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DAY IN THE LIFE SCHEDULE: TODD MORTENSEN
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| 5:45 - 7:15 |
Wake-up. Get ready for the day. Check CNBC to see where the futures markets are trading. Check morning e-mails. |
| 7:15 - 8:00 |
Leave for campus. Read the Wall Street Journal on the train into town. |
| 8:00 - 9:00 |
Arrive at campus. Spend a hour studying today’s cases and completing homework assignments. |
| 9:00 - 12:00 |
Attend morning classes. Discuss WalMart’s international expansion in Global Strategy. Listen to Jeremy Siegel analyze the government’s plan for stabilizing the banking sector in Macroeconomics. |
| 12:00 - 1:00 |
Lunch. Attend a presentation by Bob Doll of BlackRock on the state of the economy and capital markets. Organized by the Investment Management Club. |
| 1:30 - 3:00 |
Attend afternoon classes. Learn how to craft effective marketing strategies for products in declining industries. |
| 3:00 - 4:30 |
Check the markets prior to the close. Catch up on e-mails. Study for the Operations mid-term tomorrow. |
| 4:30 - 6:00 |
Attend a presentation by two senior attorneys from Kirkland & Ellis on the legal aspects of Private Equity. Analyze the Clear Channel Entertainment deal that went bust in 2008. |
| 6:00 - 7:00 |
Dinner. |
| 7:00 - 8:00 |
Head down to the intramural fields to compete in the flag football playoffs. |
| 8:00 - 8:45 |
Catch the train back home. Read economic commentary by David Rosenberg and investment strategy by Rich Bernstein from Merrill Lynch’s Research Department. |
| 8:45 - 9:15 |
Arrive home. Catch up with my wife Lori and read bedtime stories to my two girls Lucy & Sarah. (3 yrs & 10 months). |
| 9:15 |
Review the results from our learning team’s SABRE marketing simulation. Send out a summary e-mail to teammates outlining next round’s strategy. |