Light at the End of the Tunnel

OK my last blog post was a zillion years ago and rather depressing now that I look at it. To counter-balance that, I'd like to share one inspiring website. The site is called Khan Academy and it is owned and run by Salman Khan. Salman officially qualifies as a "good guy" in my book. B.S. in mathematics from MIT, Harvard MBA, and an array of engineering degrees. So what does a guy like this do with his spare time? How about upload over 800 free informative videos on youtube on every subject from elementary arithmetic to differential equations. I'm serious! From newtonian physics to advanced topics in finance. All for free. He states his goal is to educate the world. I for one think that's alright ;-) Enjoy

http://www.khanacademy.org/

In other news, the MBA program is most demanding at this point. In finance we are studying firm valuation and the capital budgeting process for levered firms (what led me to Khan in the first place). The Harvard Business School case studies are helpful in this class since we are in teams and we learn from one another - also because of the real world nature of the cases themselves - our last case was on the Marriott corporation and involved determing the proper hurdle rates for the three divisions of that firm: hotels, restaurants, and contract services. Since I've been on that case for a week now I have NO idea what our next subject is in accounting. Guess I should crack a book!