Alberta's favourite past time, home renovations. Subscribe at www.reformedmillennials.com

The MBA Summit Podcast
Code Switching: The International Student Experience in B-Schools

The MBA Summit Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 29:12


Featuring:Dushyanth Nutulapati, MBA '21 Dushyanth served as Manager of Analytics at Dun & Bradstreet in Mumbai, India. During his time at Michigan Ross, he was elected president of the Indian Subcontinent Council and was a winner of the Sanger Leadership Center's Business + Impact Challenge sponsored by Amazon. He will be headed to McKinsey & Co. after graduation.Ebrar Erdem, MBA '21 Originally from Turkey, Ebrar worked in emerging markets at GSK prior to Michigan Ross. She is the vice president of marketing for Michigan Code Academy and a member of Michigan Business Women and is interested in technology and digital practices to improve individuals' lives. After graduation, Ebrar will join Amazon as a senior program manager in their web services department.Deb Xavier, MBA '21 Before coming to Michigan Ross, Deb worked for one of the largest banks in Latin America. Deb is the co-founder of Audentia, a nonprofit organization that promotes professional development and female leadership to women in her home country of Brazil. As a fellow of the Tauber Global Institute of Operations, her academic focus lies in strategy, technology, and operations. She will be headed to McKinsey & Co. after her time at Michigan Ross.

Marketing Made Simple - Tamil Business Podcast

The other side of Zomato story : Who really lied Kamaraj or Hitesha? Why Arivu and Dhee's Enjoy Enjaami will be a trendsetter in Tamil Music Industry? Google pay monetizes its user database in India Google releases of 3 new Google Career Certificates on project management, data analytics, and user experience (UX) design - Click on this link to check the courses - https://grow.google/certificates/#?modal_active=none Vedantu hiring for filling 2500 vacancies from premier B-Schools and engineering institutes HUL removes the word 'Normal' from their products 40% tax slab for Tech giants in India to address the grievance issue Why data breach costs so much to your company and why cyber security matters? China's new 5 year plan to bring down US : Why it's a masterstroke? Search for Performance Marketing and Growth Hacker Jobs in LinkedIn Deepan Sindhu and Ashwin Palo : The real performance marketers Amazon Food : A big blow to Swiggy and Zomato OYO moves out of OYO Life and drops co-working spaces in India Buy Now Pay Later strategy that will do wonders for your business Jio offering broadband for 1/10th of the competitor's price and other business news from March 8 to 14 presented by Robo and Cat! As said in the previous tea kada benchu episodes description, we have discussed the other side of the story too! Let's see if the truth really comes out and justice is served rightly to the wrong doer! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mba-meme-school/message

JVCSreeramPodcasts
Energy of Youth & Wisdom of the Experience is an unbeatable combination

JVCSreeramPodcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2021 3:57


It was the year 2002 that I had bagged a training & development assignment from one of the biggest brands in the world. When I sat with the VP of Human Resources he told me the magnitude of the challenging assignment that I had been given. This organization had acquired a home grown company in mid 1990's along with their brands, employees and factories. Most of the inherited employees were not even graduates but through sheer dint of hard work and experience they had grown into Managerial position. The multinational giant believed in recruiting the best of talent from B Schools, CA's and Engineers. So you had people who were over 50 years of age and also fresh 23 & 25 year olds from college in the same team. The VP told me, “Sreeram, I want you to bring the synergy between these two contrasting groups even if it is going to take couple of years it is fine. But if we have to succeed in the marketplace and emerge as a leader this synergy is pivotal.” It took a few years to bring that alignment but once it was achieved then there was no looking back and I had seen in front of my eyes the dramatic result that can be achieved when the exuberance of the youth is guided by the wisdom of the experience. Of course in this journey I have heard several veterans ridiculing the young folks by saying on their face, “Hey, your age is my experience, stop this crap.” At the same time I have also seen the young guys saying that these oldies are too slow to respond and the old methods no more work these days. But once we were able to make the experienced understand that what the youth can do with technology they can only dream off and when they witnessed it in action they understood the value of youth. I remember one day we started a boot camp with around 40+ people and the first thing I did was to note down the years of work experience of each person in the room and it totalled to 775+ years and then I asked can there be a replacement for these 775+ years. The entire room went silent for few minutes. After that when we said now we shall take up each problem in the room looking for the reference points from the wise men and women and we shall also confront those challenges with the innovative ideas of the youth. When we closed the boot camp we had a solution for each and every challenge and there was complete harmony and respect between the exuberance and the experience. It has hardly been a week since India scored the most dramatic victory over Australia at Gabba. And let us remember that neither the most experienced player Pujara alone nor the youthful zest of Risabh Pant by himself could have scripted the victory. As much as the dare devil shot making prowess of Pant helped us to win it was also the body blows taken by the experienced and patient Pujara which led to the fatigue of the Aussie bowlers which was later capitalized by the new generation. That's why I say, “Energy of the Youth and Wisdom of the Experience is an unbeatable combination. Loving you. JVC Sreeram

Marketing Made Simple - Tamil Business Podcast

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KNOWLEDGE IS FREE
B Schools must have a digital first approach

KNOWLEDGE IS FREE

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 5:06


Interview:Ramesh Bhat,Dean SBM NMIMS and provost management education NMIMS.Source -Newspaper,Magazine,Internet. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nirmit-verma/support

Clear Admit MBA Admissions Podcast
Episode 118: Wire Taps—Which European B-Schools Should I Target?

Clear Admit MBA Admissions Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 38:11


In this episode of Wire Taps, our admissions experts, Graham Richmond and Alex Brown, dig into three MBA applicants’ profiles and offer strategic advice. One featured applicant seeks advice about European business schools. Another is curious about how her background in people analytics will play out.

Clear Admit MBA Admissions Podcast
Episode 111: Wire Taps—Which B-Schools for Tech Product Management?

Clear Admit MBA Admissions Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 36:49


Big dreams and solid stats fill this podcast episode of Wire Taps. The three MBA hopefuls, however, need some guidance to maximize their chances of success this admissions season. Our admissions experts, Graham Richmond and Alex Brown, weigh in with advice on school choice and more.

The Touch MBA Admissions Podcast
#165 How is Covid-19 Impacting B-Schools? Dirk Hopfl Shares IE Business School's Response

The Touch MBA Admissions Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 24:48


Darren invites Dirk Hopfl from IE Business School to share how Covid-19 has affected its MBA program and IE's plan moving forward. IE, based in Spain, is one of Europe's leading business schools with one of world's most international MBA programs, regularly admitting 90% of its students from 75 countries outside Spain. Its response offers one possibility for how MBAs will evolve to meet student needs during a pandemic. About Dirk Dirk Hopfl is Regional Director South East Asia for IE Business School. Dirk got his MBA in 1999 from IE and has over 20 years of leadership experience in international management education. Episode summary, show notes and more at: https://touchmba.com/how-is-covid-19-impacting-b-schools-dirk-hopfl-shares-ie-business-schools-response/

The Touch MBA Admissions Podcast
#165 How is Covid-19 Impacting B-Schools? Dirk Hopfl Shares IE Business School's Response

The Touch MBA Admissions Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 24:48


Darren invites Dirk Hopfl from IE Business School to share how Covid-19 has affected its MBA program and IE's plan moving forward. IE, based in Spain, is one of Europe's leading business schools with one of world's most international MBA programs, regularly admitting 90% of its students from 75 countries outside Spain. Its response offers one possibility for how MBAs will evolve to meet student needs during a pandemic. About Dirk Dirk Hopfl is Regional Director South East Asia for IE Business School. Dirk got his MBA in 1999 from IE and has over 20 years of leadership experience in international management education. Episode summary, show notes and more at: https://touchmba.com/how-is-covid-19-impacting-b-schools-dirk-hopfl-shares-ie-business-schools-response/

Poets&Quants
Which B-Schools Have Done The Best Job Leading Through The Pandemic?

