section j reunion q&a
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HBS 10th Year Reunion
Section J Dinner
HBS 10th Year Reunion
Section J Dinner
May 29th, 2009
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Most Excellent Questions
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Dave’s Top Ten!!
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Children11
Home countries33
Jobs22
Grand children
Start-ups
Mobile homes
Since graduating from Section J, I have had the MOST NUMBER of…
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Pounds lost44
Serious dating partners66
Arrests or detainments55
Pounds gained
Times in jail
Spouses
Since graduating from Section J, I have had the MOST NUMBER of…
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Host will cite the question
To answer, please raise your hand!
You will be selected in subjective order!
Answer shout-outs will be met with severe punishment! You must volunteer to perform one of the following penalties:
RULES:
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Do a case write-up on last week’s Desperate Housewives
PENALTIES:
Sing your country’s national anthem
Serve me drinks all night
Chug a can of beer
Do the moonwalk or cabbage patch
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What does BGIE stand for? Hint: Not the rapper1010
Business, Government and the International Economy
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Which Section J Professor looked like a daily talk show host and taught us how to lead?
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Diane Burton (aka Ricki Lake)
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What HBS case study protagonist will forever be associated with inept management?
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Erik Petersen
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Name the hypothetical airline a section mate suggested and actually became reality after graduation?
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Hooters Air
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What’s the name of the greeting card company we started upon entering HBS and was doomed to fail?
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Crimson Greetings
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Name the personality test we were forced to take so that we could identify the sociopaths in our section?
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Myers-Briggs
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In Negotiations, what was the term given to the option that would actually make you concede to your adversary?
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BATNA – Best Alternative To No Agreement
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Name the operations management book we were given in TOM that no one actually read?
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“The Goal” by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
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What was the name of the computer simulation that unrealistically taught us how to launch a cold medicine product?
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PharmaSim
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What year did the January Cohort program begin?11
January 1996