Atty. Vivian Dabu, former Entrep Student at AGSB Clark, a Remarkable Public Servant

An Ateneo Graduate School of Business Advantage

I am constrained to write a few words on Atty Vivian Dabu, a former student at AGSB Clark.  She could have been an outstanding ASG student and graduate.  When I first saw her, I thought she was an ordianry MBA student.  Later I learned that she was the trusted assistant of Fr. Emong Panilillo, the priest governor of Pampanga.  I learned more about her as she made her presentation and more when I got the embed code of her Grameen bank slideshare presentation. I was surprised on what I found out.

She has ll slides on various topics mostly ethics and government service.  It is good that I had 4 more than her.  Otherwise I would have been shamed.  (Some students shy away from this Slideshare assignment, which they do in Markma anyway and do not want to open a slideshare account).

Here is the link to her slides:

Slides of Atty Vivian Dabu at Slideshare

Congratulations Atty.  It was great honor to have been with your company for 8 4 hour session.

Opportunity Seizing and Being a Man for Others - Can You Reconcile the Two?

 Can we teach opportunity seizing (making money) and pontificating (being a man for others?)

Dr Ed Morato, an entrepreneurship guru, wishphered and cautioned me on pontification as we teach entrepreneurship.

A student, an  eye doctor at Metro Manila hospital, jolted me on sometimes contradictory messages in the class."Why would I hesitate in opportunity seeking?  Isn"t what you are teaching?  Why will I not maximize?"

All I could weakly argue was that Adam's Smith unfettered free market does not work for the good of all and hence there must be regulations/government.

I looked at other curriculum of foreign GSB, and their subjects are very focused on business and making money.

But if unfettered, and controlled, we come out with Enron Worldcomm type of surgery.  That is where this GSB is trying to differentiate:  to make morally upright executives and entrepreneurs.



"Every generation needs a revolution an ENTREPRENEURIAL REVOLUTION."