Ari Meisel
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So it does a much better job of creating like human machines, I guess, in a way, but it doesn't necessarily create leaders. And I hate to overgeneralize, but that's, that's one of the things that was like a big issue when I was there. The other thing is that the entrepreneurship major had basically gone defunct. in the 90s.
So it does a much better job of creating like human machines, I guess, in a way, but it doesn't necessarily create leaders. And I hate to overgeneralize, but that's, that's one of the things that was like a big issue when I was there. The other thing is that the entrepreneurship major had basically gone defunct. in the 90s.
So it does a much better job of creating like human machines, I guess, in a way, but it doesn't necessarily create leaders. And I hate to overgeneralize, but that's, that's one of the things that was like a big issue when I was there. The other thing is that the entrepreneurship major had basically gone defunct. in the 90s.
So while I was there, I actually worked with a few other students and we recreated it and redesigned it from the ground up, the entrepreneurship major. But Wharton, I don't even know now if Wharton is in the top 20 schools for entrepreneurship. Babson is kind of like the standard. So it kind of depends what you want and what you think you want and what kind of experience you want.
So while I was there, I actually worked with a few other students and we recreated it and redesigned it from the ground up, the entrepreneurship major. But Wharton, I don't even know now if Wharton is in the top 20 schools for entrepreneurship. Babson is kind of like the standard. So it kind of depends what you want and what you think you want and what kind of experience you want.
So while I was there, I actually worked with a few other students and we recreated it and redesigned it from the ground up, the entrepreneurship major. But Wharton, I don't even know now if Wharton is in the top 20 schools for entrepreneurship. Babson is kind of like the standard. So it kind of depends what you want and what you think you want and what kind of experience you want.
But I was there for three years. So I graduated a year early and I graduated with two majors and two minors and and a terrible GPA that, you know, I got a job right out of college, obviously, but like it was, it was like a 2.68 GPA, which I think is barely passing. And I have a handwritten personal letter from the Dean thanking me for my service to the school.
But I was there for three years. So I graduated a year early and I graduated with two majors and two minors and and a terrible GPA that, you know, I got a job right out of college, obviously, but like it was, it was like a 2.68 GPA, which I think is barely passing. And I have a handwritten personal letter from the Dean thanking me for my service to the school.
But I was there for three years. So I graduated a year early and I graduated with two majors and two minors and and a terrible GPA that, you know, I got a job right out of college, obviously, but like it was, it was like a 2.68 GPA, which I think is barely passing. And I have a handwritten personal letter from the Dean thanking me for my service to the school.
So like it, that was just how I operated. You know, I knew what I was there for and it was not to get a job at Goldman.
So like it, that was just how I operated. You know, I knew what I was there for and it was not to get a job at Goldman.
So like it, that was just how I operated. You know, I knew what I was there for and it was not to get a job at Goldman.
Right. Exactly. Yeah. And that's what I always said. So like another good example of that is that I had this incredible real estate development class with and the teacher was the former CFO of Trammell Crow. So like big, big time real estate guy. And the class was so cool because every week we would do a case study on a real project that had been developed.
Right. Exactly. Yeah. And that's what I always said. So like another good example of that is that I had this incredible real estate development class with and the teacher was the former CFO of Trammell Crow. So like big, big time real estate guy. And the class was so cool because every week we would do a case study on a real project that had been developed.
Right. Exactly. Yeah. And that's what I always said. So like another good example of that is that I had this incredible real estate development class with and the teacher was the former CFO of Trammell Crow. So like big, big time real estate guy. And the class was so cool because every week we would do a case study on a real project that had been developed.
And the next week he would bring in the person who developed it. The guy was very connected and just very, very cool. And I was doing terribly in the class. And I knew that I wanted to be a real estate developer, but my analysis. So I was sort of funny. This is like really sort of like exemplifies how this works. So we had to do these one page executive summaries, essentially.
And the next week he would bring in the person who developed it. The guy was very connected and just very, very cool. And I was doing terribly in the class. And I knew that I wanted to be a real estate developer, but my analysis. So I was sort of funny. This is like really sort of like exemplifies how this works. So we had to do these one page executive summaries, essentially.
And the next week he would bring in the person who developed it. The guy was very connected and just very, very cool. And I was doing terribly in the class. And I knew that I wanted to be a real estate developer, but my analysis. So I was sort of funny. This is like really sort of like exemplifies how this works. So we had to do these one page executive summaries, essentially.
So we would have hundreds of pages. These cases would take hours and hours and hours. And the very first line of the page was I would invest in this project or I would not invest in this project. And then you have to give an analysis. So. in the entire class, which I had to get a permit to take the class, it was an MBA class.
So we would have hundreds of pages. These cases would take hours and hours and hours. And the very first line of the page was I would invest in this project or I would not invest in this project. And then you have to give an analysis. So. in the entire class, which I had to get a permit to take the class, it was an MBA class.