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Actually I was really interested in reading your comments Failing Economist, as I ran a network company for around 6 years in the 1990s. I had a team of microchip designers working in Russia, marketing and finance in the UK, and clients (and joint venture partners) in the US, Hong Kong and Switzerland. Which of course was one reason that my MBA friend wanted to get me involved in his network venture.

And there is no reason at all why it shouldn't work, in fact we have just started to put things into train. In fact one great advantage is to make the most of the time zones. I live in New Zealand, so I work around a day ahead of the west coast of the US. A great advantage when you have timelines to keep, and one that I'm going to take advantage of. Of course, it also means that many of my telephone calls to Europe are likely to be late at night, but that's life.

# posted by Mary @ 9:54 PM

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My own business experience has been very similar. In fact the company that I run now is based on just such a network. In many ways I wish I had actually done an MBA program precisely because it makes the creation of such networks much easier.
In my case my networks have been built by happenstance, by going to the occasional conference, by being introduced to people, but that’s very different from actually taking part in a structured program like an MBA: where all of the people are actually attempting to build similar networks around you.
As I say, very different when everyone you interact with is busy making the contacts necessary for making such a networked business succeed and when you are swimming in the general population.
Interesting that you were working in Russia in the 90s. So was I! My expeience of computing out there was a few trips to Zelenograd, that’s all, my business was more to do with strange metals.

# posted by failingeconomist : 10:30 AM

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