Questrom Executive in Residence Gives Advice for Entrepreneurs
WalletHub, a personal finance social network, recently released a study about small business ownership in the United States. The study identified start up opportunities in the 150 most populated cities in the country. The report analyzed the cities across two dimensions: access to resources and business environment. As part of the report, WalletHub interviewed Peter Russo, the Questrom School of Business Executive in Residence. Russo was featured in the “Ask the Experts” section of the report.
In this section of the report, Russo gives aspiring entrepreneurs advice on starting their own business. Russo tells entrepreneurs to work to build their network. “To Succeed, you will need the help of others,” Russo said. In addition to building their network, Russo also advices new entrepreneurs to get out and talk to people so that they understand how their services solves a problem and that the customer agrees that it solves the problem.
Questrom Joins School of Law for Accelerated JD/MBA Program
The Questrom School of Business and the Boston University School of Law will launch a new, accelerated JD/MBA program beginning this fall. Students can complete this new dual-degree program can be completed in three years rather than the five years it would take to complete each degree separately.
Students in the program will complete a mix of law and business courses throughout the entirety of the program, including a full load of courses during the summer of the first year. In the summer of the second year, students will be free to take on internships in law firms or other settings.
BU Alumni Gift Renames School of Management
Boston University has announced that the Boston University School of Management has been renamed the Questrom School of Business in honor of alumnus Allen Questrom and his wife Kelli. The couple recently donated a gift of $50 million to the School through their Allen and Kelli Questrom Foundation. The gift will go to the endowment of 10 faculty chairs and enable planning to establish a new graduate program facility. The gift is the largest gift in the University’s history.
The new graduate program facility will be an addition of new 60,000-square-foot classroom space that will connect to its existing building. James Post, emeritus professor of markets, public policy and law, calls the donation shows that the Questroms recognized that physical space shapes an organization’s culture. “We cannot be the kind of school we aspire to be without the necessary square footage,” said Post.
