Well we were done with our VCIC presentation yesterday... Can not reveal the company or the business plan that we were analyzing... We made a conservative pitch expressing our willingness to fund but with changes in the revenue model proposed by the company and a variation in the funding tranches. It was interesting... 8 minutes can be used up very quickly ! Certainly we need to learn to make elevator pitches quickly and effectively...
Next up in the evening was a trip to London to the Faraday Theatre at the Royal Institution ! The CMA awards for 2010 were held there. We had a free bus ride from Cranfield to London. It was great to see many of Cranfield's alumni at the meeting. We had an address from ARM's current CEO and the founder of Cobalt technologies. Good to see the success that two of the Cranfielder's had in their careers. Ngaire and Paula from the previous batch were awarded the Ford and Odgers prize respectively. It was great to see Paula as she was one of the orienters for our cohort. Man, have to say she must have a great deal of energy having accomplished so much in her MBA and getting a good job with AT Kearney as well. She did not quite reveal what the secret to her success was - cans of Red Bull or bottles of multi-vitamins, but that does set the expectations for us if we want to be as successful as her.
The long winding drive back home did sap the energy out of us though... We were all impeccably dressed but the weather was a lot warmer... I think I even sweated a bit Work on the M1 did not help as the bus had to take a circuitous route back home... But that gave us the chance to chat up with each other talk about careers and hardships and the PSW issues and work and fun and the break and the vacations and .uhh everything we could think of... Hey its a MBA brain !... It has the capacity to think and out-think regardless of sleep, energy or interest.
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