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I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both; and I believe they both get paid in the end; but the fools first.
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OK! We've got another poll – this time about something that may actually matter: whether or not to have a screen displaying Haas events in the MBA lounge (that you'd be able to advertise your events and announcements on). 
*|SURVEY:Yes to the advertising screen in the MBA lounge!|*
*|SURVEY:No! No more screens, please!|*
 

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Free lunch with prospective students (and Haas friends)!

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Prospective student lunches need you! Join onto an existing lunch and get a free meal! 

21st Annual BU Net Impact Case Competition

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This year's competition concerns sustainability and new technology in Real Estate.

Sync CareerNet with your bMail Calendar!

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Now you can synchronize your CareerNet interviews, coaching appointments and workshops directly with your bCal....follow the link to find out how.

Strategic Storytelling Workshop Series

Starting next week
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Wherever you are in your job search, you need great storytelling skills to be successful – join us and let us help you with your off-campus job search.

Haas Innovation Challenge

Sat 2/20, 9am-6pm
@ Innovation Lab
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Haas Design Thinking challenge hosted by HaasID, IDEO and Generosity (by Indiegogo)

Farmigo Farm-to-Haas Sample Day

Mon, 2/22,1:30-2:30pm
@ Courtyard
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Come try free samples of Farmigo products and get a 20% off coupon for first time orders.

Bridge: Asia Business Conference

Thu 3/4, 11am-5pm
@ Nasdaq Center
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Asia I/O: Come hear from Google, WhatsApp, SoftBank, Rakuten, and leading VCs

 

Sign up for Days at Haas!

Sat 3/3 - 3/5
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Let's keep Haas haasome! Volunteers are still needed to help make Days at Haas an amazing experience for our admits. Sign up now!

20th Haas Women in Leadership Conference

Sat 3/12, 8am-6pm
@ Haas TBA
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An opportunity to learn and prepare ourselves to champion gender equity after graduation.


Business Term of the Week: "Passionate"

What you say about anything that you have at least a minuscule, bare minimum, tiny, tiny ounce of insignificantly vague and unremarkable interest in, maybe.

"Tell me about why you want to work for our company" said the steely-eyed interviewer. "Well," replied Adam, "I'm super passionate about marketing aluminum, hexagonal toilet-paper holders to open-air, consumer vegetable-oil warehousing companies in the Great Lakes region. Also big data."


Better Know Your Haasmates: Santi Szuchmacher 

Read the full interview here

Patrick: So what is the new semester like?
Santi: It's a bit intense with recruiting.
P: Yeah?
S: Ah I'm flying to Seattle to see Microsoft
P: …
P: … What do they do?
S: Microsoft?
P: Yeah.
S: They're a small tech company. 
P: Oh! Are they the Minesweeper people?
S: They're… no, they're, they're minecraft.
P: Considering that this interview will probably made public … How do you feel about Microsoft?
S: Ah it's the best tech company in the world."

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P: So my question for you is: which member of the class of 2017 might be a robot in human disguise?
S: That's a very good question.
P: Thank you.
S: Hmm. I would say… our class president, Derek.
P: Hmm. What... what's the give away?
S: Well, he's very well built.
P: Yeah.
S: And he's so nice to everyone. He never seems angry.
P: Unlike the rest of the guys of class 2017 who are just constantly enraged!
S: Right. Yeah. They're all sons of bitches.
P: (laughing) I know… also, I've noticed that if you get kinda close to Derek you can hear… If you put your ear to his back, you can hear a lot of gears whirring
S: Hmmm.
P: You know the best way I've found to see if someone's a robot or not?
S: What?
P: If you give them a laser pointer and then you watch them use it – if they can hold it perfectly still they are robots.