Poets&Quants

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 26:01


The hosts single out exemplary examples of leadership during the Pandemic and what MBA admits should do to get a jumpstart for the fall semester.

Galata: A Podcast from Puneeth Suraana
#30 Ankit Agarwal - How To Actually Profitably Build Your Idea Part-time, Unlock Unusual Revenue Models, Challenge Google And Win!

Galata: A Podcast from Puneeth Suraana

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2020 33:19


Join Us As We Discuss With Ankit Agarwal, The Founder Of Dare2Compete On How He To Profitably Build Your Idea Part-time, Unlock Unusual Revenue Models, Challenge Google And Win!About Dare2Compete:Dare2Compete, known as D2C, is the largest student community across domains B-Schools, Engineering Colleges and other graduate colleges with 1 million+ active registrations from across 20,000+ colleges.Links: http://dare2compete.com

Bloomberg Businessweek
Stanford Tops U.S. B-Schools Ranking

Bloomberg Businessweek

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2019 81:27


For the second straight year, Stanford is the best business school in the U.S., tallying top scores for compensation and entrepreneurship. Stanford GBS Dean Jonathan Levin discusses what this ranking means. Golden State Warriors Owner Joe Lacob reflects on his time at Stanford GSB and running a successful NBA franchise. Stanford GSB Graduate Katherine August deWilde, Vice Chair at First Republic Bank, shares insight on the banking sector. John Donahoe, ServiceNow CEO and incoming Nike CEO, talks about how Stanford GSB influenced his career and personal life. Stanford GSB Senior Associate Dean Sarah Soule breaks down the role of diversity in education and business. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Senior Editor Caleb Solomon walk through the Best B-Schools rankings. Stanford GSB Graduate Coral Chung, Co‑Founder of Senreve, delves into the business of creating luxury handbags. Stanford GSB Senior Associate Dean Brian Lowery discusses helping students interact with government. Students Emily Nunes Cavness and Pulkit Agarwal discuss their experiences at Stanford GSB and the businesses they launched. Ab InBev CEO Carlos Brito talks about his unique path to Stanford GSB and shares thoughts on the Chinese consumer. And we Drive to the Close with Nadine Terman, CEO and CIO at Solstein Capital. Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Doni Holloway.

Bloomberg Businessweek
Stanford Tops U.S. B-Schools Ranking

Bloomberg Businessweek

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2019 81:27


For the second straight year, Stanford is the best business school in the U.S., tallying top scores for compensation and entrepreneurship. Stanford GBS Dean Jonathan Levin discusses what this ranking means. Golden State Warriors Owner Joe Lacob reflects on his time at Stanford GSB and running a successful NBA franchise. Stanford GSB Graduate Katherine August deWilde, Vice Chair at First Republic Bank, shares insight on the banking sector. John Donahoe, ServiceNow CEO and incoming Nike CEO, talks about how Stanford GSB influenced his career and personal life. Stanford GSB Senior Associate Dean Sarah Soule breaks down the role of diversity in education and business. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Senior Editor Caleb Solomon walk through the Best B-Schools rankings. Stanford GSB Graduate Coral Chung, Co‑Founder of Senreve, delves into the business of creating luxury handbags. Stanford GSB Senior Associate Dean Brian Lowery discusses helping students interact with government. Students Emily Nunes Cavness and Pulkit Agarwal discuss their experiences at Stanford GSB and the businesses they launched. Ab InBev CEO Carlos Brito talks about his unique path to Stanford GSB and shares thoughts on the Chinese consumer. And we Drive to the Close with Nadine Terman, CEO and CIO at Solstein Capital. Hosts: Carol Massar and Jason Kelly. Producer: Doni Holloway. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Ignite 2 Impact Podcast - Raise up and Inspire the Next Generation of Leaders
Dee C. Marshall: Empowering Women to Win, Rock and Rule Ep. 67

Ignite 2 Impact Podcast - Raise up and Inspire the Next Generation of Leaders

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2019 34:41


Dee C. Marshall is a Certified Coach, Author, Speaker, Leadership Trainer, Diversity Consultant, TV Lifestyle Expert and Radio Host. She is CEO at Diverse and Engaged, LLC (Formerly Raise The Bar, LLC). She was named Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Top 25 Influential Black Women by several leading publications.  She is the creator of the Win, Rock & Rule Empowerment, an event that takes annually in New Jersey. It's in its ninth year.  Dee C. Marshall is... a Game Changer, Power Player, Fire Starter, Mover & Shaker and United State of Women Nominated Change Maker. Dee C. Marshall is... a Wall Street alumni. Former corporate executive and leadership trainer for Fortune 500 companies including Merrill Lynch, Prudential Securities, Moody’s Investor Services, Johnson & Johnson, and The New York Times.   a Capitol Hill go-to for women leaders. Women of Congress call on Dee to co-convene women’s initiatives, gather local women leaders, strategically plan the mobilization of women, and provide insight whenever they need a young, fresh perspective on connecting with women.   a respected authority for high-ranking, high-profile, high-level women. Dee has coached the First Lady of Bermuda and was called upon by the Premier of Bermuda to work with the top women leaders of the country. Her client roster includes women in corporate, FBI, NCIS, those who bear titles of Chief Judge and Mayor as well as Ministry Leaders.   a connector with golden contacts. Networked from power hubs like Wall Street and The White House, as well as industry and media, Dee is internationally recognized as a mover and shaker who shares her network.   a genius in mobilizing women and leveraging new media. Dee established a community service movement in the height of the recession by leveraging social media to grow to a network of over 200k .... in three countries and over 25 U.S. markets.   a subject matter expert on diversity, women’s success and a media contributor for Essence Magazine.   a survivor and go-to on career transitions and reinvention. Not only has Dee endured many corporate restructures, she also made it down 33 flights of stairs on September 11th after witnessing the second plane crash into the World Trade Center.   an expert teacher and trainer. Dee has spoken at over a dozen universities, been called upon to teach social media at B Schools, delivered a commencement speech at DeVry University, and recently signed on to teach a Continuing Education Leadership Development Program at Pillar College. a powerful speaker and motivator known on the speaker circuit at women’s conferences, industry conferences, and all over the globe. For more information, visit www.DeeCMarshall.com Keep in contact with us,      sign up and get our free gift to YOU: https://drgenevaspeaks.com Follow our hashtag #ignite2impact  Please share this podcast & let us what you think, *subscribe in iTunes and leave a review  

My Worst Investment Ever Podcast
Zia Islam – Don’t Let Emotions Cloud Your Investing Decisions

My Worst Investment Ever Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2019 13:03


