by Lewis Nelson | 2 Nov 2015 | Travel, US Travel
Everything seems better in the fall. The dreaded Virginia humidity and heat of summer gives way to cool breezes and beautiful temperatures. There’s football. The leaves change. The kids go back to school. Coffee tastes more wonderful. In all of the places...
by Lewis Nelson | 12 Oct 2015 | Career, MBA
We are nearing the end of our first term of the MBA for Executives (EMBA) program at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and it has been quite the ride already. Our cohort of 62 has finished a week-long leadership residency (LR1), two...
by Lewis Nelson | 8 Oct 2015 | Career, MBA
Last week I continued my exploration for Darden’s Professional Advancement Course by meeting with a local mobile app development company, WillowTree Apps. *Note: Some of the comments below are my interpretation and opinion from what I actually heard from Michael...
by Lewis Nelson | 26 Sep 2015 | Career, MBA
For our Professional Advancement Course, we were asked to conduct an informational interview. I still don’t know what my future after Darden looks like: it could be a promotion at work, or maybe it’s a job in a new industry, or maybe I decide to...
by Lewis Nelson | 18 Sep 2015 | Overseas Travel, Travel
On my return trip from Afghanistan this past June (yes this post is long overdue), I met up with my girlfriend Jocelyn for a week-long trip to Italy, including Ischia, Pompeii, Amalfi, Positano, Sorrento, and Capri. The first 48 hours, after not having seen each other...
