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The response of students is generally positive. Many students affirm that the course is off immense value to them. As at this moment however, no formal evaluation has been done with respect to this course.
Nigeria faces a major problem of graduate unemployment. Young men and women leave the Universities and Polytechnics every year with very little hope of securing jobs. Dabalen, Oni and Adekola (2000) studied the labour market prospects of University graduates in Nigeria and found the unemployment rate for graduates to be around 25% while their prospects for employment have worsened over time. Hoping to improve their chances of employment, some recycle themselves into postgraduate programmes. Others who do not see any hope of self-sustainance outside the University, devise ways of remaining within the system but engage in various anti-social activities such as cultism.
Experience at the University Benin
Benin City, Nigeria
Dr. A. U. Inegbenebor
Department of Business Administration
University of Benin
Benin City
A paper presented at the Inaugural Conference
of the Academy of Management Nigeria.
held at Abuja on November 22nd and 23rd, 2005.
The response of students is generally positive. Many students affirm that the course is off immense value to them. As at this moment however, no formal evaluation has been done with respect to this course.
Nigeria faces a major problem of graduate unemployment. Young men and women leave the Universities and Polytechnics every year with very little hope of securing jobs. Dabalen, Oni and Adekola (2000) studied the labour market prospects of University graduates in Nigeria and found the unemployment rate for graduates to be around 25% while their prospects for employment have worsened over time. Hoping to improve their chances of employment, some recycle themselves into postgraduate programmes. Others who do not see any hope of self-sustainance outside the University, devise ways of remaining within the system but engage in various anti-social activities such as cultism.
The problem is exacerbated because private sector organizations have found that they can only survive the fierce competition resulting from globalisation by adopting new technologies and processes, and reorganising themselves so that they can become more flexible and light-footed. This reorganization, re-engineering or right-sizing has resulted in massive less of jobs in the private sector. The public sector has also been infected by the virus of reorganization and repositioning following global imperatives. First, public policy has positioned the private sector, in place of the public sector, as the engine of growth of the economy. Second, to achieve efficiency which is assumed to be correlated with private sector model of management several public sector organizations have been or are being privatized or commercialized. The net effect of these changes is that the public sector which, historically, absorbed the bulk of graduates of tertiary institutions could no longer play this role (Dabalen, Oni and Adekola, 2000). Perhaps the most significant factor that has complicated the problem of graduate unemployment is the slow growth of the economy. Between 1995 and 2002, GDP grew at an average of only 3.3% per annum (OECD, 2002). Thus, the capacity of the economy to absorb the products of an over expanding tertiary institutions is severely limited.
Even though these fundamental and unprecedented changes are occurring and are obviously irreversible, Universities continue to mass produce the same standard products for the labour market. According to Yesufu (2000), "most Nigerians are being educated out of context" (p.343). Universities have paid very little attention to the changing labour market conditions inspite of promptings by pubic officials and international agencies urging them to do so. Rather than being at the forefront proactively converting these changes into opportunities for innovative programmes, the University system in Nigeria seem to have assumed a production orientation oblivious of the needs of the economy.
Recently, Nigeria evolved the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS) which is described as a home grown medium term development and poverty reduction plan. NEEDS rests on four key pillars one of which is "Growing the Private Sector". Under NEEDS, the private sector is positioned as the engine of growth of the economy. It is in this context that Nigerian Universities under the aegis of the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) committed themselves to produce entrepreneurial graduates for the stimulation of private sector growth in Nigeria (NUC, 2004).
Through NEEDS therefore the education and training of entrepreneurs in Nigeria became a national agenda. Before NEEDS however, the National University Commission had incorporated entrepreneurial development as a compulsory course to be taught in undergraduate programmes of administration and management under its approved minimum academic standards for Nigerian Universities (NUC, 1989). The aim of the Commission was to have a curriculum that will "encourage self reliance in the individual and of the nation" (Ibid, p.1).
The University of Benin has had about twenty-five years of experience teaching entrepreneurship to undergraduate and postgraduate students in the Department of Business Administration. Subsequently and following the requirement of the NUC minimum academic standards, he course also became compulsory for undergraduate students in the Departments of Accounting and later Banking and Finance (2003/2004). In 1999, the Senate of the University of Benin approved that a 2-credit course in entrepreneurship be offered by all undergraduate students of the University irrespective of discipline. The aim of this paper is to share the experience gained at the University of Benin in teaching entrepreneurship in the last twenty-five years and to encourage discussion on strengthening entrepreneurship education in Nigerian Universities.
Entrepreneurship Development in Nigeria
Current research evidence indicates that the establishment of new small and medium businesses is associated with job creation, innovation and enhanced productivity in the economy. To stimulate rapid economic development especially in developing countries, it is important to focus on preparing the entrepreneurs who would start new businesses or expand existing ones. Stevenson (2001:6) suggested that preparing future entrepreneurs entail:
· active promotion of entrepreneurship
· integrating entrepreneurship in the educational system
· reducing regulatory and administrative barriers to business entry
· providing business supports that help people through the pre-nascent, nascent and early venture stages of the entrepreneurial process.
Efforts to stimulate economic development through the strategy of entrepreneurship development is not new in Nigeria. Several institutions and government agencies have been engaged in different aspects of fostering entrepreneurship in Nigeria since the seventies. The Centre for Management Development whose mandate included entrepreneurship development (Williams, 2003) attempted to develop a model to facilitate the identification, selection and training of potential entrepreneurs. Institutions such as the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), the defunct Nigeria Industrial Development Bank (NIDB) and the Nigerian Bank for Commerce and Industry (NBCI) and the Nigerian Youth Service Corps (NYSC) have had programmes for entrepreneurship development. However, these efforts have almost always been short-lived and have had minimal impact on the Nigerian economy. The delivery of the programmes were poor, ad hoc and uncoordinated. According to Ekpeyong (1988:139) the delivery of entrepreneurship development programmes in Nigeria is poor as "… a variety of teachers are hurriedly assembled and given materials also hurriedly written…". The period of training is often inadequate and follow-up activities are neglected. Nevertheless, participants of Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDP) rate them positively (Imanyi, 1990).
