Well, one of the things that Antonio had mentioned yesterday while introducing himself was that the reason he prefers teaching the electives rather than the core term class is that here he can teach those who are interested in the class, he can preach to the already "converted" :-)
Well, while we did not have his class today, we did have the applied corporate finance and the internet as a sales channel class today and there can't be enough evidence of us now being the "converted" than what I could see in these classes.
Conchita continued brushing up our concepts of corporate finance even while explaining how to do valuations of companies, especially those being considered for M&A and then when it was time for the case, after a brief 5 minutes discussion on how to go about it, we got a solution sheet with various tabs already filled in. I could only imply that now, we are expected to have done all of it already - we are already 'converted' remember :-)
So, for those who thought the previous term course was way too slow, welcome to the phase that is electives :-)
And as for the Internet as a Sales channel, Fernando continued to explain how internet is changing the world. The sheer passion with which he talks about all this, makes me feel that if there is one person in this world who truly believes in the day when everything would be bought and sold only online, I think it is him. He was talking about how the disruptive nature of internet business has completely changed the value chain and what the various players can do and are doing to survive and thrive, he was talking about how even the big seven cannot avoid being part of some internet phenomenon like say the Apple shop opening in the Chinese online TMall, and so many other examples. As for me, I was happy to just listen to various inputs and arguments going on during the class, and soon it would be time to participate :-)
Well, while we did not have his class today, we did have the applied corporate finance and the internet as a sales channel class today and there can't be enough evidence of us now being the "converted" than what I could see in these classes.
Conchita continued brushing up our concepts of corporate finance even while explaining how to do valuations of companies, especially those being considered for M&A and then when it was time for the case, after a brief 5 minutes discussion on how to go about it, we got a solution sheet with various tabs already filled in. I could only imply that now, we are expected to have done all of it already - we are already 'converted' remember :-)
So, for those who thought the previous term course was way too slow, welcome to the phase that is electives :-)
And as for the Internet as a Sales channel, Fernando continued to explain how internet is changing the world. The sheer passion with which he talks about all this, makes me feel that if there is one person in this world who truly believes in the day when everything would be bought and sold only online, I think it is him. He was talking about how the disruptive nature of internet business has completely changed the value chain and what the various players can do and are doing to survive and thrive, he was talking about how even the big seven cannot avoid being part of some internet phenomenon like say the Apple shop opening in the Chinese online TMall, and so many other examples. As for me, I was happy to just listen to various inputs and arguments going on during the class, and soon it would be time to participate :-)
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