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As some of you may know, U.S. News and World Report has released its 2011 list of top B-Schools and a certain FANTASTIC school out in Palo Alto has made its way to the top of the list this year…Well, I should say that Stanford GSB is sharing the top spot with HBS, but it just sounds better to say that the GSB is the king of the mountain for the year

The top-15 B-schools in the 2011 US News and World Report rankings are as follows:

1. Harvard Business School
1. Stanford Graduate School of Business
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If you’ve been paying attention to the news for the past few months, you’ll know that Toyota is not having a good 2010. First, the company announced a recall of many of its models due to a gas pedal problem that caused cars to accelerate randomly (http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2010/toyota.recall/) and has been blamed for over 50 deaths so far. Next, the U.S. government held a hearing to probe into the recall problem and obtained evidence that Toyota had been aware of safety issues and chose to hide those issues (http://money.cnn.com/2010/02/26/autos/congress_oversight_letter_biller/index.htm… Read the rest). Then, word comes out that Toyota has been

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Hey everyone. I know it’s been a while since I posted anything, but that’s because I’ve been pretty busy getting acclimated to my new job and learning what I need to “swim and not sink” in the role. So far, the new job is fantastic and I’m really excited about the nature of the work that I’m doing. Plus, the team of folks with whom I’m working are hella cool and have made the past couple of weeks in the office really fun. This was definitely a good move for me careerwise.

The email below is from a reader who … Read the rest

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Hello, everyone. I’d like to start this entry by wishing everyone a Happy Easter. I hope everyone who celebrates this holiday remembers the true reason for the celebration and is able to be with loved ones on this family-focused holiday. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get down to Virginia to spend it with my family, but they all know that I would have been there if I could. I’ve definitely got to get down there for Mother’s Day though.

Second, I would like to announce a pretty major change on my end. I recently decided to pursue a new career opportunity and, … Read the rest

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What’s good, folk. I’ve decided to make a small addition to the site content that I hope you’ll enjoy. Over the past year, I’ve been inserting entries with links to articles that I find interesting along with my responses to reader emails. Starting with this entry, I’m going to add a video where I provide some commentary and advice with each of these articles. Also, I’m going to start posting videos where I talk through some thoughts on newsworthy issues in business, politics, global issues, etc. I figure that this could be a good way for me to give some… Read the rest

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