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Dean Thomas Gilligan interviewed Michael Dell, CEO, founder and chairman of the board of Dell, Inc., Nov. 11 as part of the VIP Distinguished Speaker Series.
Dean Gilligan began by asking Dell about his first job, which Dell said was at a Chinese restaurant when he was 12 years [...]
Tags: · computers, corporate culture, Dean Thomas Gilligan, Dell, entrepreneurship, global impact, leadership, McCombs, Michael Dell, VIP Speaker Series, work family balance
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 [...]
Tags: · entrepreneurship, Glasstire, McCombs alumni, nonprofit journalism, Rainey Knudson, social entrepreneurship, Texas arts
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 [...]
Tags: · CertaPro, entrepreneurship, entreprenuer, McCombs alum, small business, startup business, TEMBA, Texas Evening MBA, Trent Thurman
Gary E. Hoover, founder of Bookstop and the company that later became Hoover’s Inc., has been named entrepreneur-in-residence in the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship at the McCombs School of Business of The University of Texas at Austin.
“Our school’s role as a world-renowned driver of innovation and creativity got another boost when Gary Hoover stepped [...]
Tags: · entrepreneurship, Gary Hoover, McCombs School of Business
The Moot Corp competition is the oldest and most prestigious business-plan competition in the country.
Recently, a panel of former Moot Corp participants gathered to share insights on topics such as raising venture capital, hiring the right team and how to learn from mistakes along the way. Taking part in the panel hosted by Moot Corp Director Rob [...]
Tags: · entrepreneurship, McCombs School of Business, Moot Corp, starting your own business, Texas entreprenuership, Texas MBA
The full-time MBA program at the McCombs School of Business ranks at no. 18 in the 2009 U.S. News survey of America’s Best Graduate Business Schools. McCombs has been included in the Top 20 programs in 15 out of the past 16 years. Only four public schools rank above McCombs: Berkeley (no. 7), Michigan (no. [...]
Tags: · Accounting, best business schools, best mba, best public business schools, business school ranking, entrepreneurship, information systems, Marketing, McCombs ranking, no. 1 accounting, Texas MBA, U.S. News
The following is an excerpt from BusinessWeek’s “MBA Journal,” written by McCombs first-year MBA student Kathleen Voboril.
I’m surprised no one has created a reality TV show about Super Week, the week preceding second semester when those interested in I-Banking, Consulting, and Asset Management face back-to-back interviews for summer internships. Nervous MBAs make good comedic fodder. [...]
Tags: · businessweek, entrepreneurship, finding an internship, Kathleen Voboril, MBA blog, MBA Journal, New Venture Creation, Venture Fellows
By Rob Adams
The Chinese might have been prescient about the current world situation when they coined the phrase “may you live in interesting times.” However, most entrepreneurs and business owners are finding these times a little too interesting for comfort, and they are looking for insight on how to manage their businesses through the choppy [...]
Tags: · cash flow, entrepreneurship, Management, Moot Corp, recession, Rob Adams, surviving the recession
