McCombs Alumni Network News

From The Austin American-Statesman
Pricing for plane tickets, car rentals and hotels is constantly changing. Why not for sporting events, too?
That’s what Barry Kahn wondered three years ago, when he was a University of Texas doctoral degree candidate in economics.
Convinced there was a business there, he teamed with UT MBA student Jiten Dalvi in 2007 to [...]

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From McCombs TODAY
Faculty, students and the public are encouraged to attend the Global Moot Corp competition taking place May 8-9 at the McCombs School of Business. The Moot Corp competition is the oldest and most prestigious business-plan competition in the country, and this year’s event features 40 teams from 11 countries vying for a grand-prize [...]

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From McCombs TODAY
FocalPop, a Web-based solution for finding quality stock photography, won the Texas round of the Moot Corp® competition, the new-venture competition hosted annually at the McCombs School of Business.
The win at the Feb. 18 competition earned FocalPop a berth in the Global Moot Corp competition, which will be held in Austin May 7-9. [...]

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