Atheist Billionaires - from the MBAH 10B Special Reports

Rm 210, APS Building, Rockwell, Makati City | February 23, 2013

Atheist/agnostic billionaires

If they do not believe in God, why could they be so rich?

Good guys do not become billionaires?

                                     Dr. Tim emphasizing an idea

Dr. Tim in his special report on Business Bible made rather startling observation ie, that some of the billionaires did not exactly believe in God/Bible.  Some of them:   Warren Buffet, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates.  Bill Gates is an atheist.

Thus the question raised in the special report by Dr. Tim is do you need the Bible to be rich?   The answer from the limited examples mentioned is a resounding No.  But Dr. Tim was quick to point out that these billionaires may actually believe in the same principles mentioned in the Bible.  Or the devil may be tempting or testing them  (He got this from the Bible)

Meet a few rich atheists 

Generous atheists billionaires 

Earlier, a post was made on drop out billionaires (is the MBA necessary?)

Other special reports were on:    Aravind hospital by Dra Ching.   Can we do low cost, high volume operations a la Jollibee for some medical care/services as Aravind hospital in the PHL. For eyecare, cataract, this may be no longer feasible because blindness incidence has been reduced in the PHL by as much as 50%

Dra Anjanette reported on "The World is Flat"  She said that it is rather odd that she reported on this because she is not very computer literate.  ( It is a way for her to study more on the computer and to motivate her further?)

MBAH Case Analysis of Victoria Court

Rm 210, APS Building, Rockwell, Makati City PHL |February 23, 2013

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 Dr Abel and Bong V leading the class in case analysis of Victoria Court

"This was according to the friend of the friend of the friend of my friend"  - the original quote/attribution of the day.

I like the case because of the laughter and the naughty discussions (experiential?) that sometimes ensues.  And sometimes reveal much about the students.

Much of the class though look very conservative.  One said she would not buy the thematic rooms/appreciate the repositioning efforts of the Kings.  The structure location, branding, brand equity of the motel are not consistent with the intent of the repositioning efforts.  One was frank enough to admit that she went with her husband to one while trying to make their first baby

This was the usual qualifier  of the statements of the MBAH students as the case analysis went on.  The case analysis today was led by Dr. A Villamayor and Fr. Bong Villamor.  The arrangement opened up the case analysis to more analysis.  However, those not sticking to the case facts had to qualify their statements with the quote of the day.

Deo, Drs Thea and Jeff made significant contribution to the case analysis. Deo and Thea noted that what the Kings actually executed was an innovation in the motel business, but not real repositioning or rebranding ie from motel to hotel.  It was about making more money and more value added for the establishment.

Dr. Afable said he participated in the the team who treated Angelo King in a hospital run by priests, the patriarch of the motel group mentioned in the case.  He said that the board and lodging operations of the hospital he head in Batangas.  I commented that I might see apartelle (an aka for motels too) named "Affables" in Batangas someday?

                               "That is according to my friend"  -  Laughter

                      Roslyn took the lion's share of the case analysis;  Dra Janice takes over

Drop out billionaires

From Strategic business team

There are stories of drop outs who have become billionaires.  What are we doing here taking up MBA?

The author here lists down 55 drops outs who have become billionaires.  Some of them:

Thomas Alba Edison

Bill Gates

Steve Jobs

Li Kai Shing

Walt Disney

Mark Zuckerberg

Richard Branson   Find out how drop outs became billionaires