Alumni Voices: Technology Careers After Acton

Technology goes hand-in-hand with entrepreneurship and business development, especially in Austin. At Acton many of our new students arrive with undergraduate degrees in the computer sciences and, after graduating, even more pursue opportunities in technology fields. They tell us that Acton’s fast and demanding pace, high intensity, competitiveness, and...

Acton in the Wild: Growing with Daily Juice

While they’re enrolled at Acton, students practice making tough decisions and analyzing complex and confusing data day in and day out. They step into the shoes of entrepreneurs in hundreds of real life business cases, including many focused on growing companies and financing that growth. With our “Acton in...

Alumni Voices: Going into Finance After Acton

When it comes to teaching finance, Acton stands apart from every other business MBA school out there. After they develop a base knowledge of unit economics and how to drive the success of every single business out there, our students dig into the financial concepts behind the formulas. They...

Alumni Voices: From Engineering To Acton

Over the last decade, Acton has proven to hold a strong appeal to engineers, who are looking to expand their business skills, understand markets and launch their own enterprises. They come from many different engineering disciplines, from technology to construction management, and typically bring a valuable discipline and problem-solving...

Lessons Learned: People – An Unpredictable Equation

What’s the toughest thing to manage and prepare for in the work place? Many might suggest negotiation, developing highly intricate valuations, or raising money. Guest contributor Kelty Christman (’07) discusses her own personal insights into a surprisingly demanding subject. In the process, she affirms what we hear regularly from our...

Princeton Review Ranks Acton Students “The Most Competitive in the United States”

Students and Alumni Reflect on Classroom Competition On Friday, The Princeton Review released its 2013 Business School Rankings, designating Acton’s students as the most competitive business school students in the country. Acton first registered on Princeton Review’s top ten lists in 2005, the year after Acton graduated its first...

Alumni Voices: Franchise Businesses After Acton

At Acton, our alumni pursue businesses in a wide variety of industries – including technology, energy, fitness, and manufacturing – utilizing many different business models and structures well suited to each respective industry. However a number of our alumni have found particular success with the franchise model, which can...

Acton in the Wild: Growing Data Garden

Throughout the year we like to check in on our entrepreneur alumni to learn about the successes and challenges they’ve encountered in their own endeavors after they’ve left the classroom and applied their experience in the real world. As we like to call it, it’s “Acton in the Wild.” ...

Five Years Later – Reunion for Acton’s Class of 2007

This past Saturday, June 9, most of Acton’s Class of 2007 met on campus to commemorate the five years (and six weeks) that have passed since they graduated. Acton’s first graduating class, the Class of 2004, was naturally the first to celebrate the five year mark with a reunion...

Alumni Voices: Going Into the Family Business After Acton

Entrepreneurship often seems to run in the family, and many of our students and prospective students come from parents and families who have already demonstrated entrepreneurial success. Many of these students are pursuing new industries and careers, but some also find that their own goals and skills are a...