> Enrollment has soared in business school courses on “entrepreneurship through acquisition” — the art of building upon success, rather than hatching it.
Note that the richest people in the world also find it easier to buy earnings than build them. Berkshire Hathaway, LVMH, MAANGs, have huge components that were acquisitions.
If you end up in the software section of an office supply store, you can find plenty of inspiration to "rewrite": bookkeeping, invoices, logos, and others that are not only games, compilers, and operating systems.
I wanted to learn COBOL exactly because it was for reporting, sometimes the last business requirement to address, but the very first thing stakeholders want to attach and email to folks. Admittedly, reports are not sexy for an introductory assignment, but they are practical and necessary.
It's also a way to understand "a business" by its inputs and outputs, playing with software as an end-user, versus reading a textbook. For example, purchase orders. That's a thing. And taxes...
> Enrollment has soared in business school courses on “entrepreneurship through acquisition” — the art of building upon success, rather than hatching it.
Note that the richest people in the world also find it easier to buy earnings than build them. Berkshire Hathaway, LVMH, MAANGs, have huge components that were acquisitions.
If you end up in the software section of an office supply store, you can find plenty of inspiration to "rewrite": bookkeeping, invoices, logos, and others that are not only games, compilers, and operating systems.
I wanted to learn COBOL exactly because it was for reporting, sometimes the last business requirement to address, but the very first thing stakeholders want to attach and email to folks. Admittedly, reports are not sexy for an introductory assignment, but they are practical and necessary.
It's also a way to understand "a business" by its inputs and outputs, playing with software as an end-user, versus reading a textbook. For example, purchase orders. That's a thing. And taxes...
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