Comments on: The Business School Way of Life http://www.nathanlustig.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/ Staying Out of the Cubicle: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Travel Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:45:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: More Practical Lessons, Less Theory http://www.nathanlustig.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-599 More Practical Lessons, Less Theory Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:58:04 +0000 http://nathanlustig.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/#comment-599 [...] about half of a semester, I realized it wasn’t right for me.  Accounting 100 was rule driven and required you to do problems by hand.  After managing [...] [...] about half of a semester, I realized it wasn’t right for me.  Accounting 100 was rule driven and required you to do problems by hand.  After managing [...]

]]> By: A Look Back at 2009 and A Look Ahead to 2010 http://www.nathanlustig.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-507 A Look Back at 2009 and A Look Ahead to 2010 Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:17:17 +0000 http://nathanlustig.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/#comment-507 [...] The Business School Way of Life [...] [...] The Business School Way of Life [...]

]]> By: College is the Best Time to Start a Business http://www.nathanlustig.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-35 College is the Best Time to Start a Business Tue, 05 May 2009 06:57:35 +0000 http://nathanlustig.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/#comment-35 [...] While it may be more comfortable to start a company with a financial cushion under you, I believe that the benefits of starting early outweigh the benefits of waiting.  College is the best time to start a company: it provides you with access to smart people, university resources, discounted health care and easier press coverage, all during a period when you have limited responsibility and hours of free time.  If you are in college and thinking of starting a business, go for it!  What’s the worst that could happen?  At least you’ll be avoiding the Business School Way of Life! [...] [...] While it may be more comfortable to start a company with a financial cushion under you, I believe that the benefits of starting early outweigh the benefits of waiting.  College is the best time to start a company: it provides you with access to smart people, university resources, discounted health care and easier press coverage, all during a period when you have limited responsibility and hours of free time.  If you are in college and thinking of starting a business, go for it!  What’s the worst that could happen?  At least you’ll be avoiding the Business School Way of Life! [...]

]]> By: Iceland’s Meltdown http://www.nathanlustig.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Iceland’s Meltdown Tue, 10 Mar 2009 20:27:50 +0000 http://nathanlustig.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/#comment-22 [...] to focus on an aspect of the article that I’ve written about in my post entitled “The Business School Way of Life.”  Lewis mentions that most, if not all, of the people who were involved in Iceland’s [...] [...] to focus on an aspect of the article that I’ve written about in my post entitled “The Business School Way of Life.”  Lewis mentions that most, if not all, of the people who were involved in Iceland’s [...]

]]> By: Bryan http://www.nathanlustig.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Bryan Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:48:00 +0000 http://nathanlustig.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/#comment-10 I know for a fact that Nate isn't about the money. He brought innovation to the student ticket market here at UW. Using EH made is much easier to purchase tickets for sporting events in the student sections. I also know that he is helping develop other innovative ideas in multiple facets of society. Trust me, if he was all about the money, he would have suceeded in going through the B school and onto one of those jobs. I know for a fact that Nate isn’t about the money. He brought innovation to the student ticket market here at UW. Using EH made is much easier to purchase tickets for sporting events in the student sections. I also know that he is helping develop other innovative ideas in multiple facets of society. Trust me, if he was all about the money, he would have suceeded in going through the B school and onto one of those jobs.

]]> By: Bryan http://www.nathanlustig.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1380 Bryan Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:48:00 +0000 http://nathanlustig.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/#comment-1380 I know for a fact that Nate isn't about the money. He brought innovation to the student ticket market here at UW. Using EH made is much easier to purchase tickets for sporting events in the student sections. I also know that he is helping develop other innovative ideas in multiple facets of society. Trust me, if he was all about the money, he would have suceeded in going through the B school and onto one of those jobs. I know for a fact that Nate isn’t about the money. He brought innovation to the student ticket market here at UW. Using EH made is much easier to purchase tickets for sporting events in the student sections. I also know that he is helping develop other innovative ideas in multiple facets of society. Trust me, if he was all about the money, he would have suceeded in going through the B school and onto one of those jobs.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nathanlustig.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Anonymous Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:04:00 +0000 http://nathanlustig.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/#comment-9 --This was really submitted by John Eggert, GOF (Genuine Old Fart), but he couldn't get the "select profile" to work--<br/><br/>I agree, for the most part, with respect to the high-end B schools. [I will classify those folks into a single category because I was once a fine arts major, because it is fun to be a bigot and because it is too difficult to get into all of the fine points in a short blog, even if I did understand them].<br/><br/>Ironically, it may be the smart and creative students from the second- and third-tier schools that move business forward because they know they don't have much of a chance of landing the big bucks through Wall street--so they work their way up the hard way.<br/><br/>I don't think it will work to send the top-label B-school sorts to other industries for the same reason you said they are different from you: "Their goals were so completely different from mine, as were their values." The stumbling block is the values part. The get-rich-quick folks got those values from their upbringing, and they didn't bother to grow broader perspectives by taking the kinds of liberal arts courses you suggest.<br/><br/>But, I want to emphasize: I am not a bigot. In fact, some of my best friends are B-school grads.<br/><br/><br/>jde –This was really submitted by John Eggert, GOF (Genuine Old Fart), but he couldn’t get the “select profile” to work–

I agree, for the most part, with respect to the high-end B schools. [I will classify those folks into a single category because I was once a fine arts major, because it is fun to be a bigot and because it is too difficult to get into all of the fine points in a short blog, even if I did understand them].