Mr. M. Zia Islam is the Coordinator, External Relations, School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology Thailand. AIT School of Management is ranked among top 250 B-Schools in the World under QS World Rankings by Subjects 2018 under "Business & Management." He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computing & Information Systems from London Metropolitan University. In his free time, he enjoys reading books with a cup of hot latte.  He lives with his wife in Bangkok for eight years now. In today’s episode, Zia shares his social trading story, his loss and the lessons he learned from the experience. Know why it is important not to let emotions cloud your investment decision to avoid making irrational investment choices.   “The lessons I got are - you cannot be an emotional eater and go to the masters.  Learn something from the technical expert, then make decisions more logical and most practical.” – M. Zia Islam     What do you want to hear from the My Worst Investment Ever Podcast? Tell us here!   Resources:  My Worst Investment Ever Book myworstinvestmentever.com   Topics Covered: 02:25 – Zia narrates how he was introduced to social trading and how it ended as his worst investment story 07:01 – The two things he learned from his social trading experience  08:05 – Andrew shares his golden nuggets of wisdom in investing 11:07 – Zia’s final advice: “Go and find the masters.  Start to find a technical expert who can teach you first. Learn first before you go for action. That's why people lose money. But when you learn things, and then you lose, it makes sense.  Just don't go for any emotional investment and follow others without going the things what you're doing.”   Main Takeaways: Lesson 1: “The investors worst enemy is not the stock market but the emotions.”– M. Zia Islam Lesson 2: “It's the human nature to be emotional. You said human nature to be, but if it's an investment return, it cannot be an emotional investment.”– M. Zia Islam Lesson 3: “The first thing I always tell people is don't invest with people who call you.”– Andrew Stotz Lesson 4: “Every single trading strategy you ever do in your whole life is yours. You may be following somebody, but ultimately, it’s yours and your responsibility to put in the risk management systems and all of those things. You can't just follow because the problem about following is everybody will invite you in, very rarely will they tell you when to exit.”– Andrew Stotz Lesson 5: “There are many people who are the beginner outside, their tracking biased and they think maybe it will bring huge income.  But you have to be more practical. Do your homework before you fell for it.”– M. Zia Islam Lesson 6: “I would generally tell people to stay away from online trading platforms, particularly related to commodities and currencies.  One of the reasons is because in currencies, first of all, it's the most massive liquid market in the world and that means that the players that are in it are the biggest in the world and that's who you're trading against.”– Andrew Stotz Lesson 7: “You're trading against central banks that are really run by governments and politicians and you never really know what direction they're going to go. So, if you don't understand the risk management stuff, you could get wiped out very easily. I would say be very cautious about those. And then, of course, there's plenty of those that are just plain scam.”– Andrew Stotz   You can also check out Andrew’s books How to Start Building Your Wealth Investing in the Stock Market My Worst Investment Ever 9 Valuation Mistakes and How to Avoid Them Transform Your Business with Dr.Deming’s 14 Points   Connect with M. Zia Islam: LinkedIn Twitter   Connect with Andrew Stotz: astotz.com Linkedin Facebook Instagram Twitter Youtube My Worst Investment Ever Podcast

Knowledge@Wharton
How Did the Recession Change the Way B-Schools Teach Ethics?

Knowledge@Wharton

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2018 22:06


There was plenty of blame to go around to those responsible for the Great Recession. So how did ethics education at business schools factor in? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Fearless Launching Show with Anne Samoilov
171: 7 Key Things You Need To Keep Doing When Your Business Is A Success with Marie Forleo

The Fearless Launching Show with Anne Samoilov

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2018 46:16


Today's encore replay-interview dives into the topic of success, productivity…with one of my favorite people in the world. Marie Forleo and I talk about the 7 Key Things You Need To Do Whether You're Just Starting Out or You're Already In Business But Want To Grow! I think we're trained to believe that people only want new and fresh stuff...and while that might be true on some level, it's the foundational work, it's listening to that album you haven't heard since college, it's reconnecting with an old friend...that's where you get to deepen your experience and cement your memory! A few years ago I invited Marie Forleo onto the program - and at the time, I wasn't working with her, but we'd stayed in touch since our days working on the first B-Schools together. Cut to now and I've been fortunate enough to jump back into the B-School world, witness her amazing team, the heart and hard work they all do… Today's episode we talk about launching, workflow and really the things that NEVER change no matter if you're launching for the 1st time or the 20th time. Success doesn't change the process, especially if the process works. As you're listening, you may want to take notes, so pull out your notebook and go to it. See the full show notes here: http://www.annesamoilov.com/171

The Fearless Launching Show with Anne Samoilov
171: 7 Key Things You Need To Keep Doing When Your Business Is A Success with Marie Forleo

The Fearless Launching Show with Anne Samoilov

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2018 46:12


Today's encore replay-interview dives into the topic of success, productivity…with one of my favorite people in the world. Marie Forleo and I talk about the 7 Key Things You Need To Do Whether You're Just Starting Out or You're Already In Business But Want To Grow! I think we're trained to believe that people only want new and fresh stuff...and while that might be true on some level, it's the foundational work, it's listening to that album you haven't heard since college, it's reconnecting with an old friend...that's where you get to deepen your experience and cement your memory! A few years ago I invited Marie Forleo onto the program - and at the time, I wasn't working with her, but we'd stayed in touch since our days working on the first B-Schools together. Cut to now and I've been fortunate enough to jump back into the B-School world, witness her amazing team, the heart and hard work they all do… Today's episode we talk about launching, workflow and really the things that NEVER change no matter if you're launching for the 1st time or the 20th time. Success doesn't change the process, especially if the process works. As you're listening, you may want to take notes, so pull out your notebook and go to it. See the full show notes here: http://www.annesamoilov.com/171

Learn It Live It Give It with Jairek Robbins
Turn Your Passion into Profit with Marie Forleo

