Archive for the ‘News’ Category

TechCrunch plans on an Austin party

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/technology/09/01/0901plugged.html

Moot Corp Winners Open NASDAQ

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Rob Adams, center, director of the Moot Corp Program, helps open NASDAQ Aug. 15. Winners of the 2008 Global Moot Corp Competition hosted by The University of Texas at Austin opened the NASDAQ stock market Friday, Aug. 15 in New York City.... Read the rest of the story at the McCombs Today ...

Entrepreneur Society Boat Cruise 2008

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Class of 2010, Welcome to UT and the McCombs School of Business! As you wind down from the orientation process and get ready to start your first semester, the Entrepreneur Society would like to invite you to the Entrepreneur Society Boat Cruise, August 22nd from 4pm to 7pm. Food ...

Austin Ventures Commits $50 Million to Create Social Enterprise Software and Services Company

Monday, April 28th, 2008

[via austinist.com] Local venture capital firm Austin Ventures is contributing up to $50 million to create a company that will build a social networking platform for corporations. Jeffrey Dachis, who led Razorfish during its reign as one of the original digital services firms, will be the chairman and chief executive officer of ...

Rackspace IPO Hints at Expansion

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

[via GigaOm] Data center and hosting provider RackSpace Inc., has filed to raise up to $400 million in an initial public offering. Its financials seem generally sound (unlike many tech companies it’s actually profitable), although profits did drop by 10 percent in the last year. Rackspace is headquarted in San Antonio, TX.

2008 NCAA Championship Game Party

Monday, April 7th, 2008

SEMA invites all McCombs students to the: 2008 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME McCOMBS WATCHING PARTY Monday, April 7th - Tipoff: 8:21 p.m. Scholz Garden (17th & San Jacinto) Join your classmates to watch the big game and to cheer on whoever helps your bracket! Food will be provided courtesy of SEMA.

Update: March Madness Finals Party

Monday, April 7th, 2008

SEMA invites all McCombs students to the: 2008 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME McCOMBS WATCHING PARTY Monday, April 7th - Tipoff: 8:21 p.m. Scholz Garden (17th & San Jacinto) Join your classmates to watch the big game and to cheer on whoever helps your bracket! Food will be provided courtesy of SEMA.

ES Connections 2008 - Tonight

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

I just wanted to shoot out a reminder about the event that ES is putting on tonight. I hesitate to call it a career fair, because that conjures up images of gymnasiums and suits. Suffice it to say that ES Connections 2008 will be a great opportunity to ...

ES Speaker Series: Steve Schaffer (Vertive)

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

We have confirmation on our first speaker of the year! Steve Schaffer will be speaking to ES on Monday, February 18th in GSB 3.104 from 5:30 – 6:30. We will be ordering food, so please RSVP on the Community Calendar so we can plan accordingly: http://calendar.mccombs.utexas.edu/calendar/ Steve Schaffer’s Bio Steve Schaffer ...

ES Connections 2008

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

ES Connections 2008 is a career networking event hosted by the McCombs Entrepreneur Society focused on giving entrepreneurial minded students a chance to network with companies who encourage entrepreneurship and innovation among their employees. We will be host to a number of companies looking to hire students as interns or to ...