The Christmas Party at Sir Paul Judge's house
Monday 24 December 2007
Saturday 8 December 2007
Leadership seminar with Lord Swaraj Paul
Lord Swaraj Paul did a talk about Leadership and Innovation at JBS on the 5th of December. He was more of an old style speaker and read most of his speech. However, it was a very punchy and influential talk. It was about the lessons he learnt on his journey establishing a company that has a revenue of over £600 million. He started his first company in Cambridge with a sum of £5,000, which he had borrowed.
One of the important things he did (and the best in his 16 years in his business career) was the de-listing of his company from the stock-exchanges. His view is that once the company is listed, it becomes essential to please the city and the short-term goals of the business takes priority. It is much easier to borrow money from the banks and the borrowing also ensures that you get a free consultant on board who gives free advice and ensures that money is efficiently spent. His company is going gaga about India and China and are setting up a number of plants in both countries.
Monday 3 December 2007
The Christmas Party
We had our Christmas Party at the Business School hosted by Cisco. It was a lot of fun. Yours truly was the Santa Claus. In the afternoon there was a special event for kids and partners.
Leadership Seminar by John Fraser
On the 26th of November we had a Leadership Seminar by John Faser (Chairman and CEO of UBS Global Asset Management).
He talked about financial markets, the weak dollar, asset management business, sovereign funds and leadership.
It was a plain straight and frank talk. It was very useful for me to understand the way the asset management business worked.
The key take-away was that the dollar might not see much of a down-side now and might appreciate in the future.
For more information check this out
http://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/news/spotlight/2007/0712_speaker_fraser.html
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