Government-sponsored EDP have had the tendency to emphasize the provision of capital on the assumption that the limiting factor inhibiting the assumption of entrepreneurship role by Nigerians is lack of capital (Osoba, 1985). Several organs of government have been established to channel funds to small and medium scale industries with limited results (Inang & Ukpong, 1992). Edo and Dimowo (2001) studied the operations of the NDE programme in Edo and Delta States between 1987 and 1997 and found that of the 81 new businesses established by beneficiaries of the scheme, 74 failed (ceased to exist) within the same period. A voluntary initiative of the Bankers Committee in 2001 led to the creation of the Small and Medium Enterprises Equity Investment Scheme (SMEEIS) to facilitate the flow of funds to small and medium industries (SMIs) in the real sector. The scheme requires banks to set aside 10% of their pretax profit for equity investment in SMIs. However, while a total of N22.3 billion had been set aside by various banks between 2001 and 2004, only N7.71 billion or 35% had actually been invested in SMIs (Sanusi, 2004).
A variety of companies, NGOs, the Nigerian Employers Consultative Association (NECA), international institutions such as the International Labour Organisation (ILO) the United Nations Development Programme (UNIDO) etc, engage in entrepreneurial development activities including the training of EDP trainers.
However, while these efforts have created awareness of the role of entrepreneurs in a private sector-led economy, the scope of the programmes are unlikely to ever reach the critical mass of the Nigerian population. Neither are they sufficient to create an entrepreneurial culture in the society and change the orientation of youths from that of a job seeker to that of job creator. Integrating entrepreneurship in the educational system, has great potential in achieving these goals.
By the turn of the 21st Century, as many as 1600 Universities in North America were offering courses in entrepreneurship compared to merely two dozens in the 70s (Kuratko, 2003). These courses fairly easily penetrated the curricula of business schools but less easily in engineering schools except in departments where students had training in accounting, economic analysis and other business areas (Vespar, 1982). In the view of the latter, the penetration of entrepreneurship into University curriculum in North America was aided by three factors. First, students liked the course and the demand for it was high. Second, Universities that benefited from federal government grants to establish innovation centers introduced courses in entrepreneurship because they found that such courses were central to innovation. Third, Universities that participated in the Small Business Administration Programme had to introduce courses in small business management and entrepreneurship if they were to obtain the funds offered by the programme.
Vyakarnam (2003) attributed the introduction and growth of enterpreneurship education into the curricula of Universities in the United Kingdom to the need of Universities to serve the innovation needs of businesses, to produce graduates with transferable skills for businesses and to be able to access funding from the Higher Education Funding Council.
Universities and Entrepreneurship Education
The traditional role of Universities in society is the advancement of the frontiers of knowledge, accumulation and dissemination of knowledge for the overall development of society. In recent years, Universities have sought to make themselves more relevant to society. Drawing upon their major strength which is the availability of a large pool of technical expertise and creativity, Universities have assumed a new role of being at the forefront in promoting technical change and innovation (Stankiewicz, 1986).
One of the areas where Universities have responded to the needs of society is in the area of entrepreneurship research and education. Whereas earlier scholars merely recognized the entrepreneur as a factor of production, they did not see it as a significant area of teaching and research. Recently however, entrepreneurship has been described as "a discipline requiring its own fairly simple roles" (Drucker, 1985:x) and a behaviour that can be learned (Ibid, page 23). In the last three decades, entrepreneurship has emerged as an area of study by economists, sociologists, anthropologists and management scientists. It has developed worldwide as an academic discipline with journals, books, symposia and international conferences and has been acclaimed as "the business discipline of the 21st Century" (ICSB, 1999: 9).
While the gospel of entrepreneurship education in Universities is spreading rapidly across the world, the question that has not been adequately answered is how to teach entrepreneurship more effectively? What should be taught and how should it be taught? (Kuratko, 2003). Since knowledge regarding these questions remains relatively underdeveloped, teachers of entrepreneurship in Universities are left on their own to experiment on topics to teach as well as ways to teach them (Blenker, et al, 2004).
What to teach and how to teach it depends on the overall aim that a given entrepreneurship education programme seeks to achieve. Broadly, the choice is between seeking to improve students ability to perform entrepreneurial functions with a strong practical bias or developing students conceptual about entrepreneurship. Most successful entrepreneurship education programmes make the choice after carefully assessing the needs of students, the community, the strengths and interests of faculty as well as the strategic focus of the University (Upton, 2003). This explains why different Universities have uniquely different aims and approaches entrepreneurship education. What to teach: At the initial stages of entrepreneurship education, Loucks (1982) was of the opinion that the best that can be achieved by educators was to seek to change the perception of students by making them aware of the nature and scope of entrepreneurship, the characteristics and role demands of entrepreneurs and the impact of social, economic and political environment on new ventures creation. Reviews of best practices of leading entrepreneurship education centers by Kuratko (2003) and Blenker, et al (2004) show that entrepreneurship education has progressed with more specific aims such as to:
· show students how to behave entrepreneurially;
· build skills in negotiation, networking, technological innovation, etc. to facilitate success in entrepreneurial career;
· create awareness of barriers to initiating entrepreneurial career and how to overcome them.
These indicate that entrepreneurship education has taken a form and occupied a nitche that is quite different from that of management even though they are related.
Henderson (1995) identified the winning strategies of successful entrepreneurs which potential entrepreneurs can use to create a moneymaking business to include:
(a) conceptualising a product or service to meet a defined need;
(b) evaluating the potential of the business idea by analysing the trends in the economy which may influence the fortunes of the business;
(c) developing a credible business plan;
(d) assembly the needed resources to implement the plan;
(e) launching the business;
(f) expanding the business;
(g) developing capacity to manage atrocity and crises when they occur;
(h) managing the successful venture.
