21 September 2006

Time just keeps flying!

It seems like just yesterday that we were beginning week 1 of our second MBA term and now here we are with this second term half way over!

The first three weeks we were bombarded with Accounting. It's taken some time to figure out where to put debits and credits on the financial statements but I am getting there. Lots of readings, and problems. I must say that I fell behind on some of the readings and it has been tricky to catch up. Fortunately I find myself getting back to a more balanced place. We began Business Finance this week and I'll write more in a few days with my thoughts on what this all entails and how it has affected me.

I find myself getting caught up in some of the research for class discussions...I always seem to be on a fascinating new website that I can't take my eyes off of. Ideas are constantly flowing in and out of my severely overwhelmed brain.

09 September 2006

Busy Times

It's been so busy that I have hardly had any time to write in.

As for the MBA, we are in the middle of the second week of Accounting and there is just so much information being thrown at us at such a rapid pace I find myself trying to stay on top of all of the readings, lectures and homework assignments.

This week's discussion involved businesses that had new commercial flops. It was interesting to look at what failed and why. The links that illustrate new product failures are:
http://www.newproductworks.com/product_poll/hm_favorite_failures.html
http://www.newproductworks.com/product_poll/hm_failures.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_product_failures#Food_and_drink_flops

I am excited about some new ideas I am working on. I'll write more soon about how Accounting turned out.