Friday, August 10, 2007

Long Overdue Update

It's been nearly a month since I last posted. I will resume normal posting status in September once the Fall semester is in full swing.

A quick update about the last module in the summer semester:

I wrapped up Marketing Management and Corporate Finance this week with a take home final and an in class final, assigned respectively. This module was the most valuable series thus far in the program. The marketing course was case based and had the best mix of quantitative vs. qualitative instruction I've ever experienced.

Finance covered the core principles:
  1. Time Value of Money
  2. Net Present Value
  3. Capital Budgeting
  4. Stock Valuation
  5. WACC
  6. Etc.
The professor was a visiting lecturer. He was phenomenal. He returned to his home in Utah this week, and if you are studying at Utah in SLC, be sure to take Karl Lins as often as you can.

I'm still wrestling over which direction to take my strategy concentration: I can choose between Ops/Marketing Strategy or Finance Strategy. I have interest in both sides. I just don't have the time to adequately pursue each. I'd end up diluting them too much.

Maybe its time to do a decision tree for this.