This suggests the key issues on which potential entrepreneurs can be educated and trained to sharpen their skills. [From various studies reviewed by Kuratko (2003), entrepreneurship education includes skill building in negotiation, leadership, new product development, creative thinking and exposure to technological innovation. Other areas highlighted as important for entrepreneurial education are sources of venture capital, idea protection, characteristics of entrepreneurs, challenges of each stage of venture development and awareness of entrepreneurial career options. To Blenker, et al (2004), the central problems in entrepreneurship are how to discover opportunities, how to evaluate the opportunities, how to assemble the needed resources and how to create a competitive advantage. Review of the curriculum of leading entrepreneurship education centres indicate that venture initiation, entrepreneurial skills and behaviour, venture financing, managing growth and field studies are core areas in entrepreneurship education (Upton, 2004).
How to teach: How to teach entrepreneurship addresses the issues of how best to stimulate students interest in entrepreneurship, how best to transfer information, skill and attitudes relevant for successful venture creation and sustainance. Researchers have found widespread use of experiential learning in entrepreneurial education in most Universities (Streeter, Jaquette and Hovis, 2002; Blenker, Dreisler, Paergemann and Kjeldsen, 2004; Sandercock, 2001; Kuratko, 2003). Experiential learning This is an effort to integrate real world experiences with conceptual learning. It involves various techniques as "live" case analysis, business plans, consulting with practising entrepreneurs, interviews of entrepreneurs by students, use of entrepreneurs as guest speakers, internship in entrepreneurially-run businesses, student involvement in product development teams, simulation, field trips, use of video and films etc. The major advantage of experiential learning is that the student is actively involved in the learning process.
Also widely used is the lecture method which is suitable for providing information, explaining concepts and theories where necessary.
Entrepreneurship Education at the University of Benin
Long before NUC prescribed entrepreneurship development as part of the minimum academic standards for undergraduate degree programmes in Business Administration and Accounting in 1989, the University of Benin had started its pioneering activities in entrepreneurship education in Nigeria. In the early eighties, the University introduced a 3-credit course in entrepreneurship development as a core course for undergraduate, postgraduate diploma and MBA students of the Department of Business Administration. Entrepreneurship development also became compulsory for Accounting students following the NUC approved minimum academic standards. In the recently introduced M.Sc. programme, entrepreneurship development featured as an integral part. Students also have the option of doing their doctoral work in the area of entrepreneurship.
In 1999, the Senate of the University of Benin approved a 2-credit course in entrepreneurship to be offered to all non-business and accounting undergraduate students of the University.
The objectives of the programme were to:
(a) Create an entrepreneurship culture among students of the University of Benin and the society in general;
(b) Ensure that all undergraduates of the University of Benin are knowledgeable about entrepreneurship and motivated to establish their own businesses on completion of their degree programmes.
(c) Assist students identify opportunities and the avenues for acquiring resources required for successful entrepreneurial pursuits (Senate paper 12/03/04).
This was a significant innovation in the Nigerian University System. To coordinate and facilitate the new University wide programme, a Centre for Entrepreneurship Development was established.
Mission and Goals of the University: The mission of the University of Benin as contained in the Strategic Plan (2002-2012) is
To develop the human mind to be creative, innovative, research oriented, competent in areas of specialisation, knowledgeable in entrepreneurship and dedicated to service. (University of Benin, 2002:12).
Among other goals, the University of Benin seeks "to strengthen the creative and innovative values and entrepreneurial capacities of the humanities, education and law so as to make them more relevant to the national development process "(University of Benin, 2002:15).
These show clearly that entrepreneurship education occupies a strategic position in the University of Benin. What has now been articulated in the Strategic Plan of the University is the accumulation of several years of experience in entrepreneurship education in the University.
Entrepreneurship Development Centre: The primary role of the Centre is stimulation of entrepreneurial competencies among students, staff and the community. The Entrepreneurship Development Centre is expected to:
· Develop and offer courses, seminars, workshops and conferences to advance and propagate entrepreneurship.
· Offer a 2-credit course to penultimate/final-year students.
· Provide clinics in entrepreneurship to students, staff and members of the public.
· Serve as a National Centre for the training and development of experts in entrepreneurship.
· Promote research and experimentation in entrepreneurship.
Another important role assigned to the Entrepreneurship Development Centre is the commercialisation of innovations and innovations. The Centre is expected to:
· Identify all innovations and inventions in the University for the purpose of assisting the innovators/inventors to commercialise them and establish contacts with potentials business partners.
· Provide inventors/innovators technical and professional expertise to patent and further develop their inventions/innovations (University of Benin, 2002:54-55).
Of these programmes, only the 2-credit University-wide entrepreneurship course has taken off. It started in the 2000/2001 academic year in the Faculty of Law. As at the 2004/2005 academic year, the course had been incorporated into the curriculum of the Faculties of Agriculture, Arts, Education, Law, Science and Social Sciences (except Business Administration, Accounting, Banking and Finance which operates the 3-credit compulsory course administered by the Department of Business Administration).
University-wide 2 credit Course: The aim of the course is to introduce students who do not have accounting or business background to the basic concepts and practice of entrepreneurship. The course objectives are to enable students to be able to:
(a) explain the nature and responsibilities of an entrepreneur in starting and running an enterprise;
(b) identify and analyse business opportunities;
(c) develop a business plan
(d) identify, secure and manage resources effectively.
Topics discussed include generating and developing business ideas, conducting market survey, preparing a business plan, legal aspects of entrepreneurship including business registration formalities and simple elements of contract, financing a business venture, record keeping, export operations and marketing products or services.
The teaching method at present tends to emphasize lectures due to the class size. The average class size is in excess of three hundred students. In addition, students are required prepare and present one assigned exercise in groups.
