Texas MBAs Talk

While we have a wide range of career interests represented on the blog, I wanted to speak to an area that hasn’t yet come up but is very prevalent at McCombs – energy finance and clean technology. The energy crew in particular includes some of the most active and passionate students in the program. For [...]

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As Austin cools down and fall descends upon us, you start to get into the groove of being back in school as a First Year MBA student. Cramming late into the night all too frequently, having no class on Fridays, eating a lot of take out, and having the occasional mid-week adult beverage becomes a [...]

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One of the great things about business school is the exposure afforded to you as an MBA student to just about anyone in any industry you are interested in. If you have kept up with my blog, you know I’m a finance guy so last year when the opportunity arose to travel up to New York [...]

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My summer was a complete whirlwind, and it’s hard to believe I’ve already finished the first year of school, completed my long-awaited summer internship, and come back for year 2…AND that a week of class has gone by. Sadly, I know the rest of my MBA will be over in a blink. I’m thinking denial [...]

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Coming up on my second and final year I would like to reflect on what’s happened since I last wrote; particularly my summer and internship in NYC. After school ended I had about a month before my internship started in NYC, giving me a lot of time to chill before my expected 100+ hour weeks [...]

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I can’t believe that it has already been two months since graduation!  As you can imagine, finals were a whirlwind of projects and exams, but once that was over, it was time to celebrate!  The Graduate Business Council organized a 7-day extravaganza of “Disorientation” events in Austin, including a party barge on Lake Travis, floating [...]

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When I left Austin, it was 94 degrees and sunny. My first weekend after arriving in Minneapolis, it was 49 degrees and raining. I knew the weather would be an adjustment, but I had no idea the change would be so dramatic so early on. But first, let me back up a little.
I participated in [...]

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