Learn It Live It Give It with Jairek Robbins

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2017 49:12


Learn more about today's topic here: http://www.jairekrobbins.com/turn-your-passion-into-profit-with-marie-forleo/   Jairek: Welcome back to another episode of JRCTV. We have a very special guest who is back. I think she’s our very first special guest who is on a second round of JRCTV. So thank you for holding the first place trophy for someone who gets that spot. We appreciate it! It is Ms. Marie Forleo. So thank you, thank you, thank you for joining us Marie.   Marie: It is my honor to be here with you guys. Hi everybody!   Jairek: And for everyone or anyone I should say who doesn’t quite know who she is, let me give her the proper JRCTV introduction. So this is where I’m going to read your bio and they’re going to know how amazingly cool you are. And then we’re going to tell them some cool, honest facts about you. So I will start. If I went over to her website and I said who is Marie Forleo, it would say that she’s an entrepreneur, a writer, a philanthropist, an unshaken optimist dedicated to helping you – yes you who’s watching this - become the person you want to be. Now some awesome accomplishments: she is the host of the award-winning show Marie TV. Not only that, world-class online training programs B-School and some special new additions to B-School that I’ve just heard about. I’m very excited for you to learn about in here. Not only that, she has a book written in 16 languages – holy mackerel! – around the world and audience in 195 countries. And the beautiful part about this is that she helps people like you watching dream big and back it up with meaningful actions and create results. So Marie, I realize that is the technical introduction.   Marie: yes.   Jairek: let’s tell them who you really are. So that is who you really are but in the grits, in the guts, you’re probably – and I hate to say this, because I have lots of cool friends – but you’re probably one of the coolest kids on the block in my opinion.   Marie: ahhh.. really? I’m also one of the biggest nerds. So thank you! I am a girl from Jersey. I love this world of not only the internet and digital business, but really helping people – and myself, by the way, because I consider myself a life-long learner – just finding the ideas, and the tools, and the strategies that can really help all us create a life that we really want to live. You know? And not everyone has the same definition for success. Some people want to build these huge, outrageous, successful companies. And some people, all they want to do is like their whole focus is their family. And some people it’s their art. Some people it’s their baking or their knitting or whatever. And I love all of those typical. I’m just always on the hunt for what are the strategies and the tools and ideas that can help people unlock that incredible gift they have inside of them, contribute and share with the world, and actually enjoy the process. So I make a lot of mistakes. I definitely do not have it all figured out. I’m always learning but I’m from jersey. And I’m a girl who likes to talk whenever I find something that works or that’s exciting or that I’m like “oh my goodness, this actually produces results”. I feel like I can’t hold it inside. I have to share it with other people. I have to give it away or get other people to give it a try as well. So I think that’s really the core of who I am. And you mentioned it in the bio Jairek. I’m an unshakable optimist. I swear no matter what happens or what’s going on around me, I feel like one of my gifts is that my brain is wired to go “Oh how can we make this work?” It’s like “Ok, what’s the silver lining on this?” And it’s not put on, it’s not you know something like I’m forcing myself. It’s just literally how I’m wired. So I figured well I think that’s an asset and if I can use that with some other people, why not.   Jairek: That’s awesome, I love that! Very very cool. It makes so much sense. Speaking of which, being that internal optimist and being someone who’s believed in what was possible, take us back and connect these two dots. Because we watch you and we’re friends and I watch you online go different places and what’s interesting is in this last year, I saw you cruising down the coast in Italy. Right now, living it up in California near the beach in this beautiful opportunity. And of this place you’re in right now, soaking up some sunshine when other people might be soaking up some snow right now.   Marie: That’s right.   Jairek: And what’s interesting is that this flexibility, this freedom that now exists, wasn’t always there. And I think it came from your vision. And I’d love for everyone to know just really quickly. Where did you start with that vision and what is it now and what are maybe one or two lessons along the way that they might be able to take if they’re just getting started. And they might be sitting in the kitchen table, scratching their head, being like “I hope this turns into something” but they don’t know.   Marie: Yeah. Actually. Great questions. So taking it back, all the way way back, you know when I first got out of school and I was on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, you know I was really excited and grateful to have this steady job and it was a job with a lot of opportunity to start in the financial world. But I just remembered that feeling and I think many people experience this a lot where they may be doing something and they’re earning a living and they put food on the table but a little voice inside of them says “This isn’t what I’m meant to do. There’s something else for me out there. There’s other thing even if I can’t quite articulate it yet, it might not be perfectly clear, it’s just an inkling. But I know that the life I’m living now is not the life I’m meant to live”.  And I have that voice kind of perked up over and over again. And it finally got so loud that I actually wound up quitting my job, not knowing what my next step was. But just the pain was so great. I feel like I was dying a slow death day to day going back to the floor of the stock exchange. And I went on an odyssey. And little by little, Jairek, that vision started to come together. And I knew I wanted to somehow make a positive difference to others. I didn’t feel that I was necessarily doing that in my role on the stock exchange. Some other people may find that path but it wasn’t for me. I knew that I wanted to travel. I knew I wanted to engage with people more because I love humans. And so little by little I just started going on this kind of adventure to piece together what I was meant to do. And I’ll tell you, it wasn’t easy. It didn’t come together fast. It was painful and I had a lot of nights of doubt. There was a lot of crying. There’s a lot of feeling like a loser. There’s a lot of feeling like I was failing at life in every sense of the word. But still underneath all of it, there was this tiny voice that said “Keep going. Keep going”. And as the pieces started to come together, I started to kind of get my online business - just a baby version of it out there. And I was bartending, waiting tables at night, doing everything I could to keep a roof over my head while I figure out how to build my business during the day. Jairek, we’re taking this back, like I was doing this for 17 years. This is like the late 90s or early 2000s when having a business online was kind of brand new. You know, email marketing was unheard of. And pdf eBooks were like “what’s that? That’s like the newest thing ever!” So back in those days, I realize I really loved having the ability to be in a lot of different places. And I have this vision in my mind, this seed that was planted that said you know what, I want to build a business not where everyone comes to the office everyday in this kind of big glass building. And I was in Manhattan. And I looked at all those and I’ve been in one of those jobs. I worked in publishing. And I’ve been to Conde Nast in the middle of Times Square, we go to the same place every day. And something about that for me didn’t feel true. So that vision started to come to life and I said “I want to build a virtual company that makes a tremendous impact on people’s lives. A positive impact on people’s lives”. But that also roused me to live into this world as the fullest version of myself which is kind of a free-spirit. I don’t like being tied down. I like going all over the place. I like having the ability to be flexible and fluid. And then fast forward a few years, I met Josh, who we’re actually about to celebrate our 14th year anniversary.   Jairek: Congratulations!   Marie: Thank you. And he is an actor. When we met, he was acting. I remember there were times when he would say “hey I’m going to film in Louisiana, you should come with me and do all your work from there”. And at that time, I was still waiting tables. And even though I had my small coaching practice, I was also teaching fitness and teaching hip-hop and I was landlocked. So that really was an incentive, that was a reason for me – we’re talking about what are some of the lessons along the way. I have the vision of having a completely kind of flexible, fluid, location-free life. But it wasn’t honestly until I met him and our love was so great that I was like “I need to make this happen fast because I want to be with that man and we love each other. He keeps inviting me on all those wonderful things and I have to say no because I can’t go anywhere”. So I think one of the lessons is not only is it important to have the vision of what you want, but you really do need to back it up with some emotional whys. Some really powerful things that are important to you about why this needs to happen. And again you know, there might be someone who might say “Oh you shouldn’t be doing that for a man”. And I was like “it’s for love”. You know. I love him and he loves me and we’re still together today but it was a great motivator for me to make sure that my whole life worked synergistically. Not that I was building this business that would somehow conflict with my own personal desires to travel and to be able to be at different places. And also, there was something in me that just pushed against this idea of having the overhead of a traditional business. You know, my dad was a small business owner. And I remember being a little girl and going to the shop with him over the weekends. And there would be a big job and he’s on a deadline and we would all come together as a family to get that job done. Did you know what we had to do to make sure my dad could meet his deadline and take care of his customers. But I just remember overhearing talks of my parents on the rent of the building, and all those stuff, you know these messages stick with you when you were a kid. And so when I was building my business I said, You know, we are in this new age. Why not make it lean? Why not make it where, also I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who didn’t necessarily like getting up at the crack of dawn and putting on pantyhose and just an outfit that I didn’t want to wear to go to an office and like kind of sit there all day and then trudge home. It just felt like, I don’t know there must be a better way. So those were some of the lessons in the kind of trajectory of how I got from this idea of building a virtual company to then taking the steps to start to bring it to life.   Jairek: Interesting. So in those pieces, it’s really interesting because I agree with you tenfold. I had this weird feeling of watching stuff where family members own different types of companies and do different types of jobs. And I remember one time I’m hearing one of my family members optimizing their business and they found out they had a $10,000 a month light bill at one of their offices. I remember scratching my head, being like… at the moment I was still working and trying to make 10 grand a month, much less like the light bill! Holy moses! Like how in the world is that adding up? And I remember just having my nervous system freak out and then sitting down and looking around and being like wait a minute, I remember when I first started my overhead was the rent of a front den of a room which ain’t sexy at all, car payment, insurance, and food. I think it was like under 2 grand in a month. I was like comparing and contrasting and I was saying like if I had to do it in that old brick and mortar kind of way, it would take me year to dig out their initial loan and the debt and everything that you had to pile up just to have the opportunity to chase your own dream. And ever since before we started, like thanks to the internet. Nowadays, the risk is very low comparably. You don’t have to go take out $50,000 loan, to open your location, to build it up properly, to put up your sign, to hire your first employees and hope someone shows up. If you do it right, you can staff up for very little and have the ability to almost instantaneously deliver your service to the world at a high quality way. And make a ridiculously living in the process of it, which was pretty cool.   