http://www.thommitchell.com Navigating through the intersections of business and technology Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:15:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/12/16/5-entrepreneurship-abcs/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/12/16/5-entrepreneurship-abcs/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:31:10 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=811 Just as toddlers must learn their ABCs as they grow up, so must entrepreneurs learn their ABCs if they want their companies to grow and prosper. So here are five of the ABCs that entrepreneurs must master in order to succeed. 1. Always Be Customer-focused- know your customers and make sure you are solving real problems [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/12/16/5-entrepreneurship-abcs/feed/ 0 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/23/the-babson-mba-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/23/the-babson-mba-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:02:58 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=722  The Babson MBA in general, and the Babson Fast Track MBA  in particular, like most things, is a mix of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. You can play a snippet of the song yourself to get in the mood for the rest of the column.  Ennio_Morricone-The_Good,_The_Bad_And_The_Ugly Try not to whistle out loud as you play the [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/23/the-babson-mba-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/feed/ 22 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/06/the-babson-mba-one-year-later/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/06/the-babson-mba-one-year-later/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:34:40 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=513 A little over one year ago, I finished up my final coursework for my MBA from Babson College. The program I completed was the Fast Track MBA. For two years, I was part of a cohort of 88 classmates who met face-to-face every six weeks on Fridays and Saturdays, while also completing weekly assignments, discussions [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/11/06/the-babson-mba-one-year-later/feed/ 10 http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/05/12/jack-of-all-trades-and-master-of-quite-a-few/ http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/05/12/jack-of-all-trades-and-master-of-quite-a-few/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 17:19:06 +0000 Thom http://www.thommitchell.com/?p=75 A recent Blog entry by Steven DiMaio struck home for me personally because I have a wide variety of skill sets and a large number of work experiences. This is usually a  very good thing because I can usually make connections between disparate tasks and industries striking to the heart of issue quickly providing resolution to [...]]]> http://www.thommitchell.com/2009/05/12/jack-of-all-trades-and-master-of-quite-a-few/feed/ 0