Archive for June, 2009

Jeff and Sheryl’s wedding at the Bodega Bay Yacht Club

Jeff and Sheryl were married June 27th at the Bodega Bay Yacht Club.

Sara and I had a great time. Wonderful wedding.

They dated for more than 10 years. I have no idea how Jeff managed to hold out for so long.

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New York family vacation

My family has suddenly discovered that vacations are fun. It all started with a two week vacation in Italy for John’s 60th in April 2008. I met Bekks and John in Brussels on business in September, then Ben + Allison and Joe flew out to California for Christmas and New Years. Who [...]

1/4 done! My third quarter at UC Davis’ Bay Area Working Professional MBA program

January 2009 brought the third quarter of UC Davis’ WP-MBA program. This is the last quarter of non-elective ‘core’ classes our group will take together, after which we will theoretically go our own way and choose classes based on our own unique interests. We all took Marketing Management and Corporate Finance.
Short notes: Christian [...]

UC Davis MBA course review: MGB205A Financial Theory and Policy with Brad Barber

MGB 205A: Financial Theory and Policy with Brad Barber
Date evaluated: Spring 2009 at the Bay Area Working Professional San Ramon campus.
Official course description: Covers the fundamental principles of corporate financial management and capital markets. Major topics include general valuation methods for risky cash flow streams, capital budgeting, asset pricing models, risk management, equity financing, debt [...]

UC Davis MBA course review: MGB204A Marketing Management with Jenni Smith

MGB 204A: Marketing Management with Jenni Smith
Date evaluated: Spring 2009 at the Bay Area Working Professional San Ramon campus.
Official course description: Teaches a systematic approach to developing a sound marketing plan. Considers the business mission, situation analysis, strategy formulation, the development and implementation of product, pricing, communication, and distribution policies, and ethical issues facing marketing [...]