So I didn’t go to business school. That’s right. I decided to go to UNC Chapel Hill and study theater, acting, or “Dramatic Art” as my degree will say. That’s what I’m doing now because that’s 1.) what I’m passionate about, 2.) what I excel in doing (and have been doing for 10 years, both academically and professionally), and 3.) there’s nothing that excites me and drives my actions in life more than the pursuit of acting as my career. Does that mean that I don’t have to “deal” with those theories and practicalities of “business” – how a company manages itself, its marketing, its finances, etc. etc.? ….NO! Of course I do! But wait? “You’re an acting major…so don’t Read More
Author Archives: Bryan Burton
When I Grow Up
21/02/2012 – 6:18 pm
“When I grow up, how cool would it be to get to be – someone – do something – that would let me become anyone and do everything imaginable?” The moment I knew what I wanted to do with my life, I was a Star Wars-crazed, sixth grade kid with braces, sitting in front of our family’s TV, in PJ’s. The credits were rolling after an incredible movie we had just finished watching. At the time, though, l had no idea that my “epiphany” that night would become such a pivotal moment in my life. With insightful support from my parents, I was enrolling in my first acting class a week later. I had discovered an energizing afterschool activity that Read More
From “Finance” in France to “Segmentation” in Santorini
03/01/2012 – 4:23 pm
What surprised me most about the UBE program was the extensiveness of the accessibility of the program. The program itself can be completed either online or off. To work offline, there is a program that you can download onto your computer at anytime during the coursework (the only current flaw being that the software will only work on Microsoft computers for now). They also already have PDF printouts optimized and available for pen-to-paper note-taking during the PowerPoint lectures in each Module, as well as PDF printouts of the Unit Summaries and Glossary of Terms within each of the 6 Modules, all of which I found very helpful “on-the-go.” I don’t know who all has completed UBE or where they were Read More