This is the second in a series of articles covering the HBS Annual Show 2004 (Show). As mentioned in the first article, the Show has become a time-honored tradition and an essential component of the HBS experience. Usually, the Show is a musical comedy and the characters are exaggerated HBS stereotypes like the overenthusiastic Baker [...]
The Show Must Go On
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Jan 262004
Abby Joseph Cohen Remains
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Dec 082003
Investors take note: Abby Joseph Cohen is still bullish on the market. “Our research states that the current undervaluation of the S&P 500 is 10%. Share prices will move higher, even noting the recent rally,” declared Cohen confidently in a speech given to HBS students at Burden Auditorium on Wednesday, November 19th. Cohen is Chair [...]
Warren Buffett Speaks His Mind in Burden Auditorium
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Apr 282003
The man who as a boy collected and sold used golf balls, started a pinball machine business in high school, and later stepped in as the interim chairman and chief executive of Salomon Brothers for an annual salary of one dollar, rolled into town last week full of the honesty, insightfulness and good humor for [...]
Burden Auditorium
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Feb 102003
Jeff Bezos has seen your behind. Then again, so have Tim Draper and Lou Gerstner, although Dean Clark has not. How is this possible you ask? Well, it all relates to a little place I like to call “Burden Auditorium – Cavern of Bad Manners.” You see, in most of the speeches I’ve been to [...]
Shades of Gray
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Dec 022002
Last week, our TOM case protagonist, Jamie Bonini, bravely faced the entire RC class in Burden Auditorium and shared the lessons he learned on the Tritec engine project. I caught my breath when he owned up not only to his professional mistakes, but also to a personal mistake. He wishes he’d paid more attention to [...]
Showtime: Infernal Rate of Return Delights HBS
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Apr 222002
After indulging in the latest incarnation of the HBS show, it’s hard to imagine why potential employers wouldn’t clamor over any of the contributors to such an impressive undertaking. Hidden talents abound, dozens of HBS students (and a few partners) took to the stage last week performing over two hours of coltish fun, replete with [...]
HBS Show Set for Take Off
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Apr 162002
So, when was the last time you set foot inside Burden Auditorium? Was it a month ago when the oddly curved stadium seating made it impossible to read a slide from at least a third of the seats? Or when the small wood paneled stage appeared so far away that the speaker would have appeared [...]
Infernal Rate of Return:
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Mar 252002
The HBS Show Staff returned from spring break today to release the long awaited title for this year’s extravaganza production. While the Show’s theme and many details remain shrouded in mystery, Infernal Rate of Return promises to live up to its 29-year history of wit and irreverence. Traditionally, the content of the HBS Show satirizes [...]
Conference Highlight – Lunch with Taran Swan
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Feb 042002
Last Saturday, I joined about 900 students and professionals in Burden Auditorium for the opening ceremonies of the WSA’s 11th Annual Dynamic Women in Business Conference. I didn’t go to the conference expecting to be inspired (in fact, I’d planned to stay for a couple of hours and then return home to study for the [...]
Welch’s Big Day at HBS
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Oct 292001
Jack Welch had a big day on campus last Friday. After a brief reception at the Dean’s House, he spoke for over an hour to a packed Burden Auditorium (as well as the overflow crowd in Spangler). Welch’s inquisitor, Jason Lockwood (OF), found the experience exciting, but challenging. “It was a fantastic experience,” he said. [...]
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