Taking A Closer Look Inside The Seattle Startup Scene
The Seattle startup scene has always been vibrant. In fact, Seattle’s startup activity ranks among the world’s best and is an essential component of the city’s ecosystem. However, that doesn’t mean that Seattle hasn’t faced some issues regarding growth. While 2016 welcomed many new startups to Seattle and several lucrative financing deals, such as OfferUp’s $119 million round, Silicon Valley is holding the city back from reaching its full potential. Continue reading…
Top Entrepreneurship MBAs in Los Angeles
Famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright famously said, “Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.”
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MetroMBA’s Favorite Apps of 2016 for MBA Students
With 2016 grinding to a welcomed stop, MetroMBA takes a look back at what good came from this year. Here, we examine our favorite apps for business students.
(Note: not all of these apps were released this year, rather, this just looks at what’s best out right now).
Inside the Career Treks at McCombs
An MBA program that spends all of its time and effort only in the classroom is one that may leave its students at a disadvantage. The truth is that it’s the hands-on and out-of-class experiences that make the biggest impression on MBAs, and that’s exactly why McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin takes their MBA students on career treks every year.
These treks, led by the Texas MBA Career and Management team, take MBAs to various cities and companies around the nation for a unique learning opportunity. During each trek, MBA students learn more in-depth information about their favorite industries and corporations through presentations, Q&A sessions and networking opportunities. And so far, the treks have been a huge success. Continue reading…
Seattle Unemployment Falls While Real Estate Booms
Seattle’s unemployment rate reached 3.9 percent this past September—the lowest rate in five years. In 2011, the city’s jobless rate hovered around 8 percent. The drop in unemployment is due to many factors, not the least of which is Seattle’s booming tech economy. Continue reading…
Drucker School’s Online Learning Modules Blaze New Trails
The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management of Claremont Graduate University has proudly announced the introduction of module within Trailhead, a free online tool for MBAs.
The Drucker School MBA Essentials Trail prepares users for mastery of Salesforce, the world’s foremost customer resource management software.
