KKC, Camera, and Strategy
Couldn’t find a good way to make a coherent title from those three things. Just some general news.
Krispy Kreme Challenge 2008 is rolling along. It reached 1239 registrants to do, a 3x increase compared to this time last year. Still one more week to go. No one knows when this thing will saturate. I’m keeping a comparison graph here. I hope the new crew is ready for what is to come. It’s the little things and attention-to-detail that matter.
My repaired camera made it back to me. The sensor died and it was beyond warranty. It appears however that I left my memory cards and rechargeable batteries back in Cary. Will have to get my sister to mail them to me.
This strategy class is getting interesting. Discussed a Wal*Mart case study on Thursday, and Apple Computer on Tuesday. Today I met with my strategy simulation group. One component of the strategy class is a simulation using a program called MarkStrat. This program has been developed over the past 20 years by two French strategic marketing professors. You control one firm in a fictional world with two fictional kinds of widgets, and you compete with four other firms. We simulate two years each week, and we are graded on our stock price. My team’s firm is 4th in market share and capitalization — have some work cut out for us.
This past week I also attended information sessions for Boston Consulting Group, Bain and Company, and McKinsey. These are the top 3 firms for strategic consulting. I’d love to do something like that this summer, will be applying for their summer associate positions.
Donny Katz Said,
January 19, 2008 @ 9:15 pm
camera stuff in Cary!! no!! i hate when stuff like that happens
Wal*Mart, hmm I read a lot about them in my public speaking class last spring, as I chose that as my topic to debate in two of my speeches. I chose to be pro-Wal*Mart, which was more challenging and fun because most commentary was against the company.