This class is top-notch. It’s taught by Eric Smith. Check out this guy’s resume. He shows up on the first day and gives us 11 handouts and explains that we have to pick teams because we’re making mock private equity firms that we’ll be presenting. After telling us all this he pops in a video from Lawrence Schloss, who he personally brought to speak to the school back in April. I mean, the guy’s presentation was mind-bogglingly amazing. If you email Prof. Smith nicely, he’ll send you a copy. Read his bio, he owns a private equity firm, but before that he’s sat on tons of boards, and has been a managing director of Credit Suisse Boston among other places. We’ll be having multiple guest speakers in our classes too. I can’t wait!
The most useful things I have found at Tulane are the guest speakers. Whatever you think you have to do, it’s less important that getting to see who the school gets to speak. I promise. When you’re choosing a business school, think about the fact that you’re basically paying for access to information and people. Our class is only 75 people. How’s that for access to guest speakers.
Also, here is a feature the school recently did on Eric Smith.
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Steve // Jan 25, 2008 at 6:21 pm
“only 75 people.” Not bad but not great for an undergraduate class size, but not a seminar.
Will // Jan 28, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Not sure what you mean, but here is some clarification:
75 is the total class for a full-time MBA. Individual class sizes range from 12-30. Occassionally we’ll have a full section class with all 75, but that’s usually only in cases where the professor is somewhat high profile and can’t teach more than one section. In those cases, it has been fine anyways.
We all know each other pretty well anyways.
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