There are strong indications that students have a positive attitude to the course. A sample survey of the reactions of students to the University-wide entrepreneurship programme shows that 47% of the 187 respondents strongly agreed that the course had positive impact on them while 33% said it had some impact. Only 13% felt it did not have any impact.
On respondents rating of the content of the course, 42% said it was very good while 40% said it was good. Only 5% said it was poor or very poor. In terms of the usefulness of the reading materials provided to the students, 77% said they were useful while 11% said they were not useful. As much as 65% felt that the course provided them significantly new information while 27% said the information gathered was fairly new.
Respondents were asked to make suggestion on ways of improving the impact of the entrepreneurship course. As high as 41% suggested that the course should be made more practical and another 14% suggested the use of teaching aids. Reduction of class size was suggested by 10% of the respondents and another 10% felt the course should be introduced at an earlier level instead of the penultimate or final year at which it is currently taken. The major source of complaints are the course being too theoretical (33%), inadequate reading materials (21%), non-conducive learning environment (19%) and class-size too large (13%). These responses suggest the need to adopt experiential learning in teaching the course to smaller-size classes and the use of teaching aid. It means the present tendency to use the lecture method may not lead to desired results.
Entrepreneurship Course for Business, Accounting, Banking and Finance Departments:
The assumption in this course is that students have adequate background knowledge of business, accounting and management concepts. The aim of the course it to develop entrepreneurial orientation and skills in students, to explore the nature and opportunities for entrepreneurship and to encourage them to address themselves to the possibility of employing the abundant resources of the country in the capacity of an entrepreneur.
The first aspects of the course is a general survey of the nature, roles and functions of entrepreneurship, types and characteristics of entrepreneurs. The focus here is to show, through discussions and student interaction with active entrepreneurs, that anyone who is sufficiently motivated, can learn the behaviours associated with successful entrepreneurship..
The second aspect of the course focuses on the processes of starting a business, identifying business opportunities, market survey and choosing opportunities, selecting appropriate technology, location and site, business planning, financing the business, managing growth and managing succession. This section of the course attempts to be as practical as possible. Students are required, as part of their evaluation, to identify, study and write a business plan on any business opportunity of their choice in groups of at most five. At the postgraduate level, students are in addition; required to read assigned texts and make oral presentations in class. Occasionally, if the conditions permit, practicing entrepreneurs are invited to "tell it as it is" to the class.
The third component focuses on developing negotiation skills and time management skills. This is done largely through lectures, and discussions.
Challenges of Entrepreneurship Education in Nigeria Universities
Various tertiary institutions in Nigeria are gradually incorporating entrepreneurship education into their curriculum. The Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye may be the first University in Nigeria to offer Entrepreneurship as a Degree programme. Entrepreneurship education is provided in different universities in different forms. There are major challenges which need to be discussed and addressed if entrepreneurship education is expected to attain the desired goals in this country.
a. Orientation of Student: it is important to note that entrepreneurship is not yet a popular vocational choice among young people in Nigeria. The dominant culture at the moment is a wage-earner culture. In many ways, the socio-cultural environment does not favour entrepreneurship given the collectivist values of the society. There is a need therefore for entrepreneurship education to have a significant promotional content to stimulate and sustain the interest of students in the programme.
b. Orientation of University Administration: Many University administrators are largely ignorant of the value ad potential of entrepreneurship education in national competitiveness and development. Entrepreneurship education in such institutions may not have the level of support that it needs to gain acceptance among students and staff. It is important that university administration seek to educate themselves on entrepreneurship education. The National Universities Commission (NUC) should go beyond prescribing the minimum academic standards with respect to entrepreneurship education to organizing seminars and workshops with the aim of enhancing the knowledge of University administrators in this area.
c. What to teach and to who: Our discussion in this paper points to the need to study the entrepreneurship educational needs of students, the community and society in designing entrepreneurship programmes. There is need to understand that there is a difference between entrepreneurship and small business management. It is suggested that NUC provides a forum for entrepreneurship teachers and educators to brainstorm for the purpose of generating ideas for use by universities. This is not to suggest that a standard programme should be forced on universities.
The question of who is to be target entrepreneurship is important. While everybody can benefit from entrepreneurship education, the constraints of large class size for teaching effectiveness makes it imperative for this question to be addressed. Should entrepreneurship be an elective or a compulsory course? Should students be allowed to self-select themselves for entrepreneurship education. Whatever the answer to these questions, it is important that entrepreneurship is promoted heavily among young people.
d. Who is to teach entrepreneurship: At the moment, teaching entrepreneurship is an all-comers game. As the programme becomes more popular, many more academics who do not have the required preparation are bound to jump into the train. Yet teaching entrepreneurship requires special training and experience. Once again the National Universities Commission (NUC) and each university, polytechnic and colleges of Education need to build capacity in this area to have meaningful results.
One technique that can be useful in improving of teachers entrepreneurship to encourage the educational institution involved to share resources, knowledge and experience in this area through seminars, conferences and workshops. Indeed the Nigerian Academy of Management can provide a platform for such collaboration among universities, polytechnics and colleges of Education.
e. Lack of teaching Materials: There is a dearth of teaching materials especially case materials that are suitable for teaching entrepreneurship in Nigerian Universities. It is suggested that entrepreneurship teachers in the various institutions should embark on producing real cases, projects of entrepreneurs, and exercises that are suitable for experiential learning among students. In this regard, I want to command the efforts of Professor Albert J. Alos of Lagos Business School who recently published the Pains and Gains of Growth: Case Studies on Entrepreneurship for his pioneering work in this area.
f. Un-co-ordinated and weak institutional support for entrepreneurship education: Government and its agencies responsible for entrepreneurship development has not started to address the problem of entrepreneurship education at all levels of the educational system. Our review of the literature indicate clearly that the stimulation and sustenance of entrepreneurship education and small business management training can be traced to carefully articulated government policy and funding. Agencies such as the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDA) needs to address this issue with the aim of providing funds to the universities and other institution for entrepreneurship education.
