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The Temporary Professor
Every year, the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business picks a leader in the business community to serve as an interim staff member and professor. The role is called the Fritzky Chair,...
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Another Auld Lang Syne
We’ve come to the end of 2014, another extraordinary year. The year brought us the Olympics, another World Cup, an election in India, a major Ebola crisis, war in the Ukraine and Gaza and a World...
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It’s graduation season and many new grads are heading out into the world, having completed their studies. They hope to find great opportunities and success, and I know they will. But as the saying...
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What Does it Take to be a CEO?
It had been 365 Days since meeting Mr. Neal Dempsey in person at Neal’s Running Start in San Francisco. And in 365 days, your life can be completely transformed. On day 1, one year ago, I was nervously...
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A Century of Leadership – by Dean James Jiambalvo, University of Washington,...
A century ago, the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business opened its doors to future business leaders. As we celebrate our 100th anniversary, it seemed fitting to look back on the...
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Diary of a Guest Teacher, Part 1
As many of you know, my alma mater is the University of Washington where I have been an active alum for many years. The Foster School of Business kindly asked me to co-teach an MBA class called “CEO...
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The Commencement where the Students Taught Me
The University of Washington kindly asked me to give the commencement speech for the Information Management Systems Masters program. This is my third commencement speech with the UW, and I always like...
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Diary of a Guest Teacher – Part 2
Earlier this month, I worked on an international deal that was very complex. The board was comprised of members from different countries who spoke different languages and had different visions for the...
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The New Year Trilogy 3: Mentoring in 2019
Neal with Startup founders in Groningen, The Netherlands – Photo Courtesy of Douwe de Boer, Founded in Groningen In 2018, my investment strategy was geared mostly towards angel and seed investments, as...
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Get to Class
If you’ve been following my recent blog posts, you know I’m back at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business teaching second year MBA students the CEO and Board Leadership course. The...
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