Henry Tam and the Mgi Team

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