Marie: It’s unprecedented. I mean we’ve never had this opportunity as humans quite ever. And I just think it’s exciting and I think the flipside of it too is I think a lot of people, especially creatives and big-hearted creatives, care so much. I think the difference, and Jairek I don’t know if you agree with this you know when you and I started back in the day, there’s also much less kind of noise. You know and it was a little bit simpler. You know when I first got online there was no social media, right? This would not have happened, you and I, we couldn’t be doing video talk and chat and recording a show just on a laptop. It just wasn’t quite there yet. So I think the enormous opportunity is there, but I also think one of the kind of new challenges is that people are feeling overwhelmed. It’s like my goodness now I have so many choices, what do I do?   Jairek: It’s true. Now I’ll get a little granular for our specific core audience which tends to be coaches. And it’s really interesting because right now I’m friends with a handful of people who do awesome marketing. And what’s really interesting is a lot of them have targeted and reached out to specific coaches. And they’re targeting them with these programs. The thing that I’ve learned the most though, and what I give huge props to you for, is a lot of them will throw stuff at people and say basically buy the program, I’ll send you the box and good luck. And it puts them in a position where, like you said, big-hearted individuals who are in a helping profession who want to help make a difference in the world get this giant box of awesomeness, they flip it open, and they don’t know where to start. They don’t know how to begin. They don’t know where to apply it. They don’t know what steps to take first. And it turns into an awesome form of shelf help, which is another thing on the shelf they’ll never use. Hate to say it, but it’s true. Helps the shelf, makes it look good on the house, but it won’t do beans on their actual business. And for a while, I kept getting phone calls from people in that exact position, asking me like “Hey you’ve done it as a coach, can you teach me how to do it?” And I remember the first probably 3 or 4, I tried to teach how to do it and I just realized like “Hey for the amount of money you’re spending trying to hire me to teach you this stuff, it’s a bad investment in me because I’m expensive to trade that amount of money for that knowledge.” And I was like, you know what, and this is originally part of the way that I found you besides me taking the course myself, is I combed through the internet. And I said who is absolutely freaking legit beyond all that matter. Like who could really come through: they’ve done their stuff, they’ve done the work, they have proven examples, they’ve actually done it themselves, they walk talk eat sleep relive the message they’re bringing on the world really truly that we could go through their course even at a, you know, good momentum but not-crushing-it-yet-business and see our business grow, which it did so thank you for that. But also who do we trust our best friends and family with that if we can send them to somebody, it would be the best place to go and to be honest you’re the person we found. It took us a while and I’ve lots of other friends in this space who I know will go poke their head in and will learn what they black-hat-crazy marketing tactics. And I always leave the room being like “Can we get beaten up for doing that? I’m not quite sure”. Look I know these guys say it works but I’m pretty sure I might get punched if I try that. And then I always get back to you and I’m like “Hey”. I literally have sent my mom to come check out your program and go through it because she wanted to grow her business of how to sell leashes for dogs online that she makes by hand and I’m like “Hey go to Marie. I trust her, it’s a great investment. It is the perfect place to start.” And one of the most beautiful thing is every single step of the journey, you show them what to do. You help them do it. You have office hours set up to support them in the process. Like it’s an amazing thing. So mad props to you and sorry for the little spiel on the side there but I decided to tell people about that who are listening because I think it’s necessary or needed for them to understand that A. You’re the real deal, and B. You know, we send family and friends to you all the freaking time because it’s probably the best ROI they’re going to get as far as an investment in this specific topic. And also the best support they’re going to get in how to actually go through the process and not just get handed a box and told good luck.   Marie: Jairek, I really think you’re like going to make me cry. It’s a weep-for-heart-and-soul for those listening. Before you and I were recording, we were talking a little bit about what’s new. I was actually on a sat channel with our team and we’re proofing some things like we need updates to the program virtually every year! Like a year never goes by that we don’t not only take the feedback from our members but we take our learnings, what’s happening in our business, and what we’re seeing out in the landscape and go “Ok, where are the components of these school? Like these are timeless. Those need to stay. That punchy – that needs to go updated. This module, we need to reshoot this, let’s re-trigger that”. So that every single year, we’re giving our students and all of our grads who come   and retake it each year for free, the best of the best so that they’re revisiting and answering the fundamentals. And also they’re aware of what’s new and what’s valuable to pay attention to. But like you know you said something really important, Jairek. We don’t teach anything that is black hat. That’s not even where we go. And you know something else? I want to say this because one of the things we’ve done this year is, just in our own kind of marketing, we took uhm… you know B-Schools has been around since 2010. We have over 30,000 graduates from over 160 industries and 119 countries. So it’s impacted a diverse, broad range of creative entrepreneurs all around the world. And so we took all of our stories and we started streamlining everything. And one of the things people ask is you know there’s so much free information out there online on how to build a business, and one of my favorite testimonials is actually “You know what Marie told me? She said, you know, she told me that I can absolutely go out there and probably find, if I looked hard enough, every single ideas. Somewhere out there on the internet for free. But I don’t want to do that! I don’t want to spend my time going to sift and sort and figuring out who I can trust and who I can’t trust. Is that a clear instruction? Is that an outdated instruction? Marie put it together where it’s concise, it’s understandable. I have people I can talk with. I have people I can have conversations with. They can answer questions. And I know what I’m doing is going to work”. And that for me was a really important thing because we’re in this age, Jairek. And everyone on this show who’s listening right now knows this, there’s more information available than ever before. There’s a great quote by E.O. Wilson that’s like, “We’re drowning in information but we’re starving for wisdom”. And what we really strive to do in B-School is concise down and really hone in on what’s the wisdom that you need at this stage. What are the very few things that you need to do consistently to start getting traction so that your business can start to grow. And then once you drop to the races, man go for it! We’ll always here, we got your back. You can come back and revisit and refresh the fundamentals each year. We’re not here to like say we have the secret sauce. We’re here to get people in action, to teach them how to be discerning, and to teach them how to be strong entrepreneurs to make really smart decisions, to focus, to execute consistently, and to do it with a sense of integrity and values. Because they’ll encounter those kind of offers out there in the market. And the shiny, silver objects that are saying you know make $10,000 overnight! It’s like, I want to teach my people to be wiser than that. I want to teach them really how to build something sustainable, something they can be proud of, and something that’s going to support their families financially now and for the rest of their life.   Jairek: Absolutely! I love that. It’s what’s needed. You need to build the right foundation which B-School offers the ability to do that. You need to be able to platform that year after year after year and continue to grow and build the momentum necessary to get the lasting results you want, not just a quick hit and then “oh shoot, now what do we have to switch our business to tomorrow to now make a buck”. And then “oh shoot, now we’re going to change it again”.   Marie: yes.   Jairek: I always scratch my head when the same person has done 12 different things in 2 years. Nothing wrong. Maybe they’re serial entrepreneurs and had lots of passions. Or, it’s interesting… but like you said, this is the 17th year of being online?   Marie: Yes, 17 years of being online. Since like 2000, 2001 and since 2010. 2010 was the first year that B-School was in existence. And you know we have our free video series that’s up right now. I was having so much fun interacting with people in the comments. And I was actually so psyched to see so many of our grads actually back in our launch series. It’s like, “Oh my god Marie, I’m in B-School and I just learned this from this free video”. And I’m like these are my people, folks like us like you and I who always come with beginners in mind. Who say I want to take a look at this with fresh eyes, what are the fundamentals that really move the needle in business? And you and I both know this, consistency, knowing exactly who your market is, being able to connect with them on an emotional level and have them understand that you have their best interests in heart and not have that lip service. Have that become completely connected and integral and aligned at every sense of your communication, your website, your offerings, how you create your customer experience. And those are all the things that I think build a lasting business. And those are all the things that we teach you how to do in B-School. So as the school change and as the technology changes, and fun things come on the market and come off the market, that’s fine. You’ll always be able to learn those things on your own. But if we can teach you those core fundamentals that never change, you’ll be able to master any new things that come on the market because your message is right, your alignment is right, you have your priorities straight.   Jairek: Speaking of that free series that that’s going to be out right now, what are some things they can expect to learn from those videos? Because I know they’re always awesome, every year they get better. And it’s a great work, team and you for doing that. What are some key things they might pick up from that series and we’ll make sure we’ll put a link below the video or next to the video somewhere so watch for that link. And when we send you over to it, what can they pick up from that?   Marie: Sure. So it’s a 3-video series. In the first video, what we do is we lay out the 6 pillars to building an online business. What I’ve seen and what I’ve noticed just anecdotally and interacting with our Marie TV viewers and also our B-Schoolers. A lot of folks, especially when they’re just getting started, you start hearing what they want to do. Everything can feel so overwhelming. And it can feel like they don’t have nearly enough time in the day to do all the things they need to do, to wear all the different hats from social media to content creation to you know actually working with your clients, setting up the website, how do you manage your editorial… like it just feels just like your dying under this tidal wave, a tsunami of “I can never make all these happen”. So in that first video with the 6 pillars, we just lay out what you need to focus on first, and second, and third, and fourth to really give people a framework and a roadmap. So they can clear away some of that overwhelm and go “Ahh I got this piece handled. But you know what? This piece? That’s where I really need to focus my time and energy”. And then you kind of build on it. They’re all integrated but I find that base on the feedback that we’re getting, people were like “Thank you for simplifying it. Thank you for not making me feel crazy. Thank you for giving me a kind of framework that helps me feel like I can actually do this”. So that’s video 1. Video 2, we really start to get into poking at some of the mistaken and frankly deadly notions that people have about sales and marketing. One of the things that I’ve discovered, and rightfully so, many people especially big-hearted creatives and coaches and folks in the helping profession, they have a negative association when it comes to sales and marketing. They almost want someone else to do that for them. They want to find a business manager, or an operations person, or just a partner – someone to just take that off their plate so they can do what they really love which is help people. Now unfortunately, that’s not going to make your business work. And 9 times out of 10, it’ll actually kill your business. So what we do in that video, I want people to get