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A Week at Accounting Camp

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Charles Enriquez, BA ’98, asks the room of 48 high school students what they had heard about the McCombs School of Business before they arrived at camp.  “It’s...

 
 

Longhorn Startup Nourishes Student Entrepreneurs

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In 2010, a UT computer science student named Elben Shira, BS ’11, posted an essay on his website about the department’s “second-rate” startup culture. Shira...

 
 

Despite Obstacles, Black-Owned Businesses Are on the Rise in Texas

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Black-owned businesses are growing fast in Texas—but they tend to be smaller than average, and black entrepreneurs face significant economic challenges, according...

 
 

“How Millenials Are Sparking Change”: Five Tips For Young Entrepreneurs

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Entrepreneurship is in. That was the message from a town hall event this week at UT’s Student Activities Center. Co-hosted by the Atlantic, National Journal,...

 
 

Report: UT’s Startup Incubator Has Created 6,520 Jobs

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For the past quarter-century, the Austin Technology Incubator—a startup hub based out of UT’s IC² Institute—has been quietly chugging along at the Pickle...

 
 

Longhorns Invent 3-D Camera—and Demo It For Obama

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It’s not every day you get to show your business concept to the president of the United States. But that’s exactly what two UT engineering students did...

 
 
Seismos Team Wins Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition

Seismos Team Wins Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition

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Seismos, the 2013 Master of Science in Technology Commercialization team, won this year’s Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition and will go on to compete...

 
 

The Science of Super Bowl Ads [Watch]

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To win over viewers, a television advertisement should be set up like a joke, according to UT marketing professor Raj Raghunathan. In his research, Raghunathan...

 
 

Pakistani Business Students Learn to Hook ‘Em

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They may have been puzzled at first by such a strange hand sign, but this roomful of business students in Karachi, Pakistan, soon eagerly threw their horns up....

 
 

Forbes Names UT One of Best Values in Business Education

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One of the bedrocks of business school rankings is the yearly Forbes Magazine list of top MBA programs. The ranking has been a favorite among UT students and alums...

 
 
 
 
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