Tuck students consult for local ski hill
A consulting project that a team of students from the Tuck School of Business started last year changed business operations at Whaleback Mountain, a local ski venue, this winter. Scott Roman Tu '07 and his classmates evaluated the project and provided suggestions on how to improve Whaleback's business practices as part of their first-year and subsequent "Business Bridge" projects at Tuck. "We all like skiing and thought it was kind of cool to work at a local mountain," Roman said. "We came in and we worked with [Whaleback co-owner Evan Dybvig] and mapped out a game plan of what sorts of things we could do with him to help him out." Early on, the Tuck students researched other local ski mountains to learn about their methods of operation and sources of revenue. From this initial research, they learned what would and would not be successful for a local ski hill.