that even though there’s been knuckleheads in the past and there’s kind of old school techniques with sales and marketing and that they had given it a bad name for good reason, there’s a new style of marketing called motor marketing that actually brings out the best in your humanity not the worst. And it’s a complete paradigm shift. And when small business owners and creatives and coaches really get this paradigm shift, Jairek, it changes everything. Because it goes from something that they resist or that they want to ignore or not want to do, to something that they’re pouring their creative energy into. It becomes a vehicle of service and then they get excited to do it. When they get excited to do it, they actually do it. They do it consistently. It’s way more effective. And we’re like, “Yey! Your business is working now!” So that’s video 2. That’s one of the most important. And then in video 3 we do two things. We really tackle some of the common excuses I think that can hold us back, myself included, whenever we’re looking at our next level of growth. So we hit them down one by one so people can really do self diagnostic. You know, am I using this as an excuse to just keep myself small? Or is it you know a legitimate reason I have to say no and I’m just going to stay in my place. So we’ve kind of taken a look at each one of the 7 common excuse that hold people back. And then on the second half of the video, we get to meet some B-Schoolers from very diverse backgrounds. You know, people that are coming from different countries that have completely different business models that are coming with different sets of resources both financial, emotional, mental, different age ranges. And really here, from that very experience, I want to say Jairek, not everyone that you’re going to hear from has specific million-dollar business. Some of them are still riding that beginning stage. But you know what? They’re not sitting on a sideline any longer. They’re not victimizing themselves, saying “Gosh, I don’t know how I’m going to make this work”. They’re in the process of building something that they love. And they’re finally using their gifts in a way that makes sense and they’re seeing results. You know again, it may not be those multi-million dollar stories. Those are happening, we have those results and those are great. God bless, they’re wonderful! But you know what’s also awesome? Taking someone who was terrified and scared and didn’t believe in themselves, and seeing themselves do it and working with their clients and getting the profit coming in for the first time in their lives. To me, it’s amazing. So that’s a little bit of a preview of what you’re getting from the series.   Jairek: Very cool, I love that! I’m excited to check it out again as always. I’m always excited to see what you’re all up to and how it rolls out each year. It’s very fun to watch and be a part of. I’m always taking notes too. So now I would love to kind of wrap this up with a fire round of interesting questions about Marie and B-School and what you’ve learned along your journey.   Marie: yes.   Jairek: Number one, the funniest moment that has happened over the years specifically in B-School?   Marie: Ok, so uhm we do this office hours call which you have mentioned before just where I just hop on the phone and I talk to as many B-Schoolers as I can. It’s a big group line, it’s really fun. And we tackle the questions and concerns and we get into it. So a few years back, I was doing an office hours call, and I was in New York City at the time, and it was pretty hot. And the air conditioner just wasn’t working and it’s just like one of those days. And I was like alright this is just what it’s going to be. It’s hot, I had an event that I had to go to later, but I have this office hours call. So hanging out, doing office hours call, again telling you that it’s quite hot in New York, like really hot. And I’m a girl with a lot of hair so I had my hair up in a bun. And I don’t know where, the doorbell rang. And I’m like “Oh my God, I’ve thousands of people on the line, my dog Kumo is going to start barking”. And I was like, I told everyone “guys I didn’t expect to leave but I just have to go get it. I don’t have a doorman in my building”. Well everyone is cool, Luis on my team came on the line and said “hey everyone I’m going to talk to you for a minute”. And I go over to open the door and it’s the FedEx man and I completely forgot I didn’t have a shirt on. I have a bra on but I just open the door with like thousands of people online with my bra and sweating like “Give me the package!” And I just shut the door. He didn’t get too much of a show, it was nothing more than me being in a bikini but I remember coming back on the line and like “you guys are not going to believe what just happened”. I was so into my coaching call I just completely forgot that you know to not sweat my face off, I had taken off my shirt”. So there you go. It happens.   Jairek: I’m sure the FedEx route is gunning for more new packages on that route specifically in this summer. Let’s see. My second question is what, and this one’s going to be a little bit hard because there’s two part to this question, but what has been the most heartfelt moment for you out of all the years at B-School so far? Just something that warmed your heart, maybe put a tear in your eye. Something that you sat back and like “Wow, like if that’s the only thing that happened, that was just the coolest thing ever”?   Marie: Yeah, I definitely have it for you. I don’t know why this story just sticks with me over and over again. But it’s something that happened. A dear friend of mine - Kris Carr actually, she’s one of my best friends – she was launching her book in New York City and I was like co-hosting that book launch with her, for her. And we’re kind of in the area where it was a reception and she was signing books and I was just meeting people and saying hi. And this lovely woman came up to me and she just gave me a hug and she started crying. And she’s like, “Marie, I’m a B-Schooler” and she has a little bit of an accent. She’s from Amsterdam, sorry not really good, sometimes I’m getting that sense but I’m not good at that one. So I won’t even pretend. She was crying and she was giving me this hug and she’s like “I have to tell you that what you’ve created in B-School is beyond what you could ever imagine”. I was like thank you, like who are you, what’s going on. And she’s like “I need to tell you my story. I was a successful TV host in the Netherlands. And I just keep feeling the sense of like I want to do something else, I want to help people. But I didn’t know where to start my own business. I’d only been successful in this TV station but I didn’t know what else to do. I stumbled across your videos and I wound up signing up for B-School. Within a year, I was able to translate all of my journalistic skills and what she did as a TV host into this new business”. So her business became profitable and she was doing great. And then her dad was diagnosed with lung cancer. And what happened was because her business was profitable and because she had this flexibility, the doctors basically gave him 3 months to live, she was able to move her dad into her house while she’s still running her business and she was able to take care of her dad for the last months of his life. And she told me that her dad actually died in her arms. And it was like, she said “That never could have happened if I didn’t find you and if I didn’t sign up for your program. And it will never leave me for the rest of my life that I had that time with my dad”. And I was, I couldn’t even you know, I can’t even handle it now. So she just went on to tell me that they had a B-Schooler community, there’s B-Schooler communities all over the world. So she said there’s a wonderful group of B-Schoolers right in Amsterdam and they all kind of rallied around her at her time in need. And again, all of these happened Jairek that I don’t even know anything about. And this was like months and months later and she decided to jump on a plane. She said “I love Kris but I don’t really know her that well. I just knew you were here. And I felt like I had to thank you in person because it was the biggest gift of my life”. So that’s my favorite.   Jairek: What a beautiful, beautiful, beautiful gift to be able to give someone that moment, especially to someone with their father going through this and being there for him which is such a blessing.   Marie: Yeah. And I think that’s what’s kind of always hits me about this. I think you know, and for everyone listening too, we just don’t know what’s coming around the corner right? None of us know. That’s the beauty of life. That’s the adventure of life. That’s the uncertainty. But it’s also the reality. And I feel like taking a stand for what you believe in and starting to brick by brick build that life and work towards that vision is so worthy. You know when I look back 17 years ago, I am so grateful that I had the audacity and the courage and a bit of nerve to just like go out there and like say F it, I’m going to do it. And I’m going to try and I might stumble because you get to a certain point in your life and you look back and my goodness, those few decisions I made back there, they changed everything. And so yeah we just never know what’s coming down the pike and I think from the fulfillment that comes, from expressing your gifts, from being brave enough to try something that you believe in, to the very real and practical implications of having freedom and even a little bit of resources or time or ability to be with people you love when they need you. There’s no price tag you can put on that.   Jairek: That’s true. It’s so very true. And you’re right, it’s the greatest gift you can have in the world - the freedom and flexibility to be there with the people that matter most to you in the moments they need you most. To be respectful of your time, the final thing I want to wrap up with is just if someone was literally on the edge of their seat, they have their dream, they know what they want to do, or they’ve known what they want to do for a long time, and they’re literally trying to figure out like what are the first let’s say 3-5 things that they need to do either mentally, emotionally, physically, online, offline – like where is the best 3-points starting point that if we are to give them those 3-5 tips right now, just rock solid like here’s step by step by step of what you need to do, what would we leave them with on that? That way, it’s very actionable, it’s very specific.   Marie: So I would say know your dream. If you know it, you got to write it down and you got to be so specific and clear about it. It’s one thing to have it in your mind and I think it’s awesome, visualization is fantastic, something we should practice. But I also believe that there is an incredible, transformative, magic if you will when you write things down on paper. Not even type them in the computer. I mean write them down by hand. And look at that every single day. We have so many distractions that are possible in our world between our phones and the media and newspaper and everything that’s happening. If we focus ourselves on the clarity of what we want and that vision and why it’s so important to us and you do it every day – when you wake up in the morning, whenever you’re taking a break from lunch, before you go to bed for dinner – you are going to train your brain literally to the reticular activating system. To start scanning your environment, to find the exact article, the person, to take the action needed to start bringing that vision to life. So I’d say that’s definitely tip #1. Tip #2 is one of my favorites you know. If it’s not scheduled, it’s not real. So you’ve got to take some action every single day to make that vision come to life. It doesn’t have to be huge or gargantuan, everyone has different levels of responsibility in terms of full time jobs or families. But everybody can carve out some time to take at least one action to start making it real during the day. And you know this Jairek, I mean we all know this intrinsically, if you take action every day you start to create momentum. And when you start to create momentum, you start to feel the thing coming to life. And the emotion of you seeing and feeling it coming to life almost creates this vacuum that pulls you ahead. It is magnetic and unstoppable. But it starts with that daily action. You have to do it every day no matter what. And I would say the third thing to do is reach out for help from someone. You know if there is an uncle or a brother or a sister or a friend or a colleague or anyone who you feel is someone of a kindred spirit. Anybody! Even it could be like finding a podcast or a show like this. Some voice that you can connect with for help every single day. And when I say help, it’s just more it’s inspiration, it’s connection. I feel like we human beings, if we stay by ourselves for too long and we just work on something by ourselves for too long and we don’t connect with others, it starts to die. We start to get into a place of self doubt or just “hmm this isn’t going to work. No one cares. I should just go and watch TV”. But when you have that other person chirping in your ear, that other person to connect with, I feel like that connection and community really does help bring things to life. So those are the 3 things: the vision, the daily action, and some form of human connection.   