Section J Reunion Q&A

HBS 10th Year Reunion

Section J Dinner

HBS 10th Year Reunion

Section J Dinner

May 29th, 2009

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Most Excellent Questions

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Dave’s Top Ten!!

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Children11

Home countries33

Jobs22

Grand children

Start-ups

Mobile homes

Since graduating from Section J, I have had the MOST NUMBER of…

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Pounds lost44

Serious dating partners66

Arrests or detainments55

Pounds gained

Times in jail

Spouses

Since graduating from Section J, I have had the MOST NUMBER of…

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Host will cite the question

To answer, please raise your hand!

You will be selected in subjective order!

Answer shout-outs will be met with severe punishment! You must volunteer to perform one of the following penalties:

RULES:

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Do a case write-up on last week’s Desperate Housewives

PENALTIES:

Sing your country’s national anthem

Serve me drinks all night

Chug a can of beer

Do the moonwalk or cabbage patch

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What does BGIE stand for? Hint: Not the rapper1010

Business, Government and the International Economy

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Which Section J Professor looked like a daily talk show host and taught us how to lead?

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Diane Burton (aka Ricki Lake)

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What HBS case study protagonist will forever be associated with inept management?

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Erik Petersen

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Name the hypothetical airline a section mate suggested and actually became reality after graduation?

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Hooters Air

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What’s the name of the greeting card company we started upon entering HBS and was doomed to fail?

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Crimson Greetings

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Name the personality test we were forced to take so that we could identify the sociopaths in our section?

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Myers-Briggs

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In Negotiations, what was the term given to the option that would actually make you concede to your adversary?

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BATNA – Best Alternative To No Agreement

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Name the operations management book we were given in TOM that no one actually read?

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“The Goal” by Eliyahu M. Goldratt

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What was the name of the computer simulation that unrealistically taught us how to launch a cold medicine product?

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PharmaSim

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What year did the January Cohort program begin?11

January 1996