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1. Slide 1: Marketing, Decision Making and Learning - the Munger/Buffett Way Anand Chandrasekaran NUS Global New Venture Creation Class Spring 2008
2. Slide 2:Personal Background • Stanford EE, Aeroprise, MEA, Carma, Tapestries of Hope, Stanford GEM teaching team ‘08, MIT Technovators’, Huffington Post blogger • CURRENT: Advising 3 companies in Valley, 1 in India • A love for Ben Franklin – Story of the easter egg in the US Constitution – The original ‘renaissance man’ – Inventor, Philosopher, Businessman, diplomat, politician, Librarian, Scientist, Engineer • Meeting Mohnish Pabrai, Managing Director of Pabrai Funds • The books start to arrive in the mail… and they don’t stop! • A new way of thinking… • … driven by values and sound principles, not buzzwords • Don’t be overwhelmed. You have a lifetime to learn and apply these principles!!