The university of Benin has pioneered entrepreneurship education in the country. Many other universities have established entrepreneurship development centres and programmes. The issues on what to teach how to teach and with what materials are being experimented within each institution. The time has come for Nigerian universities to collaborate, share knowledge, experience and resources in order to enhance the quality of entrepreneurship education available in our universities. It is also time for the Federal government, the NUC and other agencies such as SMEDA to assist universities to deepen entrepreneurship education for the benefit of national competitiveness and development.


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It's hard for me to believe that I'm already 120 days—give or take—into my Cornell Executive MBA Metro NY experience. This time last year, I was attending the open house in the Palisades trying to decide if this was the right program for me and figuring out how my life would change. Three months later, I got the phone call that I was accepted, and five months after that I was stepping off the Cornell Campus-to-Campus bus in Ithaca ready to meet my classmates and embark on a new adventure. Now I've nearly finished my first term.
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Ok, so this lesson probably isn't a surprise, but I can't emphasize enough how important it is. The bottom line is that your time is limited and an EMBA is a commitment. If you're going to make that investment, you want to make sure that you're getting something out of it—and that means giving it the time it deserves. For me, happy hours after work were replaced with study sessions with friends. My limited free time is spent with my boyfriend, family, and friends who couldn't be more supportive. I constantly carry textbooks and readings with me so I can use my commute and any unexpected down time to study. You'll find that you actually have more time than you think, but you have to prioritize. I won't steal his thunder, but Professor Juran has an analogy he shares in one of the first Statistics classes in Ithaca that captures this perfectly.
Acknowledging what I just said about prioritization, it's also important to recognize that your life isn't going to stop. You're in this program for two years, and there's no way to hit pause on everything around you. I may have taken this to an extreme because I've juggled finding and starting a new job, moving 300 miles to a new city, and my brother getting married during the start of my EMBA. But I'm not alone in this. My classmates have had their first kids, gotten married, and run marathons in New York and Chicago. You have to find balance, and…
You have an EMBA team for a reason. Hopefully, you also have very supportive and understanding families, friends, partners, colleagues, bosses, etc. around you. You cannot do this on your own. Like I said, life happens and sometimes you're going to have busy weeks or months. You need an EMBA team that is going to step up to help if you're going through a rough period at work or personally—and you need to be that person for your team, too. Asking for help can be uncomfortable, but it's a lesson that Cornell tries to teach you early in the program. One of your first activities in Ithaca during the first residential session is a ropes course with Cornell Outdoor Education. Many of the challenges on the course require you to ask for help or else you can't be successful. I didn't realize it at the time, but it is a critical lesson that rings true every day.
I would imagine some of the reasons you're thinking about getting an EMBA are to expand your network, learn from others, and fill in knowledge gaps. But you've also been working for a while, and you've probably fallen into the trap of consciously or unconsciously labelling yourself and others. Approach the EMBA experience with an open mind. You're going to find that you're better at some things (and worse at others!) than you expected. I've already found new skills and interests, as well as some career paths that clearly aren't for me. Your classmates are going to have diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Like any team or group, you'll probably gravitate toward some people more than others. But Cornell does an amazing job of putting together a diverse class. Take advantage of that! Be curious, ask questions, and talk with different groups of people.
If you're anything like me, you'll have that Sunday morning when your friends are at brunch while you're working through your umpteenth accounting FSET and you may wonder what you're doing. Remember that you had a reason for pursuing an MBA and you have an incredible group of people around you who are striving for the same goal. Make time with them on Saturdays in the Palisades to have fun. Go out for dinner, catch a yoga class, grab a drink at the Blu Lounge.
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Premier Martial Arts is the most successful chain of martial arts studios of its kind in the world with outstanding growth in unit openings, membership sales, and overall net income. Through superior owner support, detailed operation systems, and ongoing consulting, Premier Martial Arts is leading the way of the rapid expansion in the exciting industry of the martial arts!
Premier Martial Arts – the People Business
You do NOT need to have any experience in the martial arts or have worked in a studio to be a successful Premier studio owner. The ideal candidate has strong managerial and communication skills, enjoys working with and developing people and marketing their business. This is a people business. As an owner, you will work with your instructor and staff to oversee customer service and management details. Your primary responsibility is to market the business and drive sales.
Why Premier Martial Arts?
- Recession resistant
- 75% percent of martial arts students are children from the ages of 5 to 14, that's 13.3 percent of the population
- Massive Demographic: There are 45 Million children that participate in sporting activities in the US.
- Parents spend over 30 Billion dollars on sports related activities for children yearly
- Recurring revenues: 70% of students renew after initial membership ends
- With the popularity of self-defense, mixed martial arts, and the UFC, the martial arts marketing for adults is stronger than ever and growing rapidly
- Low opening and operating cost
- Stable business with minimal inventory or receivables
- Simple and easy operations
We Are There For You Every Step Of The Way!
One of the most intimidating parts of opening a martial arts studio if you're not a martial artist is staffing. Don't worry, we provide staff training both for student instruction and management operations. You can keep your other job, train to be the manager, or sit back and just be the owner! When you become a Premier Martial Arts studio owner, you are joining an exciting industry in which you can decide how much involvement you want in the day to day operations.
That's because Premier Martial Arts has a proven business model that's perfect for new owners:
- We have an outstanding training program that'll help you educate yourself and your employees to run the day-to-day operations.
- You'll never be alone or unprepared as you make hiring and staff training decisions.
- You provide supervision, oversight and leadership on your own schedule.
- We provide territory protection to better position your studio as the leader in your market.
Premier Martial Arts operations is designed for multi-unit ownership. Once your initial location is running successfully, we will help you open new ones.