Jairek: I love it. We’re going to do something fun for everyone tuning in. since you stood to watch all the way to this point. In the comments section, and we’re going to air this in a bunch of different places, so if you’re watching on Facebook, YouTube or anywhere else that you’re seeing this. In the comments section, if you actually go and do those 3 steps for us and actually write down here’s exactly what my vision is, here’s exactly my action I’m going to commit to, here’s my schedule that I’m actually going to do, and here’s who or what I’m going to connect with every single day in order to do that, we’re going to send you a surprise special box of awesomeness which includes some awesome books that might not be released yet from certain people around the world. It might be signed by certain people that you might be interested in that might have some other awesome bonuses in. I can’t tell you exactly what comes in this box. I’m just telling you it’s special, it is valuable, and you will find nothing else like it. It might even have a handmade journal that’s almost impossible to find with a very unique pen that comes with it. I’m just saying that if you stood this long and you got all these awesomeness which we want to thank Marie for, and you’re willing to take action to do that. The only other thing I want you to write in the comments section in order to qualify – what we’re going to do is we’ll comb through and we’ll send out two, we’re going to pick 2 different people who’ll win this box. And what I want you to also write in the comments section is what is your business, what is the dream you have for your business, and what commitment you’re making right now to actually make that dream a reality. And I want to know because I want to be able to, Marie and I, will be able to scan through and read and figure out what your business is, what your dream is, and what you’re trying to make happen. And hopefully we might be able to chime in and support you and give you a couple of tips or insights of how to make that happen if you’re watching and tuning in. Ms Marie, thank you, thank you as always for joining us here on JRCTV and Facebook live and twitter and everywhere else that everyone is going to join us and check this out. We always appreciate your time and all the amazing things that you’re putting in the world. If you leave everyone with one last thought, what would it be?   Marie: My life mantra – everything is figure-outable. If there is anything in this world that you want to experience or create or achieve or make happen then you have it within you to figure it out. Whether you go out on the internet and start researching, you reach out to someone, you ask for help, you pray, you meditate – whatever works for you. You find a way. It is figure-outable.   Jairek: I love that, it’s one of my favorites. So thank you, thank you, thank you. And I’ll see everyone here next week for another amazing episode. And make sure to mention in the comments the answer to all those awesome questions so that you qualify to win that awesome surprise box.   Marie: Bye everyone, thank you!   Jairek: Hey everyone, this is going to sound crazy but it totally slipped my mind that we forgot to tell you about the newest, most amazing addition that have been added to B-School this year that are literally out of this world. I’m going to shut up and let Marie take over. Because these things literally, if you let me talk about it, I don’t think I’d be able to shut up about it. Literally! So take it from here and tell them what is the new awesomeness that’s been added because it’s pretty freaking amazing.   Marie: Yes, so for B-School to share again, we improve the program each and every year. We have more dedicated mentor-coaches than ever. What that means is you’ll have more support. People guiding you, actually showing you how to implement everything we teach from programming and tech, to web design, to e-commerce, if you ever want to do products or someone you know wants to have a product-based business, to copywriting, to life coaching itself, and to just general small business help. So there will be so much professional support inside the program, helping you really understand the strategies, how do they apply to your specific business. That’s one amazing improvement. We’re so excited about it. The second thing is we have a program that’s included in B-School that helps us tackle one of the biggest obstacles we all face which is overwhelmed and not being able to finish what we started. This program is called the Follow Through formula. It has been revamped and remade and when I shared it to my team, they’re like “Marie this is a whole lot of program”. And I’m like, “Yeah I know, that’s why we did it. Because we want to help people get stuff done and that’s how all the magic happens”. So you get that the moment that you register. In addition, there’s another program that we completely revamped that is bigger and better and more actionable than ever, it’s called Start the Right Business. So if you or anyone you know is in a position where like “you know what, I think I know what I want to do but I’m not really sure if my business idea is the right one”. Or “I have too many business ideas, how do I choose the right one”? Or “I have an idea but it’s unproven”. Start the Right Business really walks you through what you need to know, what you need to do and understand in order to get clear so then you can execute all the stuff that we teach you in B-School. Again, it’s a really robust program completely remade top to bottom. That’s included and you get it the moment that you come in. and then, this was the thing that people have been requesting for a while, you know at B-School like anything that’s valuable is an investment. And we heard from a lot of our students and a lot of our potential students that they wanted a more extended payment plan. So that we have that for you this year. So if you can pay in full, fabulous. But if you can’t then it’s not a problem because we have a payment plan that is 12 monthly payments of $199 which make it very accessible if you’re really serious about investing in your business so that you can have your casual be in place and you could take care of your education at the same time. And there’s more but those are kind of the top line items of what’s really new and really awesome at B-School this year.   Jairek: That’s amazing. I mean the copywriting – just to go through a couple that stood up to me, the ones that I’m most excited about. The copywriting is ridiculous! I happened to be subscribed in a couple of side bonus where you give us little hints and surprises and show us what it’s all about. Amazing! In my experience of going around my business, I’ll tell you learning how to do copywriting, understanding the principles behind it, is a game changer to expand what it is you’re doing. Without it, you can survive. With it, you can thrive at levels that are just ridiculous. Really truly, I’ve had the opportunity to work business of all sizes. You know we have friends and people we’ve worked with who’ve gone out and raised their $200 million bucks to open their start up. And what’s wild is,           you see all the infrastructure and the buildings and the teams and all those other jazz and it comes back to like, they call me and say “hey, who do you know who can actually do the copywriting for our website or our letter and all these stuff?”  I’m like “you all know how to raise $200 million bucks and you’re trying to figure out how to write a freaking newsletter?” And they’re like “yeah, do you know anybody? Like I just keep writing it and it doesn’t sound right”. And we laugh because it’s literally a game changer of all scale-sizable businesses. And it’s a skill set that not only if you can learn how to apply it in your own business, but something that also becomes a tangible skill set and a life skill that’s valuable everywhere else including, if you ever want to work with one of those $200 million business and show them the works of your magic sauce that you can learn on this awesome bonus.   Marie: Yeah, it’s like having… so what we do have is like copywriting coaches working alongside you in the program and there’s 2 of them and they’re both excellent. Like to be able to take a look at your headline or what’s on your website and say “Hmmm you might want to try this”. It’s a game changer.   Jairek: And PS, for that to be included, to me is insane. I got so freaking excited about hearing that. Because literally, I remember when we were trying to figure out how to update our copy and reaching out to some of those pros and having people hit me back and say “hey, I’d be happy to write a letter for you, it’d cost you $50,000”. And me being like, “What?? You’re going to write a letter? $50,000??” And there’d be like “yeah, it’s what it’s worth”. And me be like “Ok, let me try someone else. Maybe this person’s literally crazy”. And I go to the next person and they’d be like “Ahhmm, we’d cut you a deal. We’d do it for like $35,000”. And I was just like “for one freaking letter?? Like what do you guys have in your pen??” But what’s wild is, being in that side community, watching you’re sharing and watching the inside, watching the difference it can make for your business. You’ll see the value and you immediately go “holy smokes”. That one letter, that one email you can write, that one way you can rephrase a page literally will be the difference in barely making it versus absolutely crushing it. And for you guys to include that is amazing. And I can’t believe I almost forgot to talk about that. So thank you for popping back on and telling about those. For everyone who’s interested, make sure to go over and check it out. If you want to google B-School. What do they google, Marie Forleo B-School?   Marie: Yeah, Marie Forleo B-School. I’m sure you’ll probably put links in here for them. And you can just direct them to the free series. We got everything out online. And you know we’re very transparent. It’s like here’s what you’re looking for, here’s what we’re offering. If it sounds good, come join us. If it doesn’t, we love you and you know awesome we wish you the best. So thanks Jairek.   Jairek: Absolutely. Side caveat, and I forgot to include this last time, we got lots of emails all year long is this is only open for a very short period of time each year.   Marie: Yes. In the past 7 years, we’ve only opened once per year. Because we pour so much of ourselves into in, like the entire team, we pour everything we have into making sure our students have the best experience. So the window of time is now. And I think the most important thing to remember is once you’re a B-Schooler, you’re a B-Schooler for life. So we have loads of students that come back every year. You know they go as far as they can and they start to get some success and they’re like “alright, I’m going to pause on this and keep building my business”. And then they come back the next year and they can do it for free. So once you’re a B-Schooler, you’re a B-Schooler for life and every upgrade we make to the program, any improvements we make to the program, you get included on that at no charge.   Jairek: That’s awesome. So for those of you who are watching this right now and you just saw this video being sent out or posted online, go immediately and check that out because you’re not going to want to miss it and it will be gone within I think a few weeks or a month. So you absolutely want to get there as fast as possible. Now for those of you who just get a little side note and you catch this 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 12 months after the original posting date, do not worry. You don’t have to freak out. But we will give you an update when it will open again. And make sure you act fast and act quickly to get there. Otherwise it will be gone and you’ll have to wait an entire 12-month calendar cycle before you get any of this awesomeness again. So please go there quickly and check this out. I had a few people last year who watched it. Literally 4 days after, everything was closed. They’re like “did I miss it?” And I said yes. And they’re like “Nooooo!!” So don’t be one of those people who emails us like “please can you call Marie and ask her if she can just send me that video again? It was so good and it’s gone!” Go there and freaking take notes like crazy and do everything that it says. So it’s amazing and it’s awesome and I don’t want you to miss it. And if you do miss it, yes you can opt in and recite and get a year’s full of awesomeness to wait next year but I highly recommend you do it now because here’s what’s crazy: if you have a business and you have an idea, why wait 12 more months to actually get it to actualize everything you imagined it can be. Don’t wait. The world needs it, the world wants it. And Marie can show you how to help get it to them in a classy, strong, powerful and unique way. So please go there, check it out and thank you again for this little side clip we forgot to tell them. So have a great day everyone and continue home.

