February 2000, Volume 68, Number 2

Spreadsheet One *Beyond Grey Pinstripes *Nothing But the Best *E-Buzz at Reunion Panels

Spreadsheet Two *New Ventures *Neale Scores a Win-Win *Brewing Up Dinner

Spreadsheet Three *New President for SBSAA *First Comes Love... *Business School Alums on Search Team

A Closer Look: Robert Loew A Closer Look: Laura Hattendorf and Ashley Boren For The Record: MBA Class of 1999 Employment Report

Spreadsheet One Beyond Grey Pinstripes Illustration by Edd Patton A SURVEY OF ALL 313 North American business schools accredited by the International Association for Management Education found that 80 percent of them are not training MBAs to manage social and environmental issues. The report, "Beyond Grey Pinstripes: Preparing MBAs for Social and Environmental Stewardship," recognized relatively few business schools for their leadership in both areas. Stanford's Public Management Program (PMP) helped place the GSB, with nine other schools, "at the cutting edge of programs that address the intersection of business and society," and the School was one of 11 considered as showing "significant activities in programs incorporating environment—business issues." The report was sponsored by the World Resources Institute and the Initiative for Social Innovation Through Business, a policy program of the Aspen Institute. PMP Director Julie Juergens was on hand in New York last fall to accept the Grey Pinstripes Award. Nothing But the Best STANFORD'S CONTINUING Studies Program is looking for the best GSB grads it can find. The program, which offers evening classes for credit, has enlisted Hal Louchheim, MBA '64, to recruit promising Business School alums as lecturers. "We're going to organize this activity under the name BEST, for Business Experience Sharing Team," says Louchheim. "It is a great opportunity for talented practitioners to share their experiences with energetic, motivated professionals who are seeking self-improvement and intellectual stimulation." Continuing Studies courses meet one evening a week and last for 5 or 10 weeks. Louchheim warns that the challenge goes well beyond being a guest speaker in a class. "Serious commitment is required to organize and build the course content," he says, noting that the BEST advisory committee will aid prospective lecturers in course development. Louchheim has been a continuing studies lecturer for the past two years. Other alums who have taken part include Doug Kelly, MBA '90; Mike Bush, Sloan '94; and Steve Bengston, MBA '78. For more information, call Louchheim at 650.326.3546 or email hal@louchheim.com. E-Buzz at Reunion Panels Charles Schwab moderated a panel on e-business to a standing-room-only crowd of alumni/ae. Photograph by Russell Curtis WHEN CHARLES SCHWAB graduated from the Business School in 1961, bowling was the new new thing. That's right. Bowling. Experts were predicting it would not be long before every American bowled three hours a day, and young investors like Schwab were scrambling to consider every aspect of this hot new fad. Or so Schwab told a standing-room-only crowd at Alumni Weekend in October as he introduced one of two panel discussions on the newest new thing: e-commerce. John Morgridge, MBA '57, of Cisco Systems; Steve Westly, MBA '83, of eBay; and Andrew Rachleff, MBA '84, of Benchmark Capital joined Schwab, William Larson of Network Associates, and Jerry Yang of Yahoo in a far-ranging discussion that included the Internet's potential for growth (vast), the possibility of taxation (probable but, surprisingly, not all that unwelcome), and privacy (nonexistent). Of the latter, said Morgridge to Schwab: "I'll bet you have a better picture of what I've been doing than I do." Schwab could only smile and nod. The following day Garth Saloner, codirector of the School's Center for Electronic Business and Commerce (see New E-commerce Center at Business School), introduced three of his former GSB students—Justin Dooley, MBA '93, of Sales.com; Mike Volpi, MBA '94, of Cisco Systems; and Jenny Lefcourt of Della.com—three, Saloner noted, who had lived the e-commerce life both in school and out. Times may have changed considerably in the years between Schwab and the new crop of MBAs, but Saloner sounded a cautionary note about this latest new thing, conceding: "We're in something of a gold rush, yes. There is gold in them thar hills, but we're not sure exactly where. Those valuations we're seeing out there represent bets on where that might be. And as that plays itself out, some are going to be greater than they are today and others will just vanish. If we knew which, none of us would be here today."

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