We are the leader in this exciting developing industry and you can join us. Opening expenses are modest, net income is high, and prime locations are still available. Don't delay, take advantage of this opportunity and secure your market today.
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Site Selection
Our experienced Real Estate Team will help you with everything from site selection to lease negotiations.
You and your team will receive ongoing, in-depth, values-based training to provide your employees and customers the best the martial arts industry has to offer.
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We'll work with you through construction and build out, to get you up and running as quickly and smoothly as possible. We execute a robust Grand Opening advertising program designed to drive new clients and get you off to a fast start.
Our innovative networking programs help you recruit outstanding instructors and staff to execute our system.
At Premier Martial Arts, We Do More Than Just
Punching and Kicking
Premier Martial Arts offers men, women, boys and girls more than just martial arts training. We offer a unique, personal development experience that can't be provided anywhere else. From fitness and self-defense to character development and confidence, to social interaction and FUN, Premier Martial Arts offer so many benefits for all ages.
Premier Martial Arts incorporates a combination of techniques found in four effective disciplines: Karate, Kickboxing, Submission Grappling and Kali. These disciplines provide students with a realistic personal protection system in the modern world. Karate is a traditional martial art that instills discipline, respect, focus and other character building traditional values, and the fundamental blocking and striking techniques of self protection.
Premier Martial Arts was one of the first truly national brands to exclusively provide professional quality martial arts training for the entire family. As a Premier Martial Arts business owner, you will have the ability to own a business that capitalizes on a huge market of potential customers and rapidly growing industry.
With over 72 locations open today, Premier Martial Arts is the dominant martial arts business opportunity in the United States.
"Since joining Premier Martial Arts my business and success has exploded! My PMA studio is now grossing $60,000.00 per month, I have bought my own strip center, and expanded the size of my studio! Proven simple systems and some perseverance is the secret. LIFE IS GOOD!
Bernie Zanoni | Former Corporate American Employee | Denver, Colorado
Meet Mary Destolfo, a successful business woman who chose to open a Premier Martial Arts studio.
"Seven years ago we opened a Premier Martial Arts studio. Our business has grown substantially. Our average monthly gross revenue is $60,000 per month. But just as important is how organized and easily managed our business and marketing systems have become. The decision to choose Premier Martial Arts has been the best business decision ever."
Mary Destolfo | Premier Martial Arts | Conshohocken, PA
Meet Aaron Hensley, who is living his professional dream:
"Through Premier Martial Arts my dream of owning and operating my own business have become a reality! I am constantly growing in student count, income, and even as a person! PMA has challenged me to step up in every way and have been there to give me the tools I need for success. I currently have over 300 members and last year I grossed over a half a million dollars."
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As CCGs settle into their central role in the reformed NHS, the full scale of the challenges they face is becoming clear. This report, part of a joint project by the Nuffield Trust and The King's Fund, aims to understand the development of CCGs, and to support them by spreading good practice and learning.
It tracks the development of six CCGs, selected to broadly represent CCGs across England. The report, which is based on a survey, interviews, observations and reviews of board papers, considers two research questions: how CCGs are functioning as membership organisations and how they are supporting the development of primary care in their local area.
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Thomas Muller admits he is tempted by Premier League move
Bayern Munich star Thomas Muller has confirmed for the first time that he is tempted by a move to the Premier League, amid continued transfer interest from Manchester United.
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Stinky diapers can be caused by a multitude of things. This is one reason why the stinking problem can be so overwhelming – no pun intended! Stink can be caused from letting your diapers sit too long before washing, washing without using enough detergent, washing using too much detergent (yep, you read that right) or even by things you can't really change such as the type of washing machine you use or even where you live! So what is a mum supposed to do? If you've been bitten by the stink bug you need to don your scientist's hat and let the experiments begin!
When performing science experiments, it is necessary to only change one thing at time. Think about it, if you changed 5 things and suddenly your diapers didn't smell anymore, you wouldn't know what change brought about the good smelling diapers. So, with that in mind, let's start with the most inexpensive solutions first.
1. Check detergent ingredients. Laundry detergent manufacturers are not required by law to list all the ingredients in their laundry formulas. In addition, detergent "recipes" change frequently – what works for you today may not work next week. Most cloth diaper manufacturers agree that the following ingredients should NOT be found in the detergent you use to wash your cloth diapers: optical brighteners, fabric softeners, fragrances, dyes, enzymes and bleach. The problem with ingredient lists is that they often speak a scientific language. For example, do you know what coco-betaine is? Sounds like a yummy chocolate dessert to me! You can find a list of commonly found ingredients and their definitions here to help you in the search for the perfect detergent for your family. Also, the Diaper Jungle has a helpful detergent chart to get you set in the right direction.
2. Rinse completely. Regardless of the type of detergent, type of water, or the style of diaper you are using, you must look at the final rinse water to be sure there are no suds present. If there are any bubbles in the final rinse, RINSE AGAIN! Rinse until the water runs clear and free from any visible signs of detergent.
3. Find the perfect amount of detergent. How much are you using? Read the directions on your detergent bottle/box carefully as well as the manufacturer's care instructions. Most manufacturers recommend only using ¼ to ½ the amount recommended on the detergent's box. If you're using an HE machine, this may be a bit tricky to discern. To start, try adding about half again as much detergent the next time you wash. Refer to troubleshooting step #1. If your dipes smell good (which really means no smell because you are using a detergent without fragrances, right?) when they come out of the wash but then stink when your baby wets them, it might be time to strip them – more on that later. If you have to rinse your diapers multiple times to get the soap out, you likely need to try adding a little less soap.
4. Find out what kind of water you have. If you have untreated hard water, you may have invisible deposits of minerals on your diapers. This residue can cause repelling and odor issues. If you suspect hard water, try softening your wash and rinse water with a water softener like Calgon. (Hard water can be "diagnosed" by observing mineral deposits around shower heads and faucet openings.)
