Throwback: debate - are entrepreneurs born, made or product of luck

Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution

This was a group work.  Class is divided into 4:  3 positions and fourth one is the judge.

Are entrepreneurs (or leaders)  BORN, MADE (Trained) or result of LUCK (SWERTI)

Interesting arguments come out during the debate as well as judgment by the judge.

This is an interesting topic for us to ponder in the days to come.

Really, what do you think?  Are entrepreneurs born, made or product of luck?

Throwback Electronic teaching - use of blogs

Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution

During my teaching stint, I learned how to blog.  Though there was no electronic teaching platform available at that time, I used the blog to:   publish the syllabus,  teaching materials, and the submission. of the assignment.  This encouraged competition, and the motivation to be better than others.  

Later on some students became concerned with privacy (since blogs were treated as websites and assignment submission especially videos were searchable at Google.

Thus this post was able to achieve efficiency and saved paper and trees.  

Innovation in teaching

Throwback - how to commit a crime

Every generation needs a revolution - an entrepreneurial revolution

This starts the semester.  How to plan for a crime, a group, a collaborative effort by teams.

(There are teams/groups because one has to overcome group dynamics when you are in corporate setting)

I got this idea from a former prof on Problem Solving.   Criminals who are one step ahead of law enforcers prepare meticulously for a crime, have ROI computation, seek financiers, practice well 

and ask cohorts to memorize what to do under a precise timetable, lest the operations will fail.  They also have elaborate exit strategies -  how to escape, and legal remedies when they are caught.

If criminals can do this, how about legit businessmen?  Is there an excuse for not planning or executing well.  It is only on whose side of the law and morality you are in.

Since it is a crime, the students were more motivated less restrained in the planning and execution.   

This set the tone for excitement and what is to come ahead for the semester.  It is the entree for better

things to come