Business success can rely heavily on the ability to learn from experiences and apply those lessons. A key emphasis of the MBA is the individual’s ability scrutinise and reflect on their own personal learning, practices and actions. The following is an adapted abstract from an assignment which I had to cut due to word length.…
Now we’ve passed the elevator pitch, we’re free to move onto the next stage – to develop a full business case and prepare a full sales pitch to deliver to the dragons. The last week has seen developments in the quality of the work, the development of the team, and the questionable dedication of some…
We delivered our ‘elevator pitch’ of a single page PowerPoint poster and a 5 minute briefing to the course tutor and it all appears to be going according to plan. Reflection on the elevator pitch How did it go? We delivered our pitch one late Wednesday evening. Everything went well and nearly the whole team…
Week two in the New Venture Challenge. Our democratic selection process has stumbled. Just over a week to submit our initial proposal we still haven’t selected our option. Having said that, I’ve learnt and I’ve applied the theory, so something must be working. Venture idea The Winner Option A clearly received the most votes. We…
I’m now on my final study module of the MBA before starting my final project, this time focusing on entrepreneurial endeavour. As part of this we have to take part in a New Venture Creation Challenge. This is a group challenge, requiring us to come up with ideas, assess the likelihood of success and making…
