Knowledge To Go: The U.S. Tax System and Inequity with Lisa De Simone (Mar. 10, 2023)

In this talk, Lisa discusses how creating “good” tax policy is hard, how some common benefits under the current U.S. federal tax policy worsen societal inequities, and highlighted some policies aimed at addressing these inequities.

You can view the webinar recording here.

Lisa De Simone is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. Her research examines how multinational corporations and individuals respond to tax incentives worldwide. She teaches tax and personal finance courses to students in undergraduate and graduate business and accounting programs.

Please note: Alumni Network webinars must be viewed live to receive CPE credit. Watching the recording does not qualify for CPE credit.

Knowledge To Go: A Market Update with Sandy Leeds (Jan. 13, 2023)

Sandy discusses current events in the markets. He talks about the economy, the stock market, interest rates, the labor market, the Fed, and fiscal policy. It is a fast-moving discussion designed to get you up-to-speed with current events.

You can view the recording of this talk here, and the slides presented here.

Sandy Leeds is a professor of instruction in the Finance Department at McCombs and served a thirteen year term as president of The MBA Investment Fund, L.L.C. He teaches both graduate and undergraduate level courses, including Corporate Finance, Advanced Corporate Finance, Public Policy (Long-Term Issues in the Markets), Investments, Portfolio Management / Security Analysis, Money and Capital Markets, and Macroeconomics.

Please note: Alumni Network webinars must be viewed live to receive CPE credit. Watching the recording does not qualify for CPE credit.

Knowledge To Go: Work Relationships and the Post-COVID Workplace with Art Markman (Oct. 14, 2022)

The effects of the COVID pandemic are still being felt in the way we work. Many organizations have adopted flexible work arrangements in which many employees are working from home a significant amount of the time. These arrangements influence the nature of people’s workplace relationships. Professor Art Markman discusses the three key types of relationships people engage in, as well as the nature of social connections, and then explores how the current workplace environment affects these aspects of our social world.

You can view the webinar recording here.

Art Markman is the Annabel Irion Worsham Centennial Professor of Psychology, Human Dimensions of Organizations and Marketing, and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin. He has written over 150 papers on topics including reasoning, decision making, and motivation. Art brings insights from cognitive science to a broader audience through his blogs at Psychology Today and Fast Company and his radio show/podcast Two Guys on Your Head. He is the author of several books including Smart Thinking, Smart Change, Brain Briefs, and Bring Your Brain to Work.

Please note: Alumni Network webinars must be viewed live to receive CPE credit. Watching the recording does not qualify for CPE credit.

Knowledge To Go: Crazy Times in the Markets! with Sandy Leeds (Aug. 19, 2022)

Stocks have dropped 20% in 2022. Interest rates have increased, meaning that bonds have also lost value. An index of commodity prices has increased 20%, but earlier in the year it had been up 40%. The dollar had appreciated more than 10% this year. Suffice it to say that there’s been a lot going on. In this fast-paced webinar, Sandy speaks about the markets, the economy, the Fed, and the world.

You can view the webinar recording here, and view the slides presented here.

Sandy Leeds is a professor of instruction in the Finance Department at McCombs and served a thirteen-year term as president of The MBA Investment Fund, L.L.C. He teaches both graduate and undergraduate level courses, including Corporate Finance, Advanced Corporate Finance, Public Policy (Long-Term Issues in the Markets), Investments, Portfolio Management / Security Analysis, Money and Capital Markets, and Macroeconomics.

Please note: Alumni Network webinars must be viewed live to receive CPE credit. Watching the recording does not qualify for CPE credit.

Texas McCombs Presents: The Soul of Business: Leading with Impact and an Entrepreneurial Mindset

A Conversation with Brett A. Hurt and Dean Mills (May 26, 2022)

As part of the Texas McCombs Presents series, Dean Lillian Mills and Brett A. Hurt ’94, CEO of data.world, discussed leading in uncertain times, Austin’s evolution as an innovation hub, diversity in the workplace, supporting female entrepreneurship through Kendra Scott Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute, and more.

You can watch the webinar recording here.

Read more about Brett’s book, The Entrepreneur’s Essentials, here.

Read his feature in the McCombs Magazine here.

Brett A. Hurt is the CEO and Co-founder of data.world, the enterprise data catalog for the modern data stack. data.world’s cloud-native SaaS (software-as-a-service) platform combines a consumer-grade user experience with a powerful knowledge graph to deliver enhanced data discovery, agile data governance, and actionable insights. data.world is a Certified B Corporation® and public benefit corporation and home to the world’s largest collaborative open data community with more than 1.6 million members, including 90% of the Fortune 500.  The company has 48+ patents and has been named one of Austin’s Best Places to Work six years in a row.  Brett is also the co-owner of Hurt Family Investments (HFI), alongside his wife, Debra. HFI is involved in 125 startups, 40 VC funds, and multiple philanthropic endeavors. 

Brett co-founded and led Bazaarvoice as CEO, through its IPO, follow-on offering, and two acquisitions.  Bazaarvoice became the largest public SaaS (Software as a Service) business in social commerce and was named by the WSJ as one of the top IPOs of 2012 after becoming a unicorn.  Brett also founded and led Coremetrics, which was rated the #1 Web analytics solution by Forrester Research and, like Bazaarvoice, expanded into a global company and leader.  Coremetrics was acquired by IBM in 2010 for around $300 million.