Faculty Research
Can India Build 50 Global B-schools by 2025? Lessons from China

Faculty Research

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2015 20:36


CEIBS Prof Rama Velamuri speaking during Indian Management Conclave 2014. Video provided by Indian Management Conclave 2014

Direct Response Marketing Magic
Interview with Karl Krummenacher

Direct Response Marketing Magic

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2015 21:01


Karl is a lifelong entrepreneur who caught the bug while growing up in the back of his dad’s camera store. 40 years and a few successful ventures later, Karl loves investing in companies that help people live better, happier, healthier lives. He’s the CEO and founder of Wellness Media Group, Inc., a publisher of fitness, health and wellness information for consumers, providers and experts. Karl also hosts Your Best Life Podcast, hosted on the Wellness.com radio network. Karl has enjoyed successful engagements as CEO, COO, President, Director of Product Development in early stage ventures and established companies, responsible for a variety of business functions including: - Direct Marketing - Online Lead Generation - Marketing Funnel Planning & Development - Product Integration, Positioning - New Business Development - Business Process Improvement - Team Development - Debt Structuring, Leveraged Partnerships, Equity Funding - Public Relations, Marketing Communications - Strategic Assessment and Planning When he's not interviewing a health or fitness expert for the podcast, working on content or app strategies, Karl enjoys writing (he’s on his first book) and guest lecturing at B-Schools on the joys and perils of Entrepreneurship.

Inside Forbes India
Forbes India Feature # 2: Executive Education

Inside Forbes India

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2010 8:00


Neelima Mahajan Bansal from Forbes India joins us to talk about her special report on Executive Education. This podcast answers a few basic questions on why companies sponsor their employees on pocket burning programs which may not have immediate tangible results. Neelima also helps us with how differently are B Schools approaching such programs which go beyond class room exercises like case studies, etc.

Inside Forbes India
Forbes India Feature # 2: Executive Education

Inside Forbes India

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2010 8:00


Neelima Mahajan Bansal from Forbes India joins us to talk about her special report on Executive Education. This podcast answers a few basic questions on why companies sponsor their employees on pocket burning programs which may not have immediate tangible results. Neelima also helps us with how differently are B Schools approaching such programs which go beyond class room exercises like case studies, etc.

BNET: The Useful Commute
Are B-Schools to Blame for the Financial Mess?| Useful Commute Podcast

BNET: The Useful Commute

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2009


There is no shortage of blame to go around for the current economic crisis. But how much did business schools contribute to the mess? In this podcast, BNET Executive Editor Jeff Davis talks to...

HBR IdeaCast
Greener B-Schools, Greener Employees

HBR IdeaCast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2008 8:00


Andrew Winston, founder of Winston Eco-Strategies and coauthor of "Green to Gold."