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 company along [...]

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After earning her MBA from McCombs in 1997, Rainey Knudson founded Glasstire, a non-profit online journal about the Texas visual arts scene. Not exactly the traditional MBA career path, but Knudson says her decision to follow her passions of art and writing is what has made her a successful entrepreneur.
McCombs Communications Director Dave Wenger spoke with [...]

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Eric Hirst, associate dean of the MBA program, launched the VIP Distinguished Speaker Series Sept. 29 in an interview with Stacy Smith, CFO, Intel. Smith has been with Intel since he earned his MBA from McCombs in 1988. Below are a few highlights from the interview.

Smith on Leadership.mp3 (1m24s, 1.4MB)
Smith recommends taking on the tough tasks to stand [...]

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Texas Executive Education hosted a group of Chinese Executive MBA students from Renmin University Sept. 7-11 for “Leading in a Global Environment,” a program created specifically for them in partnership with Renmin.
The students were presidents, chairmen, managers and senior officials of Chinese companies representing industries including furniture construction, technology and advertising.
“We really value this new partnership with Renmin University in [...]

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With the Start Up Meet Up conference happening in the alumni center today, it’s only fitting that we share an entreprepreneur’s story, courtesy of Texas Evening MBA Director director Trent Thurman. Trent interviewed Keith Young (right), an MBA alumnus who started a successful business in one of the most unstable markets of our time. Trent’s interview [...]

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Maybe we’re working you too hard here at McCombs if skydiving is how you gear up for the semester… 
From Rohit Bhatia, MBA Class of 2010:
Recently 11 McCombs MBAs decided to jump out of a plane flying at 10,000 feet. All of us had wanted to do it at some point in our lives, so we [...]

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Today officially marks the beginning of the 2009-10 school year at McCombs (although many of you have already been on campus for a few weeks). Summer offers a nice change of pace, but campus really comes alive when students return and the fall semester gets underway.
So welcome back, students! And to those of you who [...]

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From Associate Dean for Graduate Programs Eric Hirst:
It’s hot now, but come October we may have a little respite from the heat. That’s good news because the Lance Armstrong LIVESTRONG Challenge will be held on the weekend of Oct. 24-25. There is a 5K run on the 24th. On the 25th, there will be 10, [...]

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In Forbes magazine’s 2009 ranking of MBA programs across the country, the full-time Texas MBA was listed at 11 overall, and second among public schools. In the last ranking in 2007, McCombs was 14 overall, and third among public schools. 
This ranking is based on the MBA graduates of the Class of 2004, with 17,000 alumni at 103 schools taking part [...]

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FInd MBA Blog, July 11, 2009
“In my view, the financial downturn has actually made teaching finance a little easier,” said Greg Hallman, McCombs finance lecturer. “At its core, finance is the study of risk and return. The past couple of years in the market have given students a perfect illustration of risk and the downside [...]

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