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Self improvement: How To Bring Out The Best In You?

MyOrbit-Team — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:59:07 +0000

Prof. Stewart Friedman of the Wharton School shares his views on work-life balance, and how taking leadership and the associated risks and challenges, helps in bringing out the best in you. Its takes more self-discipline than you are probably exercising today. And it needs you to accept your assets and limitations better. Self improvement is a process, and that’s a learning.

Welcome to GSIBM: Graham School of Investing & Business Management

MyOrbit-Team — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:51:20 +0000

Hi Folks, how are you doing? As we near the end of year 2008, I am happy to share this star project of MyOrbit with you. It has been in the works for a while, and now getting ready to go live soon in 6-8 weeks.

GSIBM: Graham School of Investing & Business Management

http://GSIBM.com

It could be considered as an online b-school that’s very practical in its approach, and aims to build business leaders. The program is based on successful business teachings by Ben Graham (and followed by Warren Buffet to produce financial results we all know).

The program has been carefully designed after extensive market research on the business knowledge needs of working professionals at various levels, and it will address a large unmet need.

The program will help working professionals in their career growth with the wide coverage planned: from Finance & Investing, to Sales & Marketing, and Legal Contracts, etc.

You are the among first to get this news, and it will be great if you can share it with others who may be interested, and also bookmark the website: http://GSIBM.com
Best Wishes,
Shankar AVSB for MyOrbit Team

Chicago Graduate School of Business: Gets Gift & Changes Name

MyOrbit-Team — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:40:09 +0000

With the worldwide economy looking a bit glum, it is expected that a record number of people will be try to head for various schools in the next 6 months, including one of the all time top b-schools: University of Chicago’s Graduate School of Business GSB.

But that school’s name is going to change.

The GSB announced on Nov 6th the receipt of a gift valued at $300 million from alumnus David Booth ’71. In appreciation, the university will rename the school to “The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.”

In an interview, Booth described the gift as “largely unrestricted.”

According to Chicago’s press release:

“The school plans to use the money for several new initiatives, including aggressively attracting and retaining star faculty. Other uses being considered include developing new faculty groups in academic areas not normally associated with business schools, expanding existing research centers, and launching ambitious programs to better leverage the school’s intellectual capital.

The gift may also be used to expand the school’s international presence beyond its existing campuses in London and Singapore.”

This also creates a new record for the largest gift to a b-school… breaking the previous record of $105 million given to Stanford GSB by Philip H. Knight in 2006.

Bezos describes Amazon Kindle EBook reader

MyOrbit-Team — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:13:29 +0000

So you can think of Kindle EBook Reader as a ‘large-screen pre-paid cellphone’, through which Amazon aims to galvanize portable book reading like Apple did to portable music through ipod and iphone. As you can see, Kindle is released just in time for the holiday season! How many gadgets can we really have on us?

Wall Street Journal’s Jeffrey Trachtenberg talked to Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezor, who unveiled the Kindle, a $400 wireless device – purpose built for E-Book reading. Bezos says Kindle will make reading electronic books much easier. It uses 3G cellular connection to download the content directly from Amazon’s site, and Amazon will take care of the complexity behind the interacting with the cellular. What do you say?

Some serious analysis: The global EBook market is estimated around $25 million, and if this device stands up to the promise, then that market can essentially double. The price point of $400 looks high – its aimed for entry and holiday shopping.

In two quarters, we can expect them to sell on Amazon marketplace under in a more attractive $250-290 range. And if the product does well, which company is best placed to compete? Device manufacturers: RIM with an advanced Blackberry, and Google Books + Nokia with a new large screen version, could be top alternatives.

In fact MyOrbit has a couple of EBooks getting ready for publication, and we will check if Amazon has some special deals for publishers. We will share updates from our discussion with Amazon. Stay tuned.

Harvard Newsletter: Tools of Persuasion: Pitch Your Offer and Close the Deal

MyOrbit-Team — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:53:27 +0000

If you are in any form of business or profession, then this podcast from Harvard Law School is a must-listen item because its packed with valuable insights on how to share good and bad news, how to sell your ideas to a reluctant or untrusting client or business partners using powerful tools of persuasion. This podcast is based on an article by Deepak Malhotra and Max H. Bazerman of Harvard Business School – from August 2007 issue of PON newsletter.
Click here to play.

The original post and podcast are available here.

Harvard Law School podcast: Negotiating for Job Satisfaction and Success

MyOrbit-Team — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 11:05:42 +0000

There are times in the careers of most professionals, when you will feel if the job you are doing is going the way you wanted it. Even when we take up new jobs, we assume somethings rather than discuss them upfront – which also leads to issues sometimes. These are very common situations, and happen across career stages and industries.

This latest podcast from Harvard Law School features an article from the November 2007 issue of their “Negotiation newsletter”. It talks about how thinking broadly about your career goals can increase your value and opportunities both inside and outside a hiring organization.

The original post and podcast are available here.
And here’s the main site for more info: www.pon.harvard.edu/

Challenges in moving towards Renewable Energy

MyOrbit-Team — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:05:48 +0000

Most of us will happily switch over to Renewable Energy if its available at around the same price. Some Renewable Energy producers are seeking the “cap and trade system” to boost the eco-friendly energy. But a bill to cap carbon dioxide is not easy – conventional energy companies have made deep investments. For example, Mike Morris, the CEO of AEP (American Electric Power), feels the use of coal is still needed to meet the base energy requirements. Still, given the thrust for green and environmental friendly energy, and with certain VCs willing to invest in them in a phase by phase approach, we can be sure to see some good innovations within a 5-10 years. Manoush Zomorodi of Reuters reports. If you are interested in Solar Energy, head over to this site that is dedicated just to it: Solar Energy Review

American patients rapidly adopting Medical Tourism to India

MyOrbit-Team — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:25:41 +0000

American patients rapidly adoption Medical/Health Tourism to India. Wockhardt Hospital in Bangalore is among the leading institutes. Its a state of the art facility at which is rapidly getting popular with American and European patients looking for advanced Cardiac, Orthopedic and Spinal Surgeries. You are talking about the best quality surgeons here.

For example, Wockhardt Hospital is an associate hospital of Harvard Medical International (HMI), Boston, USA, and is equipped with latest technology, multi-disciplinary capability, world class infrastructure.

In fact, MyOrbit has been involved in a couple of patient cases of Medical/Health Tourism to India, and we can vouch for the overall quality of healthcare and that is being described by these patients. New Delhi and Mumbai also has several top medical hospitals – specially built for international patients.

For someone who has experienced high cost healthcare or long waiting lines, this is a great option.