Hacking your MBA

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Hack the MBA
How to Squeeze Maximum ROI from Business School
featuring
David Teten
David Teten, Partner,
ff Venture Capital
ffvc.com // teten.com
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@dteten
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How to Hack Your MBA
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and get more free resources at:
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Contents
About ffVC and David
Introduction
Myths
Career Planning
Network
Selective Programs
Next Steps
Q&A

ff Venture Capital
(FFVC.com)
• Early-stage technology venture capital fund based in New York, with
investments in the US, Canada, and Israel
• Founded 1999, with over 160 investments in 55 companies
• Focus on early stage internet companies with disruptive models
• First investments typically $75-$400K at valuations of <$5m pre-
money
• 50% of fund reserved for follow-on investments
• Prominent investments include:
Cornerstone OnDemand (IPO);
Quigo Technologies (sold to AOL for >$340m);
Klout, Voxy, 500px

About David
David Teten: (teten.com)
• Partner, ff Venture Capital, early-stage technology venture capital fund
• Founder and Chairman, Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New
York
• Founder and Chairman, Navon Partners, startup focused on sourcing deals for
private equity funds
• Managing Director, Evalueserve, through September 2008. 2,500-person finance-
focused research and analytics firm.
• Founder and CEO, Circle of Experts (investment research firm), sold to Evalueserve
• Founder and CEO, Teten Executive Recruiting, sold to Accolo, #42 on 2007 Inc. 500
• Founder and CEO, GoldNames, domain name investment bank, based in Israel
• Technology/Defense Investment Banking, Bear Stearns (#1 group at Bear
investment banking by revenues)
• Lead author, The Virtual Handshake: Opening Doors and
Closing Deals Online (TheVirtualHandshake.com)
• Harvard MBA 1998, Yale BA, both with honors.

Myths
Introduction
Myths
Career Planning
Network
Selective Programs
Next Steps

Myth
An elite degree guarantees a reasonable level of competence.

Myth
A degree from a top school guarantees success.

Myth
You should get to know as many people as possible.

Myth
Your friends at school will be with you for a lifetime.

Myth
Students are independent thinkers.

Myth
Right after school is a great time to start a company

Myth
You should join a start-up, any start-up.

Career Planning
Introduction
Myths
Career Planning
Network
Selective Programs
Next Steps

Define your Goals
• The obituary view…
• But think entrepreneurially about your career
(see thestartupofyou.com)

Don’t get caught in the middle
• Academy
companies
- Technology
- Strategy consulting
- Investment banks
- Investing
• Choose your own
path
• Do something
exceptionally
well
• Join the best of
breed groups

Prepare for School:
Master “Elevator pitch”
Review the student
database
Contact student clubs

Network
Introduction
Myths
Career Planning
Network
Selective Programs
Next Steps
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Network Valuation Formula
Ch = Character
Co = Your Competence
R = Relevance of the contact
S = Strength of your relationship
I = Information
N = Number of people
D = Diversity
= D * ∑ (Chn*Con *Rn* Sn*In)

Balance of Strength and Numbers
Average Strength = Minutes Available / Person
Number = # People
therefore…
Average Strength * Number = Total Minutes Available
vs.

Study Skills
• Touch type
• Master your productivity tools
(MS Office, Asana, etc.)
• Master homework templates

Appear Intelligent
• Economist, Wall
Street Journal
• Initiate (or at least
repeat) perceptive
insights
• Provide sources
• Learn active listening
• Avoid uh…, um…

Become an effective member of class
• Plan the first impression
• Multipurpose your
work, e.g.,
submit a school paper for
journal publication

Meet the other people at university
• People not in your
school
• Organize student-
faculty events

Work, don’t play, to build a relationship
• Become a club officer
• Play team sports

Be a data hound
Tools for Assimilating Data into Your CRM System
Data
source Technology
Business
Cards
Cardscan, IRIScan, Neatco, Plustek,
ScanBizCards
Emails Contact Capture, eGrabber, Gwabbit
Cloud Plaxo, LinkedIn

Join the crowd; Grow the crowd
• Join multiple clubs
• Become a resume editor

Sit with the stranger
• Find mentors
• Internships

Selective Programs
Introduction
Myths
Career Planning
Network
Selective Programs
Next Steps

More money is waiting for the underrepresented
• Greater Scholarship Opportunities

Scholarship Search Sites
• Fastweb
• CollegeBoard
• Student Scholarship Search

Leadership Organizations/Conferences: General Interest
• U.S. Jaycees Ten Outstanding Young Americans
• Renaissance Weekends
• The Weekend to be Named Later
• Weekend Renewing America’s Promise
• Technology Entertainment Design
• World Academy of Art and Science
• U.S.-Southern Africa Emerging Leaders Program
• One Young World
• DoLectures
• Century Institute

Leadership Organizations/Conferences: Business
• Society of International Business Fellows
• United Nations World Summit of Young
Entrepreneurs
• FLOW retreat

Short-Duration Programs for Working Professionals
• Aspen Institute Socrates Seminars
• Transatlantic Forum
• Atlantic-Brucke German-American
Young Leaders
• Bucerius Summer School
• Asia-Europe Young Leaders
Symposium
• Salzburg Seminar
• Pacific Forum Young Leaders
• Chautauqua
• Henry Crown Fellowship Program
at the Aspen Institute
• Eris Society
• Forum for Young Leaders
• French American Young Leaders
Program
• German-American Young Leaders
Conference

• Jobs and internships: ffvc.com/careers
• Research ideas for current graduate students: ffvc.com/topics
• How executives can work with private equity and VC funds:
teten.com/operating-executives
• Start an angel group at your university, leveraging the learnings
of HBS Alumni Angels: HBSAlumniAngels.com
• Host a presentation: teten.com/speaker
How we can work together

Questions & Answers
Question 1:
What is the most common mistake made by
MBA students?
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Questions & Answers
Question 2:
What classes should an MBA student
consider if they wish to pursue
entrepreneurship?

Questions & Answers
Question 3:
How do you find a mentor at the start of your
career?

Questions & Answers
Question 4:
What suggestions can you provide in
switching your specialty?

Questions & Answers
Question 5:
How do you convey your unique experience
on a CV?

Questions & Answers
Question 6:
Which electives should you consider taking
in the MBA program given your unique
interests/experiences?

Questions & Answers
Question 7:
What is the best study pattern for a business
student?

Questions & Answers
Question 8:
What would you have done differently with
your MBA?

Questions & Answers
Question 9:
Should I pursue an MBA or an Executive
MBA?

THANKS FOR ATTENDING!
Download the slides and
read the book at teten.com/education .
More resources at
ffvc.com and teten.com
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Teten.com and Twitter @dteten

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