I will stop viewing eCommerce as a small part of commerce industry. In today’s industry, you can print coupons, buy products in your iPad and get promotions when you check in your local store. When you look 5-10 years ahead(short term, yeah?), think how you can be the leader brand in the Commerce industry. don’t let buzz word, such as: mCommerce and xCommerce shifting your strategy from one point to another, they are all just channels!

As part of my summer plans, I’m joining eBay Inc. as MBA Intern. I look forward to being part of this amazing e-commerce company. I hope to leverage my experience in the e-commerce industry and generate brilliant ideas.I have joined the company at an exciting time and I’m glad to take part in helping eBay achieve its top priorities. Stay tune for some interning news in the next few weeks!

People make the same mistake all the time.

They try to mimic. You have to be yourself – be scarce.

Companies, Investors and people in general are looking for people who can’t be found in Linkedin or in Google ads.

If you are like all the others, you are wrong.

If people will work for you no matter what – you right.

Business people add value when they act and ship fast, not when they tell stories.

Lately, I have seen some job postins for Business Development position for startup companies. Business development can be a tricky position and can be seen differently by many people. Wikipedia defines business development as “number of techniques and responsibilities which aim at attracting new customers and at penetrating existing markets. Techniques used include: intelligence gathering on customers and competitors, generating leads for possible sales, advising on, drafting and enforcing sales policies and processes, follow-up sales activity, formal proposal and presentation management and writing, pitch and presentation rehearsals, business model design, account planning and performance monitoring, proposition development and campaign development” . As you can seem business development is undefined. Mix of sales, marketing, management, customer service, business analyst and advertising.

If a startup looks for business development guy, it means they have no idea what they want. They probably want a guy to help them with all their sales, marketing and customer service initiatives. For larger and well-established companies, especially in the hi-tech industry, the term “business development” often refers to setting up and managing strategic relationships and partnerships with other, third-party companies. In the startup world, It’s just a “I can do all” guy.

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.