Schwab's board abruptly dismissed Pottruck in , after the dot-com bust dampened enthusiasm for personal trading. Bartz added a knowing, "Oh boy," when Pottruck mentioned that a former CEO quickly learns who his or her real friends are. In an interview with Fortune the day after her dismissal, she called Yahoo's board "doofuses," among other choice and unprintable words.
On Friday, she said of her Yahoo experience: "I'm still raw. Wharton's two-year, weekend program, which is also offered on its Philadelphia campus, is designed to help executives and entrepreneurs get to the next level of their careers.
Pottruck said they strive to teach students the "hard" and "soft" skills necessary to succeed as a modern leader - accounting and statistics as well as human relationships. The University of Pennsylvania 's business school launched the San Francisco campus, which recently relocated to Hills Plaza, in More than students have graduated to date.
The Sunday afternoon ceremony will take place in Herbst Theatre. Bartz said another theme of her keynote will be the challenge of leading a company in the Web 2. She said the class of mid-career students should feel passionate about whatever field they're in - or end up in.
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz was fired Tuesday, ostensibly for failing to revive the stagnant revenues and stock price of the net's biggest portal. Bartz promptly informed the company's employees that she'd been canned over-the-phone:. It has been my pleasure to work with all of you and I wish you only the best going forward. Carol Sent from my iPad. The outspoken Bartz took over Yahoo in after having running AutoDesk, and was tasked with cutting costs, bumping up ad revenue and helping Yahoo figure out what exactly it was.
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