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Friday, August 24, 2007

Today's Links (Friday, 8-24-07): The Golden Ticket

- Want to get rich? Perhaps you can start by getting a good team.

- Internships are the golden ticket. "It's often not what you know, but who you know."

- Speaking of internships, any college aged minority students interested in business should apply to my internship program (GCFL '06). I suggest applying in Round 1 as the program is highly competitive. Feel free to send an email for tips.

- Necessity is the mother of invention(s).

- Have you spent time "thoughting" lately? The post applies to life, school, and business.

- If you're out looking at grad schools there are usually some standard criteria to consider; note # 7 on this list because it's often overlooked.

- "We bond through our misery" via the NY Times.

- Reading "The American Scholar" as a back to school routine.

- A call for Australia to invest more of their budget surplus towards education.

- Great advice but I enjoyed the bit on anti-intellectualism. Caroline - looks like you're at a good school!

- On the different types of advice, via Ben Casnocha.

- If you've got a great business idea, pursue it. Don't make excuses.

- Remember the uproar over those big bonuses on Wall Street last year? Oops.

- A rant on fallacious reasoning and arguing badly.

- Looking to get married anytime soon? Beware the costs. (via The Numbers Guy)

- How sushi has changed the world by revealing the complex dynamics of globalization.

- I will be in Newport this weekend; if you're sending an email regarding the blog, I will get back to you on Monday. Thanks.

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3 comments:

Jonathan Sharma said...

I really like the article on building a team, a network of helpers. It's like a support group. I don't know anyone who doesn't need the support of friends or family. What I'm trying to say is, I concur with what they say.

Anonymous said...

i love how in the choosing a graduate school article the author's spell check changed "grad" to "grade"! at least i think this is a mistake...

College Knowledge said...

Jonathan - That's why we led off with it! There's really no way to be successful in today's world without a strong support group.

Becca - you're right, let's hope grade schools and grad schools are not the same! Otherwise all future grad students can look forward to some easy lessons.