Personal
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I’m still recovering from last week’s VCIC competition. This weekend I participated in the Innovation Works Case Competition in which my team proposed buzz marketing campaign for the online social networking site, Qlique.com. We did not do as well as last week, though we had a strong showing with the judges. They enjoyed our presentation…
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Our team came in second (out of six teams) in Tepper’s internal VCIC competition! We spend the weekend analyzing four different companies and determining which (if any) of the companies to invest in. We had the opportunity to listen to investment pitches and later interview the entrepreneurs and company founders of these real-life startup companies.…
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I’m back at home in NYC with family and friends enjoying Christmas. After a long semester (technically speaking, 2 “minis” or quarters) at CMU, it is good to be back home relaxing doing nothing. When else do we have time to indulge ourselves in watching the extended version of Lord of the Rings? I still…
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Yes, I just got back from Target doing some last-minute Xmas purchases. I was amazed how packed the place was with fellow procrastinators. Well, I had a good excuse: b-school. If it weren’t for finals and winter break, I wouldn’t have even known that it was Christmas time so soon. Last thing I remembered was…
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Not having done any exercise in a long time, I decided to play racquetball with my friend, Arash. In the back of my mind I was thinking, hmm, probably not a good sport to pick up the day before a final. Anyway, I needed some exercise and something to get my mind off schoolwork. So…
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I am joining the Tepper “Doing Business In China” program and am scheduled to visit China during the first two weeks of the new year! I will be in Shanghai over New Years and will be visiting Beijing during the course of our trip. Let me know where are good places to eat! 😉 More…
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We placed 24th out of 440 teams (top 5%) in this year’s Innovation Challenge! As quoted on their website, “The Innovation Challenge is your chance to create an innovative solution to a real-world challenge faced by our sponsors. Your cross-functional team will research, brainstorm and present a unique concept to a global panel of innovation…
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It’s not every day that you can meet the person your business school is named after. Tonight I met David Tepper at an on campus networking event. At the event there were several other notable figures, but David Tepper is probably the most recognizable name in the crowd. He was friendly, approachable, and a strong…
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Robert S. Miller, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Delphi Corporation, spoke to Tepper students on November 8, 2006, as part of the business school’s CEO Speaker Series. I enjoyed Mr. Miller’s heartfelt presentation. He began with an overview of his career and ended with a brief discussion of some of the…
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Welcome to my new website. My old site definitely needed some new content and I think this cool blogging tool by WordPress is the answer. I will be writing my thoughts and sharing my experiences on this weblog periodically, so if you are interested in learning more about what it’s like to attend Tepper or…
David Mantilla 