Ironically, it may be the smart and creative students from the second- and third-tier schools that move business forward because they know they don’t have much of a chance of landing the big bucks through Wall street–so they work their way up the hard way.

I don’t think it will work to send the top-label B-school sorts to other industries for the same reason you said they are different from you: “Their goals were so completely different from mine, as were their values.” The stumbling block is the values part. The get-rich-quick folks got those values from their upbringing, and they didn’t bother to grow broader perspectives by taking the kinds of liberal arts courses you suggest.

But, I want to emphasize: I am not a bigot. In fact, some of my best friends are B-school grads.

jde

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nathanlustig.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1379 Anonymous Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:04:00 +0000 http://nathanlustig.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/#comment-1379 --This was really submitted by John Eggert, GOF (Genuine Old Fart), but he couldn't get the "select profile" to work--I agree, for the most part, with respect to the high-end B schools. [I will classify those folks into a single category because I was once a fine arts major, because it is fun to be a bigot and because it is too difficult to get into all of the fine points in a short blog, even if I did understand them].Ironically, it may be the smart and creative students from the second- and third-tier schools that move business forward because they know they don't have much of a chance of landing the big bucks through Wall street--so they work their way up the hard way.I don't think it will work to send the top-label B-school sorts to other industries for the same reason you said they are different from you: "Their goals were so completely different from mine, as were their values." The stumbling block is the values part. The get-rich-quick folks got those values from their upbringing, and they didn't bother to grow broader perspectives by taking the kinds of liberal arts courses you suggest.But, I want to emphasize: I am not a bigot. In fact, some of my best friends are B-school grads.jde –This was really submitted by John Eggert, GOF (Genuine Old Fart), but he couldn’t get the “select profile” to work–I agree, for the most part, with respect to the high-end B schools. [I will classify those folks into a single category because I was once a fine arts major, because it is fun to be a bigot and because it is too difficult to get into all of the fine points in a short blog, even if I did understand them].Ironically, it may be the smart and creative students from the second- and third-tier schools that move business forward because they know they don’t have much of a chance of landing the big bucks through Wall street–so they work their way up the hard way.I don’t think it will work to send the top-label B-school sorts to other industries for the same reason you said they are different from you: “Their goals were so completely different from mine, as were their values.” The stumbling block is the values part. The get-rich-quick folks got those values from their upbringing, and they didn’t bother to grow broader perspectives by taking the kinds of liberal arts courses you suggest.But, I want to emphasize: I am not a bigot. In fact, some of my best friends are B-school grads.jde

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nathanlustig.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Anonymous Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:32:00 +0000 http://nathanlustig.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/#comment-8 dude I just visited you in your baller condo in downtown chicago and I saw the same gleam in your eyes that I see in everyone else working down here...you want the get rich solution too.<br/><br/>Also, I think the majority of consultants (not including yourself) tend to add just about as much value to society as the aforementioned finance people. I'll address later this week at our scheduled dinner.<br/><br/>ps im writing this from my cubicle at my fake finance job that I took because it payed more than anything else :-) dude I just visited you in your baller condo in downtown chicago and I saw the same gleam in your eyes that I see in everyone else working down here…you want the get rich solution too.

Also, I think the majority of consultants (not including yourself) tend to add just about as much value to society as the aforementioned finance people. I’ll address later this week at our scheduled dinner.

ps im writing this from my cubicle at my fake finance job that I took because it payed more than anything else :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.nathanlustig.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1378 Anonymous Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:32:00 +0000 http://nathanlustig.wordpress.com/2009/01/24/the-business-school-way-of-life/#comment-1378 dude I just visited you in your baller condo in downtown chicago and I saw the same gleam in your eyes that I see in everyone else working down here...you want the get rich solution too.Also, I think the majority of consultants (not including yourself) tend to add just about as much value to society as the aforementioned finance people. I'll address later this week at our scheduled dinner.ps im writing this from my cubicle at my fake finance job that I took because it payed more than anything else :-) dude I just visited you in your baller condo in downtown chicago and I saw the same gleam in your eyes that I see in everyone else working down here…you want the get rich solution too.Also, I think the majority of consultants (not including yourself) tend to add just about as much value to society as the aforementioned finance people. I’ll address later this week at our scheduled dinner.ps im writing this from my cubicle at my fake finance job that I took because it payed more than anything else :-)

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