Saïd Announces Equity Crowdfunding Study
Saïd announced in a recent press release that Associate Professor of Business Economics Nir Vulkan has been granted funding from the Kauffman Foundation so that he may study equity crowdfunding, a process where a broad group of investors will put their money behind a startup in return for equity. This industry is worth over £50 million in the UK alone, although very little research has been done into the market dynamics, success of campaigns to attract money and risks associated with the investment. Continue reading…
Smith School Celebrates Global Initiatives
The Robert H. Smith School of Business organized its first Smith Global Showcase. The event was put together by the Office of Global Initiatives (OGI) and brought students, staff and faculty together to celebrate everything that is global at the school. Continue reading…
REGISTER: NIU’s Social Impact Summit 2015 on April 10
The 3rd Annual Social Impact Summit is set to feature national leaders in the social impact space on April 10, 2015 at the NIU Barsema Alumni & Visitors Center. The event, created by Northern Illinois College of Business students, has three goals: to educate those in attendance about social entrepreneurship, to inspire them to become changemakers, and to facilitate networking for those interested in the social space. Continue reading…
Veteran Venture Capitalists Speak to Booth Students
“If I could go back in time [to become a student at Chicago Booth again], I’d try to meet everyone I could,” said Stuart Peterson, ’95, cofounder and senior partner at Artis Ventures, a San Francisco based venture capital firm has backed such companies as YouTube and Palantir Technologies. “Classmates will help you more than you think.”
Meanwhile, Jeff Sheedy, ’95, director of international marketing at Artis Ventures, believes that success isn’t only about a good idea, but also the people around you.
“Having a strong team gives you an ability to deal with adversity and allows for pivots,” he said.
Booth Research Finds High Performance Employees Likely To Start-Up Own Ventures
Oftentimes, entrepreneurs are seen as “corporate misfits”– those who ditch the 9-5 lifestyle for “a life of untold riches and the satisfaction of being one’s own boss.” But according to new research from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, entrepreneurs aren’t always corporate misfits, but in fact just the opposite. As Chicago Booth’s Amanda Sharkey and Stanford’s Jesper Sorensen write in their paper, “Entrepreneurship as a Mobility Process,” when they decide to make a move, individuals who are an especially good fit with their employers are more likely to start their own businesses rather than jump to a rival. Continue reading…
Cass EMBA Students Take On Business Challenges in Vietnam
Over 50 Cass Executive MBA students flew out to Vietnam in early September for their International Consultancy Week, during which students apply skills they’ve learned throughout the course to unfamiliar international business environments.
Students spent a week in Hanoi, where they worked together to create improvement recommendations for 11 host Vietnamese companies. These included one of the biggest carton manufacturing companies in North Vietnam, a major wholesaler of agricultural products and food to schools, hospitals and supermarkets, and the country’s premiere luxury fashion retailer.
One project group was challenged with designing training programmes to differentiate products and services for one of Vietnam’s largest bank securities firms, while another helped establish a payroll infrastructure and staff management tools in a not-for-profit social enterprise that teaches employment skills to disadvantaged teenagers.
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