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Are you ready?
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Okay good luck.
>> You only have one shot and
one opportunity, so we're going to
get after that today.
>> You gotta stay ready so
you don't have to get ready.
That's kind of how we
operate Squad 13.
We're always ready.
>> I'm not nervous, no, yep.
[LAUGH] >> I have full confidence
in our team that we're really
going to do the best that we can
but there's a crowd of 400 really
amazing competitors today, so,
we'll see.
>> The GSV does a really good job
creating a collaborative space.
Even in a situation where there is
competition I definitely don't feel
that way >> Yeah,
we're all friends here.
>> [LAUGH] >> Squad 17!
>> Squad team 72!
>> A lot of them are really high
achieving people and so
they know that this is important.
But it's also just a great
experience for them to be with
their classmates and to be with
their mentors and then to have
a chance to just get in front of
kind of a professional audience
in a pretty low risk setting.
>> This is one in a lifetime
opportunity, and I think I want to
enjoy the things that come up and
with my squad have some fun.
>> That role
playing is very powerful, so
I think they learn a lot.
>> I think the unknown is
frightening.
These issues can be very
challenging and sometimes feel like
no win situations.
>> Go 56!
>> I feel like role play,
it's kind of acting plus improv but
through a business lens.
>> The experiential component
is the best way to learn and to get
the training that they'll need.
>> We've both gone through it both
as MBA ones and
then also as fellows and, so,
it's cool to not do it as judges.
>> I think there's a lot of real
world scenarios that in retrospect
I wish I had paid more
attention to.
>> [CROSSTALK] >> Slot 50!
>> I've learned how to
the vulnerable, how to experiment
with different styles, and
how to give a good feedback.
>> 132!
[APPLAUSE] >> Obviously,
they did it when we were there.
>> It's fun to come back and judge.
>> It's interesting seeing
the students and
comparing ourselves to them.
>> I do volunteering all over
Stanford and this is the most fun
of anything I do.
>> It's a really amazing event.
It's great for bonding.
It's great for community building
but, of course, there's a lot of
business learnings, as well.
>> I love doing this.
It's great to be around
the students and to work with them.
>> Really excited to see how
students approach the judges and
to be able to really give them
advice based on now experience I've
had since I've graduated.
>> Feedback is a gift and so
I feel like a lot of times I worked
in the past where it's tough for
people to give honest, critical
feedback, but here this is just
the best opportunity to do that.
So, I'm
really hoping I can get that.
>> Squad 39!
>> I'm pleasantly surprised of
the way they think on their feet
and react to new information.
They think quickly, they suddenly
prepared several scenarios and
they're ready to respond.
>> I think we work
together super well.
Yeah, we took one question then
another question and
another question.
And a lot of our preparation
beforehand made sure that we were
really on the same page and
driving home the same points.
So, I think any question they could
have asked us, the other one would
have said something the same or
very similar.
>> They have the same case but
one took one very different
approach from the other.
And seeing how both of those can be
effective is one thing that really
stood out from the first cases.
>> Yeah, I think our goal was to
make sure we stayed calm and
composed and presented
a united front through all of it.
And I felt we did a good job there.
I think, looking back,
we could have handled a few things
differently but that's for
next time.
>> I think I am much more
sympathetic to what it takes on the
other side of the table cause it's
it really is kind of a vulnerable
place that you're putting in,
you're kind of performing for
everyone.
>> Everyone in the room and so
I think being a judge I kind of
feel like I need to be part of that
performance and
kind of reciprocate.
>> It's felt real,
it felt like a real setting,
like a business setting,
which was exciting.
>> Lots of learning,
a lot of fun too, so
overall big one.
>> 49, we're so fine!
>> Squad 36!
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