Complement to all Poker Players

[DalaiLama]

I had a CEO of a company with 900 million in revenue speak to my MBA class for an hour and a half last week say the following " Some of the finest leaders and entrepreneurs of the last hundred years have been tremendous poker players because they were/are able to assess risk and make informed decisions very quickly" That statement brought me out of my WSOP 2005 day dream. He named several including Fred Smith(Fed EX), Eisenhower, and several others that I can't remember. Although Fred Smith might be a good poker player, he's a gambler, and the legend is way back when he couldn't meet payroll one week, so he went to Vegas and doubled up on the craps table. ***Business Fun Fact*** Fred Smith blew through 70 million of his family's wealth before Fed Ex turned a profit on a business plan his Yale prof graded a C-.

[lowroller]

I'm pretty sure it was blackjack.

[jacki]

...and I'm pretty sure it's compliment.

You're in an MBA class? god help us...

[DalaiLama]

Jacki, why are you correcting chat board grammar? I have neither the time nor the drive to edit my posts.....it's a frickin chat board. I posted at 12am after a few beers while playing two tables. Go do something else. /images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[top2pear]

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Regardless, i thought the harsher criticism implied that you becoming an MBA was something we kneeded "God's help" with.

My $0.02.

[andyfox]

Very good.