We reached Colorado on Friday morning for the Net Impact case competition at the Leeds School of Buisness. The case revolved around a business strategy for Sun Microsystems and executives from Sun walked us through the whole "problem" at the reception on Friday evening. It turned out to be quite an interesting couple of days.
The case was given to us by Friday evening and we had to submit our final presentation deck by 8am on Saturday morning. We stayed in a "zero waste hotel", which was so appropriate for a competition on sustainability. The flip side was that our hotel was not quite equipped to handle all these folks trying to log in to their Wi-Fi.. so we were left driving around to find a coffee shop that was not already 'claimed' by another team. Anyways.. lots of coffee later, we had what we believed was a winning presentation; so it was a little disappointing not to win the next morning. :(
But it was effort well spent. A great learning experience, a nice chance to network and a perfect time to visit Colorado!
'Drop Jaw' moment of the trip - folks climbing/rappelling over frozen waterfalls. Amazing!! That one goes on my 'to-do' list for sure. It'll probably be a loong time before I'm able to attempt that one, though..
Tip - if you ever visit Boulder, drive out to the "Oh My God" road. Abandoned mines, dirt roads et al... Definitely worth it.
But it was effort well spent. A great learning experience, a nice chance to network and a perfect time to visit Colorado!
'Drop Jaw' moment of the trip - folks climbing/rappelling over frozen waterfalls. Amazing!! That one goes on my 'to-do' list for sure. It'll probably be a loong time before I'm able to attempt that one, though..
Tip - if you ever visit Boulder, drive out to the "Oh My God" road. Abandoned mines, dirt roads et al... Definitely worth it.
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