After almost eight months in the US after I moved from Israel, It’s time to like how effective i’m regarding my networking skills. I used the new lab feature from Linkedin to look at my network. I’m proud to see my Boston network(Green) is growing gradually and expected to surpass my Israeli network(Blue) at the end of 2011. This is all a result of hard work and pure networking (provide value and help people)

Thanks for my IT professor Bala Iyer for pointing me out about this tool.

My talented friend Oren Ellenbogen posted a must-to-see presentation about team leadership and agile process

It’s now the time when any MBA student is looking for an internship or a full time job. From my experience so far, many companies fail to discover the full potential of Babson MBA students for few reasons.

The MBA program at Babson is a small and unique program. Being the leading entrepreneurship program in the world for 17 years in a row, Babson is still unknown factor for most of the companies. The simple reason is obviously the general rankings. Companies usually hire top MBA students from the top 20 programs in the world, and I’m totally agree with that. Babson is different. High percent of Babson MBA students plan to start new company right after their MBA. Why companies should hire such people? because entrepreneurship doesn’t only mean igniting new ideas, but also initiating new projects inside a company. Over 40% of the top Fortune 500 companies in 2000 were no longer in that list in 2010. It is around 250 companies! Where will your company be in the next ten years?.

Dynamic global economy changes require leaders and workers act and lead in a different way in at entirely unpredicted times. The challenges make everyone think differently then we do, if we want to win the game and stay in the top fortune 500 list. Every top MBA program prepares you with core understanding of business knowledge, but which program give you different skills? Babson. Recruiters should hire the best of the best, but they also want to hire the best people who can make a difference. Ask the entrepreneurial workers at Google who created google maps, gmail and other products as part of their work time. Do you want people like that? This is what Babson is all about. We as students at Babson love to be different. We act, learn and repeat our actions, creating economic value and opportunities all the time.

Unlike any other school, we learn entrepreneurship from day one at school. Yes, core courses in entrepreneurship – we act and do things from day one. Read more about that in the new book by our president -  Action Trumps Everything.

I’m inviting you today to stop thinking about people as ones who make rational decisions. Discover today the world of uncertainty , the world of Babson MBA.

“There are always three speeches for every one you acutually gave: the one you practices, the one you gave and the one you wish you gave” – Dale Carnegie

The quote above summarizes clearly my feeling regarding my pitch. I enjoyed from every moment, and I can’t wait for the next year’s competition. Below the slides from my rocket pitch today at Babson.