McCombs Alumni Network News

Tony Award-winner John Rando, BA ’83 and 2004 Outstanding Young Texas Ex, directs the hit New York musical comedy, The Toxic Avenger, with Producer Jean Cheever, MBA ’87. Rando and Cheever have brought the hilarious story of Toxie to life in New York City with fellow Texas alumnus, Fight Director David DeBesse, BA ’83.
The Toxic [...]

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From Consultant, Coach and Speaker, Jonathan Sprinkles, BBA ’99
I almost lost it today.
Have you ever been so mad, you’re ready to go off on anyone, regardless of the consequences? That was me today.
Actually, this was the capstone in a couple weeks of really frustrating occurrences.

I left my phone charger at home (again) and only had my car [...]

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The McCombs School of Business inducted three alumni into the Hall of Fame on Friday, Nov. 6: James R. Huffines, BBA ’73 (below left), Joel V. Staff, BBA ’67 (below middle) and Elizabeth Henke Yant, BBA ’77, MPA ’78 (below right). The highest honor bestowed by the school, the Hall of Fame Award recognizes individuals who [...]

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Lance Loeffler, MBA ’04 is a director at UBS Investment Bank in Houston. Since graduation he has remained very involved with the McCombs Alumni Network; he is co-president of his graduating class and served on the five-year reunion planning committee.
In addition to his work with McCombs, Loeffler is also a member of the 1883 Council [...]

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By Gregory Rutzen, Office of Institutional Advancement
While Congress spent another day immersed in debates on healthcare reform, leaders in the Texas Medical Center participated in a panel discussion, sharing their visions for healthcare coverage and how to pay for it.
The Nov. 3 event at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston was presented [...]

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From ABC News
In response to families across the country searching for ways to reduce expenses, ABC News provides “10 Ways to Go Away Without Going Broke.” One of these ways highlights a venture by McCombs Enterprises, SmartyPig.
Be Social: Want to make it easy for Grandma and Uncle John to contribute to your vacation fund? [...]

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This guest article was written by Adrienne Carlson, who regularly writes on the topic of online executive mba programs. Adrienne welcomes your comments and questions.
It’s no exaggeration when I say that nine out of ten people are nostalgic about the time they spent in school and/or college. They tend to call them “the best days [...]

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From McCombs Today
On Oct. 19 it was announced that MagnaQuest, a Hyderabad, India, company had acquired eVapt, an Austin company which has its roots with the Texas Evening MBA program (TEMBA). Both companies are involved in providing cloud computing solutions.
Shortly after the acquistion, TEMBA Director Trent Thurman interviewed Ranjit Nayak, MBA ‘07, who founded the [...]

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From McCombs Director of Communications David Wenger and ID University
Are you willing to obsess over costs, eat Ramen for dinner, toil far from the PR limelight, and build the business one customer at a time?
I walked the path over to Chris Treadaway’s blog, The Common Sense Web…An Entrepreneurs’ Blog, and was immediately taken by his [...]

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Local Dallas entrepreneur and McCombs graduate Imran Karim, founder of Trophy Skin, has advanced to the online voting round of the Inc magazine/Alibaba.com business plan competition. Five finalists, chosen by the public via online voting, will go on to the final event in San Francisco on Nov. 18 as guests of Alibaba.com to compete for $100,000 in business grants.
Trophy Skin [...]

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