Tags: gap 2015
With one day left until our presentation, we received some final feedback and could update our slides. In order to polish our slides and add the final touches to our appendix, we had to order takeout food and burn the midnight oil.
Two days before our final presentation, we decided to have a last, team "fancy" dinner at Renhe Guan, an Old Shanghai style restaurant in Shanghai.
Personally, one of the most exciting challenges of this project was developing a marketing strategy for a culture that was entirely different and new to me. As business students and marketing majors (myself included), we have a tendency to think we have it all figured out: run a Five Forces, do a SWOT, NPV, find the competitive advantage, differentiate, add in some other random b-school buzzwords, and poof! You're done! Looking back, it is hilarious how off-base we were in our analysis and our approach to our analysis while doing our preliminary work back in the US.
Saturday
Today, we had the opportunity to experience the Nairobi market and shop for souvenirs. Kenya is very entrepreneurial, and the different merchants were very eager to have you look at what they had to offer. There were many options and a verity of sculptures, wood carvings, paintings, bracelets, rings, necklaces, sandals, bags, spears, earrings...the list goes on and on.
I can't believe our GAP experience is almost over. The last three weeks have been such a great experience. I have learned a lot about team work and professionalism, as well as Thai people, Thai culture and why they are so much better off than Vietnam economically.
Now heading back to my internship, I hope that the lessons I've learned from this trip will help me in my new position. Thank you Fisher for this wonderful opportunity, thank my friend for helping me during the project, and to Thailand: แล้วพบกันใหม่ (see you again).
Some random memories: