Evisors just posted the video from my recent webinar on "How to Hack Your MBA". Since 1992, I've been working on a book tentatively titled "Hack your Education: How to Squeeze Maximum Value from College or Graduate School". I've posted on my site the expanded slides from the webinar and a [...continue reading]
> Personal > LearningFree Webinar 9/13: How to Hack Your MBA and Get the Most Out of Your Degree
On 9/13, I’ll be delivering a free, one-hour webinar on “How to Hack Your MBA and Get the Most Out of Your Degree”. We’ll have an estimated 300 attendees from most of the major business schools in Europe and the US. It’s hosted by Evisors, a career advice resource delivered by industry [...continue reading]
How to Hack Your College or Graduate School Education
You're likely investing $20,000-$50,000/year, plus opportunity cost, to attend school. How can you maximize the benefits of all the years and all the money that you are investing? I have a tentative answer. Below is the draft of a book I’m writing tentatively titled, “How to Hack Your [...continue reading]
Entrepreneurial Education Programs in New York/Invitation to Founder Institute Investor Session
I've been very excited to see the boom in the New York startup community in the last 2 years, driven in large part by the shrinkage in the NY industries that traditionally lured some of the most entrepreneurial and aggressive personalities (finance, consulting, etc.) Michael Karnjanaprakorn posted a [...continue reading]
Introduction to Probability textbook—no charge
Thanks to the American Mathematical Society, Dartmouth is giving away the much-praised textbook, Introduction to Probability by Charles M. Grinstead and J. Laurie Snell, as free etext. The website also includes computer programs to go along with the book. Link Via [...continue reading]
How to be an expert
The August issue of Scientific American takes a deep look at how experts--chess grandmasters, musicians, physicians--develop their abilities. Ericsson argues that what matters is not experience per se but "effortful study," which entails continually tackling challenges that lie just beyond one's [...continue reading]
How to Detect Hidden Bias (in Yourself)
Two people-one a nattily dressed young white man, the other a middle-aged black woman who is slightly overweight-apply for a job with your organization. They seem equally qualified, but the hiring manager has an inexplicable and slightly negative reaction to the woman. "I just can't put my finger on [...continue reading]
Request a library book…via Amazon
Jon Udell shares: How to request a library book...via Amazon. Via Merlin Mann: I still can't get over how cool this is. Jon Udell's little wizard lets you generate a bookmarklet for requesting a library book-based on the Amazon page you're currently viewing. It's clearly a flawless [...continue reading]
