Week 3 in KC

This week has been very busy and exciting.
Highlights for me include lectures by Eugene Fitzgerald from MIT and Noam Wasserman from Harvard Business School.

Listening to a lecture from an MIT proffessor has been aptly discribed as 'drinking from a fire hose' and I really couldnt say it any better than that. The lecture by Eugene was titled: "What is the Connection between Fundamental Science and Market Growth". However the lecture fast and furious with many very interesting asides from the main theme. It was difficult to keep up but incredibly useful to me as next year I have to choose a final year project for my masters. The ultimate takeaway of the lecture was this: 'Go about choosing the right problem in the right way'. For more about how read my post on Eugene's lecture.

The second memorable lecture was by Noam Wasserman who gave us a case from Harvard Business School (HBS). HBS is renowned as one of the best business schools in the world, and they do things a little differently there: all their lectures are case studies of real businesses. I found this a fantastic way to learn and one day I would love to go to HBS to achieve an MBA.
Heres a few interesting facts about Harvard Business School:

• 30% of all Venture Capitalist in America went to Harvard Business School
• George W. Bush studied at HBS
• Jeffrey Skiing now jailed former CEO of Enron studied there!

The final really memorable event of the week was visiting the Kansas State Capital (which surprisingly isn't Kansas City) Topeka. In Topeka we went to the Capitol building and met the Governor of Kansas State: Kathleen Sebelius. Who it is rumored could be a future president of the USA (first woman president).

What a week!