Wharton MBA for Executives

Random musings, diatribes, and possibly curious insights of former students of the Wharton MBA for Executives (San Francisco) program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

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Entries from January 2010

Goodnight…

January 27th, 2010 by RVD · No Comments

Well, what do you know. I was online today reading fortune.com when I came across the 2010 list of the best companies to work for. At #1? Our old friend Jim Goodnight and his company SAS.
Too bad they’re in North Carolina.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/2010/snapshots/1.html

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Tags: Misc

No rest at Wharton…

January 27th, 2010 by RVD · No Comments

In normal school, when the term starts, you generally have a few days or even weeks to take it easy. This period is spent easing into the schedule, getting your books ready, maybe getting warmed up with a few homework assignments, etc.
At Wharton, there is no rest period like this.

The first session of term […]

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Tags: Term 6

Wharton in Vegas!

January 19th, 2010 by RVD · No Comments

We kicked off term 6 with a trip to Las Vegas! Thanks to Larry for initiating the trip. The trip was fun as usual. Y’all know the saying…what happens in Vegas…
Shout out to all of those who made the trip:
Chi-Hee
Suki
Judy
Pamela
Tina
Josephine
Larry
Robert
Mike
Time to go to sleep…

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GCP Trip

January 8th, 2010 by RVD · No Comments

We just got back from our GCP trip to Madrid, Spain. It was awesome. Sure, we spent 99% of our time working with the IE team but that other 1% of time that was spent on fun stuff was great.
Ok maybe I exaggerate a little bit. But we were working […]

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Term 6!

January 6th, 2010 by RVD · No Comments

We are almost done. I still can’t believe it since it feels like only yesterday that I came in here and started whartonblog.com. I still remember back when I was thinking about getting an MBA, studying for the GMAT, etc.
However, on the other hand, I know so much more now than I did […]

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