2012–2014 · 49 moments
Moments at MIT Sloan
… as seen and heard by an MBA student.
Now that I’ve filibustered enough, I’ve finally figured out the answer to your question.
The central limit theorom and the chi-squared test. These are all you need for a happy life.
Let us show how sophisticated we are by drawing a matrix.
I’m not saying that you’re wrong. (I’m just implying it.)
If I misrepresent what you say, just be quiet.
If you’re going to work at a goddamn company, you may as well run it.
The contrarians are often right
I procrastinate by doing ‘work’
The plural of anecdote is data.
Ignorance is a disease. Data is the cure.
Jeez. Louise…. Akshay.
There’s too much homework. It’s getting in the way of my life.
Humans are great at seeing patterns, sometimes even when they don’t exist.
Hang on. I can’t talk and chew gum at the same time.
They wrapped me up in red tape
Entrepreneurship is like polygamy - you’re married to your co-founders and investors.
When in doubt, run a regression.
If you torture the data, they will typically confess.
Many epsilons created a big number.
An excellent way to remember the concept of net present value: “After all, time is more valuable to you NOW than it will be later…”
Goddamit, I can’t find my shoe!
We’re negative externalities
The hardest part about being an entrepreneur is spelling it.
My father had one job in this lifetime. I’ll have seven jobs in mine and my child will have seven at the same time.
Smart people can learn just about anything, with the possible exception of math.
Excel on does not mean brain off.
I just want to remind you that this was a very handsome and appealing model.
Just like there’s “Before Christ” and “After Christ”, there’s “Before Core” and “After Core”.
I’d like to thank you all for being so kind in the feedback forms by not even filling them out. As a reward, I have thrown away my suit from last week so you will never have to see those awful MC Hammer pants again.
This is so annoying. Who does this for a living?
In VC, you kiss a lot of frogs.
Leadership is a contact sport.
Entrepreneurship is not a spectator sport.
The new consumer is a digital native.
I want to hop on board the train to Awesometown.
The bird sings from within itself.
Education is the only area where people are willing to pay more for getting less.
Adults are more likely to act their way into a new way of thinking than to think their way into a new way of acting.
We can walk and chew gum at the same time.