5. Disinfect. If your child has recently had a bacterial or viral infection, especially of the tummy-kind, you may need to search out a way to disinfect your diapers. Grapefruit Seed Extract (GSE) is a favorite because of its natural antibacterial and antiviral properties. It is oil-free so it doesn't clog the fabrics of your diapers, but in some water types it can leave a residue. A second choice would be Tea Tree Oil (TTO) for the same reasons as the GSE, however, it is an oil and should be used quite sparingly. I recommend diluting 1-3 drops of it in an 8 oz. glass and mixing well, then adding it to your wash. A double final rinse would be wise when using TTO to be sure it is truly gone from the diapers.
6. If all else fails, time to strip your diapers. Start with clean diapers. They do not have to be dry, but they do need to be clean. *If you have a front loading washer, consider adding a bucket of hot water (or a towel soaked in hot water) to the diapers before starting the cycle. This will keep the diapers from absorbing the wee bit of water your machine will attempt to use to wash them with and it will weigh the load down a bit. The weight of the additional water tricks some machines into believing they need to add more water to the wash.
a. Step 1. Hot wash, NO detergent.*
b. Step 2. Hot rinse.* Hot rinse.* Hot rinse.* Until all suds are gone.
c. Step 3. Line dry in the sunshine.
Blue Dawn dish soap has been used by many a mum for stripping diapers. It can be scrubbed directly into the diapers for stubborn residue removal (like zinc oxide from an accidental bum rash treatment). Owners of top loading washers are also able to squirt Dawn directly into the wash water and proceed to wash their diapers in the solution. Front loader owners must exercise extreme caution as using an unapproved HE detergent in their washer can not only ruin their machine, but also void the machine's warranty.
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Sherrie chooses cloth for her family in Little Rock, Arkansas where she owns and operates Itty Bitty Baby Bunz – a natural parenting business focused on cloth diapers and accessories, child carrying wraps, and breastfeeding supplies.
**Although best efforts have been made to share accurate information, the information contained in this article is put forth without warranty, either expressed or implied. The article's author cannot be held liable for any damages, direct or indirect, as a result of this information. Please use your own discretion when taking any action based on the information contained herein and always consult with your diaper manufacturer for their recommendations and warranty policies regarding the washing and care of their products.
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F&W's Kay Chun tops sweet roasted winter squash with crispy pan-fried bulgur seasoned with coriander seeds.
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- One 2-pound kabocha squash—scrubbed, halved, seeded and cut into 1-inch wedges
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- 1 tablespoon coriander seeds, crushed
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Preheat the oven to 450°. On a baking sheet, toss the squash with 3 tablespoons of the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast for about 20 minutes, until tender. Transfer to a platter.
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If you are one of the people who have made me feel uncomfortable by reading your dog-eared copy of Fifty Shades of Grey on the subway for the past couple of years, this is the morning you've been waiting for.
Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan star in Sam Taylor-Johnson's movie based on E.L. James's novel. They're both very attractive people, so that's a good start right there. I haven't read the books because, after two chapters, my love of good prose trumped my affection for dirty stories, so I'm not entirely sure if this trailer is what the fans have been hoping for. I do, however, really like the new version of "Crazy in Love."
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in this little halloween story for icarly - the icarly crew plus spencer and freddies mom and gibby go out camping and hear an urben ledgend of skinned tom - a zombie or ghost that has a disturbing prejudice agianst teenagers . sam not beliveing the story walks away only to see the silloute of skinnd tom walking down the road towards her , she flees (unchaterisicly) back to the camp (with tommy boy following her) freddie has brouaght a camrea with him so they can find skinnd tom ( bliar witch parody)
meanwhile spencer is trying to teach gibby into makeing a sculpture out of logs rocks twigs and mud . ms benson walks in and finds the sculptre ..... intersting .
in the woods carly sam and freddie hear the laughter of skinnd tom comeing after them , after runing though the woods freddie's camrea collapes .
the next day they see spencers and gibby sclupture and dont really react . freddie looks through the woods and finds his camrea while looking thorgh the footage he see's what apears to be tom climbing up a tree and hideing . when the icarly crew are about to head home that night they look out the rear veiw window to see skinnd tom chaseing them and gianing up speed . skinnd tom nearly catchs them only for spencer to suddenly stop causing tom to bump into the back of the r.v . sam reach's out and through's a brick into skinnd toms face knocking him off the road into a pretty deep ditch ..................... .
the next day they show the footage of skinnd tom on the icarly website gian so many viewers .
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Coming to DVD this summer from Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! director Jason Murphy and its writer Anthony Steven Giordano is the latest entry in the creepy ghost child genre boasting the somewhat odd sounding title The Unbroken.
Leprechaun himself Warwick Davis also makes an appearance in this supernatural chiller Inception Media is set to release on DVD June 11th.
Judging by the child's physical appearance in the trailer below, I have to assume it's actually the lovechild of Chucky and Jumby.
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After a messy divorce, Sarah Campbell has bigger problems when she encounters a ghostly child with a horrifying secret in The Unbroken, haunting DVD & VOD June 11 from Inception Media Group.
After a messy divorce leaves Sarah Campbell (Aurelia Riley, TV's The Catch: Costa Rica) broken, lost and alone, she must start her life over in a run-down apartment complex. But when she sees a young boy's figure appear in the mirrors of her new home, she has bigger worries.
Chalking it up to a lively imagination, she shrugs it off … But things intensify when torturous nightmares begin to haunt her sleep. As the dreams become more vivid, so do her encounters with the ghostly child, who terrorizes her, causing eerie accidents wherever she goes.
After a visit to a psychic and an encounter with her charming neighbor (Daniel Baldwin, Vampires), Sarah realizes the boy may be a messenger from the other side with a horrifying secret … But can the truth set him free?
Also starring Warwick Davis (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone), Patrick Flanagan (Jake's Road, Crockdale) and Jay Laga'aia (Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Home and Away).
