The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Chicago BoothClass of 2013
Kevin McCaffrey
One of the reasons Kevin, a former consultant at McKinsey & Company, chose Booth was for the comprehensive education in business fundamentals, a knowledge base that will be helpful as he continues to build his nonprofit venture Dot-to-Dot
Children’s Books.
Kevin's Videos:
Faculty connecting students with the local business community
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First impressions exercise - understanding how others perceive you
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The Social New Venture Challenge and building partnerships with retailers
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CUSTOMIZE YOUR CURRICULUM
During my first quarter, I took a course called Entrepreneurial Selling taught by Craig Wortmann, and, at the time, I was actively involved in the sales process for Dot-to-Dot, a start-up I founded before Booth. The class couldn’t have been more impactful at any other time in my career, and the flexibility that Booth offers that enabled me to take that class when I needed it most was invaluable for me.
CHICAGO AS ENTREPRENEURIAL CENTER
There is a lot of momentum in Chicago’s entrepreneurial community. Groupon and Lightbank are driving a lot of activity, but there are also great organizations like Excelerate Labs that are new, and growing.
Chicago is also a very open entrepreneurial community. If you’re interested, entrepreneurs love to hear from you and your ideas. And at Booth, there is hardly any barrier between you and the entrepreneurial community, which makes it an exciting
place to be.
BUILDING A BUSINESS ON SOUND FUNDAMENTALS
One of the things I discovered while founding Dot-to-Dot is that every time we came across a new business function required to build the business, I had to learn everything from scratch. Repeating this over and over again became a daunting process. I realized how valuable it would be - and how effective I could be as a leader - if I had a sound foundation in business fundamentals across all functions. I wanted a broad base of knowledge and skills, which is what ultimately turned me
on to Booth.
About
- Hometown
Pueblo, Colorado - Undergraduate Degree
Harvard University
AB, Economics - Before Booth
Founder and Executive Director, Dot-to-Dot Children’s Books
Business Analyst, McKinsey & Company - Concentrations
Entrepreneurship
Strategic Management - Student Groups
Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital (EVC) - Other Booth Activities
Chicago Booth Epicurean Club
Entrepreneurial Summer Internship Program
Social New Venture Challenge - Activities outside Booth
Avid traveler - Internship
Dot-to-Dot Children’s Books, Chicago - Favorite Chicago Restaurant
Maude’s - Favorite Activity in Chicago
Live music at Celtic Crossing