Entrepreneurs: born or made with an MBA? October 12, 2011 DO not let Steve Jobs’s gown fool you in this photo. The recently departed, near-legendary founder of Apple and Pixar never finished his undergraduate degree, let alone got an MBA. In this picture, he is giving Stanford University’s 2005 commencement address. In the speech, he told his audience that he “couldn’t see the value” in [...]
The desirability of diversity at business school October 12, 2011 IT’S an accepted truth in business schools that diversity is a good thing. Meeting people from different cultures or sectors opens your eyes to how business is done elsewhere, helps you to challenge your own preconceptions, and also boosts your contacts book. But is diversity really all it’s cracked up to be? Should diversity play [...]
New ways to raise funds for your MBA October 12, 2011 FUNDING an MBA can be a tricky thing. Many schools offer grants and scholarships, often sponsored by businesses or donors, and some lucky students’ fees are paid by their businesses. But for many, stumping up the cash for those three little letters involves dealing with banks. As we all know, banks are not exactly keen [...]
Autocracy’s risky; but so is buying freedom too dear October 12, 2011 IT IS risky to invest in unstable countries, and autocracies are on average more unstable than democracies, despite some commentators’ views to the contrary. But surprisingly the data suggests that whether or not a country is democratic shouldn’t be a key factor for investors’ decisions. IMMORTAL DEMOCRACIES Stability and growth matter for investors. Happily, promoting [...]
The crema de la crema of coffee making machines October 12, 2011 BEING particular about how your coffee is made is no bad thing. Discernment is a means to an end – and when you want to make yourself a coffee on a glorious Sunday afternoon, just because you can, you want to have one that’s rightly made. It’s a confusing world of coffee machines out there, [...]
INTERVIEW | THE DIGITAL ENTREPRENEUR October 12, 2011 CHIEF EXECUTIVE THEBROWSER.COM Henry Lane Fox, brother of Martha (the UK’s official Digital Champion), is a digital expert and the chief executive of the Browser website. He began his career at lastminute.com before founding manufacturing network Maxipos.com and Amuse Bouche champagne bars. The Browser was founded by Economist journalist Robert Cottrell, and investor Al Breach, [...]
The sherry bar that’s rocking South London’s food scene October 12, 2011 TONIGHT, José Pizarro is a rock star in his own restaurant. He’s shaking everyone’s hand, or rather, everyone’s shaking his hand. Hardeep Singh Kohli, the Scottish Sikh presenter, and his chums are settling in round a pillar to order and are giving him the pats on the back. It could be because today the Bermondsey [...]
3 OTHER | SHERRY BARS October 12, 2011 CAPOTE Y TOROS, 157 OLD BROMPTON ROAD, SW5 A ham, tapas and sherry bar in South Ken that draws inspiration from Cadiz. FINO, 33 CHARLOTTE STREET, W1 Named after the sherry, this lovely restaurant is more formal. Great roast suckling pig. PEPITO, 3 VARNISHERS YARD, N1 Trendy bar near King’s Cross, which offers cold cuts [...]
Keeping those reds under the beds for later October 12, 2011 HEAD SOMMELIER AND MANAGER OF LUTYENS RESTAURANT BY the time you read this, my first child should have been born. As one does I have been contemplating what sort of wine to lay down for his 18th birthday. It’s a little early to judge the 2011 vintage; the grapes have either just been picked or [...]
Americans to blame in Reds TV cash row, says Whelan October 12, 2011 WIGAN chairman Dave Whelan has blamed Liverpool’s American owners for an attempted football television rights breakaway from the rest of the Premier League, calling it “appalling” and “greedy”. Reds managing director Ian Ayre has indicated the club would like the freedom to strike their own potentially more lucrative overseas broadcast deals, as Spanish giants Barcelona [...]
