Mehrad's Blog

To the Comm 296 class headed by Professor Phaedra Burke, hello, my name is Mehrad. Like most of you I am in my second year at Sauder and like most of you  I am unsure of which designation to specialize.

I enjoy basketball, going shopping for expensive clothes but finally settling for Winners, and trying to teach my dog simple commands that yet have resulted in failure for the past 6 years. I am an Iranian immigrant, I moved to Vancouver when I was 8 and have yet been fully assimilated to western culture.

Marketing is a required second year commerce course, but I do believe in getting the most out of every experience. I hope to learn a solid framework of knowledge and understanding of marketing by term-end. Marketing is an unavoidable and highly powerful tool in today’s society and every business has accomplished some success from effective marketing utilization.

Few months ago I held a telemarketing position for a small software company, cold-calling engineering firms around the world to promote and hopefully sell this company’s line of software. It was a great learning experience for me and upon completion of my duties, I now have new found respect and empathy for anyone doing over the phone surveys, company promotions, etc.

Currently my favourite advertisement is the commercial for the conclusion to the Batman trilogy, The Dark Knight Rises. I believe director Christopher Nolan is taking film-making to the next level and we’ve seen that with such movies as The Dark Knight and Inception. The creator of this trailer did a fantastic job compiling the significant scenes of the movie to develop a riveting video that will have audiences anxiously waiting for its summer release date.

I have been kickboxing for 11 years. A year and a half ago I competed in my first amateur ring fight, fighting modified Muay Thai. One minute and fifty two seconds into the second round I achieved a technical knockout which sent my opponent flying headfirst into the ropes and afterwards onto the mat. It is one of the greatest feelings in the world to knock someone out. If you haven’t already, seriously, you’re missing out.