Henry Tam And The Mgi Team
Essay by 24 • July 14, 2011 • 1,326 Words (6 Pages) • 1,618 Views
Alexander “Sasha” Gimpleton
• Marketing and sales background.
• HBA graduate
• Russian, though prefers to speak in English
• Vast experience
• Often sidebars with other Russians
• Overwhelmed in responsibility
o Production manager
o Business manager
o Fund raiser
o Sales
• History of conflict with past personnel
o “There was a guy with business management experience, but he couldn’t get along with Sasha”
o has had conflict with Roman, but accepts it as natural
 “That’s just the way it is. We work and we fight.”
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• Sent initial email
o Email states the need for “help in general management, sales, and marketing for child edutainment market” (email)
 This contrasts with over all view of non-founding team members as interns
• Thought Dana was “right for the team”
o Often conflicted with Dana, very open with his dismissal
o Preconception about Dana due to her being a student
 Lead to confrontational stance with Dana
• Really wanted Henry
o Henry had the skills the team needed (Sasha)
o Henry was liked as a person by Igor
• Numbers oriented
• Possible anger over his background being questioned and his place with the MGI product
o Reflect on other Russians, they support their need for Sasha, having this questioned in the first meeting might lead to conflict
• Frustrated that his work and material were not being used by Henry and Dana
o Led to feelings of wasted time and effort
Igor Tkachenko
• Composer
• Russian, prefers to speak in Russian
• Renown artist
• Father figure
• Often sidebars with other Russians
• Sees the Russians as the “core” group
• Thinks that the musicians are the creative drive of the project, the business is Sasha.
o Possible validation of Sasha’s membership
• Workaholic
• Sees Henry as a binding force, doesn’t think the team would have survived if it were just the founders and Dana
Roman Yakub
• Composer
• Has Doctoral degree in Music Arts
• Russian
• Has had conflict with Sasha
o “We’ve had some difficulties, and been through a few crises and major misunderstandings I’m not sure who is to blame”
• Believes that musicians are very bad managers and business people
o This validates the need for Sasha, maybe offsets the conflict…
• Believes Igor is the father figure that holds the family together.
o Does this insinuate that Igor is acting as a mediator between the other two?
Henry Tam, Jr.
• 2nd year MBA Candidate
• Has BA degree in Economics
• Background in business development
• Had no brilliant idea for a new business
o Believed he would be a great asset to any team that was developing amongst the Russians.
• Very Ethusiatic about joining MGI
o Impressed with MGI product ideas
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Dana Soiman
o 2nd year MBA Student
o BS in Finance and Banking
o Russian
o She could communicate with founders in their native tongue
o Igor felt an affinity towards her
o Impressed with MGI product
o wanted to take product into the education scene
o liked working with children
o Investment banking Background
o Much needed on the MGI team
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Team Dynamics
• Main Team
o Founders
 Sasha
 Roman
 Igor
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Sub Teams
o Creative
 Roman
 Igor
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