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Comment on The Art of the Sale – Learning from the Masters About the Business of Life by Matt

Matt — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:21:47 +0000

Wow, I have been waiting for your next book with a lot of anticipation. Is there going to be an audiobook version? I second Yevgeniy’s comment about hoping you write part two of Ahead of the Curve.. You know, you could reconnect with all your classmates and see how much money they have made by trading on the inside information they got from McKinsey!

Comment on The Art of the Sale – Learning from the Masters About the Business of Life by Yevgeniy

Yevgeniy — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 23:06:07 +0000

Great!, Philip! I am so glad that you came up with another book! I hope this one is even more successful than the Harvard one (although, I keep hoping that you will come up with part 2 some day!)

Comment on Bio & contact & other writing by Joel Gardner, PhD

Joel Gardner, PhD — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:48:51 +0000

Ahead of the Curve is potentially one of the most reflective, insightful books about education I have read, Philip. I have listened to it multiple times and always find it fascinating and engaging. Even though I have earned a PhD, I still find myself daydreaming of breaking away from my current life and earning a Harvard MBA, thanks to your candid, incredibly readable book.

Thank you personally for your excellence and your clear ability to do your own thing- it gives others hope that they can move forward in unique, fulfilling ways.

Comment on You live your life prospectively and tell your story retrospectively… by Joel Gardner, PhD

Joel Gardner, PhD — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:40:36 +0000

Lander appears to have broken the traditional pattern of academia and it has paid off. As I speak with other scholars, it seems that among new assistant professors there is a fear of taking risks. The advice always seems to be that a new researcher should play it safe until tenure is achieved, and then one can begin to follow ones real passions. This seems to stifle creativity and hinder the kinds of work that Lander appears to have done because it forces the researcher into predefined categories and even limits cross-disciplinary movement. I wonder what could be done to encourage more of this kind of collaboration among scholars?

Thanks for your great work, Philip.

Comment on Bio & contact & other writing by Kamal

Kamal — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:01:12 +0000

Just finished reading your book. Thank you for writing it.

Comment on Why the blog? by Kamal

Kamal — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:05:32 +0000

Dear Philip
Thank you for this very informative and fun book to read (I am on page 170 but could not wait to thank you.)
You did us, those who thought about going for an MBA and could not make it or those who still thinking about doing it, a great service. Your status as a foreigner to the U S and a “less” than a full-fledged Anglo-Saxon gave the book a universal value. I read it as an existential story of a struggling soul in a world that had been made inhuman.
I am glad that your book was a success and you no longer have to comprimise your values by having to do what you do not want to feed your family and live a decent life. But you have a bigger chelllanging to face: helping those of us who still do not know how to live in this inhuman world without selling our souls to the corporate greed.

Comment on Bio & contact & other writing by Marius

Marius — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:37:07 +0000

Picked up your book yesterday, and it’s a great read, so far. Thank you.

Here’s some current news on HBS’ curriculum: http://www.economist.com/node/21541045

Comment on Bio & contact & other writing by Joon

Joon — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:05:00 +0000

Hi Phillip,

I just finished reading your book. Thank you very much for this insightful and comprehensive book! However, I have a question. I never got to know which industry you ended up choosing or where you are working as an Harvard MBA graduate. Are you currently a writer in New York? Or did you get an offer from a company?

Thank you

Comment on Reading list for entrepreneurs by pcvg

pcvg — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:18:04 +0000

Good list, it should howvere feature some fiction like e.g. Tolstoy’s War and Peace or books by William Gibson

Comment on Reading list for entrepreneurs by Tom Eisenmann (@teisenmann)

Tom Eisenmann (@teisenmann) — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:56:39 +0000

Thanks, Philip! There’s a lot of momentum at HBS around entrepreneurship. You might find two initiatives to be of interest:
– The new FIELD course in the first year of the MBA strives to build students’ skill at putting principles into practice. All 900 students will travel to emerging markets to design a new product that meets local needs. Later, all will launch a business, trying to drive it from concept to revenue in four months.
– The new Harvard Innovation Lab brings together students from all over the University to work on entrepreneurial ventures.

If your travels bring you to Boston, please say hello.

PS: enjoyed your review of The Lean Startup. We’ll be teaching these concepts in the first-year e’ship course at HBS.