The Unbroken is presented in widescreen with an aspect ratio of 16 x 9 (1.77:1) and 5.1 digital surround sound.
Sarah Campbell (newcomer Aurelia Riley) has to start her life over again after a messy divorce leaves her broken, lost and alone. After moving into a neglected apartment, strange things begin to happen including visions of a little boy in the mirrors. Passing them off as her imagination, things intensify when she starts to have nightmares of torture by a shadowy figure. As her dreams become more vivid, so do her encounters with the ghostly child who begins to terrorize her and cause accidents wherever she goes. Through an encounter with her charming neighbor (Daniel Baldwin), Sarah realizes that she may be the shadowy figure that she has been dreaming about. And that the little boy may be a messenger from the other side with a horrifying secret.
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This multipurpose smartphone stand called 'Peg' is a smartphone stand the comes with holes perforated into it. Not only do the holes make it more lightweight, it comes with pegs that fit the holes making it possible to create mini shelves on the stand. With the rubber pegs included, a wide variety of customizations can be made for supporting your smartphone and other accessories.
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The NSW batsman has led Australia in Twenty20 internationals but the retirement of Adam Gilchrist allowed the selectors to begin grooming him for the top job.
The 26-year-old, who made his Test debut against India in 2004, has amassed 2044 runs in 33 Tests with six hundreds at an average of 46.45 and 3920 runs at 44.04 in One Day Internationals during his career.
"We have identified the need to look towards the future," Australia's chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch said in a statement on Tuesday.
"While we had some very strong candidates within the current team, including those of the calibre of Michael Hussey, we had no hesitation in recommending Michael Clarke for the position.
"We were thrilled with his performances as captain during the two Twenty20 international games this summer and believe he has outstanding leadership credentials."
"To be awarded the vice-captaincy of the Australian cricket team is greatly exciting and something that I am extremely proud of," elated Clarke told CA official website cricket.com.au.
"It was always my dream to play Test cricket for Australia and to be named as the vice-captain of what is an elite side, containing many wonderful players, is a huge honour."
"I am really looking forward to growing in the role and learning as much as I can from the senior members of the Australian side, especially as we embark on the next 12 months of cricket with our upcoming tour of the West Indies," Clarke said.
Leg-spinner Stuart MacGill and middle-order batsmen Simon Katich were recalled for the Windies tour starting next month. Three uncapped players all-rounder Ashley Noffke, fast bowler Ben Hilfenhaus and NSW spinner Beau Casson were included. Casson made selectors take note of his skills with a series of stunning performances with the cherry in the domestic season (Pura Cup).
The veterans MacGill and Katich demamded recalls thro' their impressive performances in the Shield competition.
Brad Haddin predictably will don the wicketkeeping gloves.
Queensland all-rounder David Hussey, sibling of Mike Hussey and Shaun Marsh, son of former Aussie opener Geoff Marsh were drafted in to ODI squad.
Test: Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke (vice-capt), Matt Hayden, Michael Hussey, Simon Katich, Stuart MacGill, Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds, Phil Jaques, Brad Haddin (wk), Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson, Ben Hilfenhaus, Ashley Noffke and Beau Casson.
ODI: Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke (vice-capt), Matt Hayden, Michael Hussey, Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Brad Haddin (wk), James Hopes, David Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Cameron White and Shaun Marsh.


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Like newspapers, paper checks, drive-in movies and landlines, shopping malls are rapidly moving to the land of the quaint. It's possible that some will survive and even flourish, but that will require rapid technological advancements, plus far more customer service than most mall stores can handle.
But one brand-new mall in New York City is showing that it understands the problem. The Westfield World Trade Center mall in lower Manhattan, which opened on Aug. 16, requires that all tenants demonstrate that their stores will overflow with mobile and interactive features. I hate to embrace a dictatorial approach, but that's the only way to save the mall.
Not only do stores need to wire up individually, they need to interact with one another. Real-time inventory must be a mall-wide concept, not an individual store approach. There may be 22 apparel stores throughout the complex, but if only one has the shirt in the color and size I want, I need the mall's system to tell me that — as opposed to visiting the site of every apparel store one at a time.
Readers of this column know that saving the mall is a frequent theme, from overall modernization to resourceful use of mobile to even using IoT parking lighting to help shoppers find — and pay for — spaces. But this Manhattan mall, with tenants including Apple, Bose, Dior, Kit and Ace, Kate Spade, Stuart Weitzman, Cole Haan, Under Armour, John Varvatos and Sephora, is promising to take things further.
Malls have historically been collections of distinct stores. Gift cards were all only good in select stores. Returns were store-based. Even payment methods accepted ranged all over the place. Envision a mall where every store had NFC enabled so that you could literally leave your wallet in your car and pay for anything and everything in any store with your phone.
From a merchant's loss-prevention perspective, what if a shoplifter caught and banned from any store would instantly be banned from every store, with every video camera instantly told the face — and every Wi-Fi the phone's ID — to look for.
My favorite, though, is that integrated inventory. Gone would be the days when someone had to walk in and out of a dozen stores to see if they had a specific item. A few clicks on the mall's app would reveal all. This would encourage merchants to keep their inventory complete and accurate. It would also work as a marketing tool. Just as Google became the great equalizer for small merchants in e-commerce, some tiny gift shop could get the sale because it had exactly what you want. That beats being talked into something not quite right by a savvy Macy's sales associate.
"We used to think technology was a threat, but it's actually an advantage," said Westfield U.S. CEO William Hecht in this profile. "Malls have shifted to become more exciting places to be by focusing on technology. The investments are in major cities."
Ultimately, it is going to be up to merchants to decide how enthusiastically they are going to use these technologies. But Westfield's policy and attitude — embrace technology and function as part of an integrated community or go bankrupt some other mall — is a wonderful step in the right direction.


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