This period of Term 4 is very very nice - the first three week break since, well, New Years Day! We are all enjoying the midpoint break in the WEMBA schedule. A lot of us took some time off for Fourth of July to take vacations, a novel concept for the WEMBA burdened student. Studying time has dwindled to 1/3 of the pace earlier this term. I am not sure if it's the pass / no pass option or just plain senioritis. Anyway, on to my post...
For the iPod and iPhone enabled, this post is a review of MBA and business related podcasts. Most of us Wharton-ites are already aware of the most excellent podcasts available on Knowledge@Wharton, which can be found here:
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcastcurrent.xml
So esteemed Wharton aside, here's my ratings of some other podcasts I've found out there on MBA and business related websites. These are great if you travel for business or have a long commute like I do.
5 Star Rating
Chicago GSB:
http://feeds.chicagogsb.edu/gsbpodcast
My take: U of Chicago has an array of content rivaling Wharton. Some interesting interviews and content, especially the tribute to Friedman and the podcast on Infosys' rise to a $2B company. Gotta ask Deepak on this one.
iInnovate:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/iinnovatecast
My take: Stanford students feature 15 minute interviews with entrepreneurs, VCs, and innovators. I liked the interviews with Geoffrey Moore, Carly Fiorina, and Andy Grove.
Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders:
http://edcorner.stanford.edu/podcasts.html
My take: Stanford again shows its Sand Hill Road strength through some great content sponsored by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. I listened to podcasts interviewing Mark Jung (IGN), Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), and Tien Tzuo (Salesforce.com).
MBA Podcasts: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/audio_video/podcasts/mba/ My take: I really liked the "Private equity - The new kings of capitalism" podcast.
4 Star Rating
BusinessWeek:
http://www.businessweek.com/search/podcasts/cover_stories.rss
My take: Good way to keep up on B-Week without having to read it. "Children of the Web" and "The Real Cost of Outsourcing" were interesting podcasts.
ESPN Radio Daily Podcast: http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/podcast/feeds/itunes/podCast
My take: The best of ESPN radio for the sports junkie. Great if you can't catch SportsCenter. I don't like the ads though. Doesn't ESPN make enough off TV?
3 Star Rating
McKinsey on Finance:
http://ksmediaserver.net/ftp/Podcasting/MoF.xml
My take: There's some interesting content but it is basically a reading of McKinsey's print content. It isn't the most exciting listening, but there are some interesting articles, including: "Preempting a hostile takeover" and "A quiet revolution in China's captial markets". Good for a late night cure of insomnia.
Not Rated
MIT Sloan School of Management Podcast:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/mitsloanpodcast
Not yet evaluated.
Venture Voice:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/vv
Not yet evaluated.
Venture Cast:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/venturecast
Not yet evaluated.
MBA Podcaster:
http://www.mbapodcaster.com/Podcasts.asp
Admissions and major related info. Not yet evaluated.
If anyone else has podcast links to share, please post them in your comments.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
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