“Wow!!!”…That’s all I can say right now. Earlier this afternoon, we had Jack Welch (former CEO of GE) come speak at the GSB and I’m still in awe of that man. I know it sounds weird, but I considered that man to be a business visionary before I got here and, after doing a case in our Strategy class describing what he did at GE in detail, I was even more amazed. The demand to hear his talk was so big that they had to make admission to it by ticket only (we had to sign up for 2-3 weeks ago) and they hadto move the talk from Bishop Auditorium at the GSB to Stanford’s Memorial Auditorium…he was definitely worth all the hype. That guy is just so real!!! He was talking about his new book and he stated a lot of things about “how it goes in business” that really surprised me. It wasn’t his statements that surprised me but moreso that he was actually willing to say them. I won’t give anything away because the things are in his book, but something tells me that this one is definitely a must-buy. We’ve had corporate executives speak here many times this year, but Jack Welch had folks more excited than I’d seen people be in a while. I hope I can make some major waves in the busines world and come back here to speak one day while geberating a small percentage of the excitement that Welch did.

Before I go, I’ve got a few more shout-outs:

- A big CONGRATULATIONS shout out to my man Christian who just found out yesterday that he got into the Yale School of Management!!! For the past few months, he was talking about the possibility of deferring business school for a year because his company was giving him so many opportunities, but that all went away once he got the good word from Yale. I know he’s ready to hit New Haven and make some waves, so I wish him the best of luck in that.

- A good luck shout out goes out to my man G. Williams who is a GSB waitlister that I met in person for the first time on Sunday afternoon. We first interacted over email when we exchanged messages in preparation for his GSB interview. He was back on campus for a class visit on Monday and to submit some extra application materials to help get that good word from the Admissions Office. After talking to this guy, I’ve got my fingers crossed for him because I KNOW that he’d be a great asset to the school. He’s done a lot in his life and career so far and i think he’d add a lot to the classroom and to the community as a whole. If I was able to get in this joint, then they HAVE to let him in because he’s so on point that I can barely put it into words. G. Williams, if you’re reading this, good luck with all this, pimpdaddy.