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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AUSTIN, Texas— A company hoping to significantly slow the onset of antibiotic resistance has claimed the grand prize at the 26th annual Global Moot Corp Competition at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.
Novophage Therapeutics from Boston University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology beat out 39 teams from top [...]

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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 [...]

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Austin American-Statesman, Feb. 23, 2009
What has changed at Phurnace Software since it was founded two years ago?
Not much. Only the product, the marketing strategy, the customers it wanted to target, its hiring plan and the amount of money it intended to raise. Also the sales strategy — three times.
“At one point, we stopped writing our [...]

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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 [...]

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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. The Global [...]

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Moot Corp is the oldest and most prestigious student business-plan competition in the United States. In the first-ever reunion of past Texas Moot Corp winners, the founders of seven companies will share their stories and insights into the start-up process. This panel discussion, followed by a question and answer session, will cover topics such as [...]

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Thinking of starting a venture? The Texas Moot Corp Competition shows you how new companies raise venture capital. Come hear the latest venture ideas coming out of UT Austin at the Texas Moot Corp Semifinals on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 4-6 p.m. in CBA 3.202 and GSB 5.142. Seven teams will compete in two divisions, with [...]

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Winners of the 2008 Global Moot Corp Competition hosted by The University of Texas at Austin opened the NASDAQ stock market Friday, Aug. 15 in New York City.
Rob Adams, director of the Moot Corp program and management lecturer did the honors along with NeuroBank, the team of MBA students from Carnegie Mellon University which won [...]

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