Here is a list of the Top Ten Things a Business Student should have for College and hang on to throughout a Business Career.
| 1. | Caffeine - $1.00 - if you pay more then a dollar for a caffeinated beverage, you haven't done a proper cost-benefit analysis, but you definitely don't want to fall asleep during Corporate Finance or your prof. WILL call on you! |
| 2. | TI-83 graphing calculator with instruction booklet - $100 - because you look smart when you whip this thing out everytime anyone starts to calculate something. |
| 3. | Warren Buffet's Annual Reports - Free - http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/ - This man knows what good business is all about! |
| 4. | finance.yahoo.com - Free - Every stock price, graph of a company's financial history, every beta. |
| 5. | Wall Street Journal - varies in price - Students get a deep discount, get addicted now. |
| 6. | Pizza - varies in price - Take a break from ramen! |
| 7. | Seth Godin - Free - He is the ultimate Marketing Guru, use his tricks to write your final report for Marketing 101: Seth's blog - http://sethgodin.typepad.com/ |
| 8. | Financial Management Textbook - approximately $200 and guaranteed to break your arm off - You will read this more after you graduate. |
| 9. | Microsoft Excel - price depends on student/non-student - you will use Excel thousands of times before you graduate -- LEARN IT NOW! |
| 10. | Market Research and Article Databases - Free/Not so free - When you are at the University, the school pays for these big expensive data collections; when you work for a big company, the Company pays. Either way, you have to know how to use them! Source: ListAfterList.com |
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