Acton in the Wild: Sprinting with Apex Fun Run

While enrolled at Acton, our students are run through the trenches, stepping into the shoes of real entrepreneurs as they dissect, decide and debate hundreds of real life business cases. But no matter how many great lessons you can take from a good case discussion, it’s always most exciting...

Can Entrepreneurship Be Taught?

This may be one of the most debated entrepreneurial questions out there, with a lot of varying opinions. Its answer is at the heart of our programs at Acton. While some suggest that entrepreneurship can only emerge from innate character traits, others (ourselves included) know that the habits and...

So Do Entrepreneurs Think Differently?

This question hits on a favorite topic around here, discussed not just by new students, but also by our entrepreneur teachers and alumni. But first, since there are two different ways to interpret the question, we need to make an assumption clear. Do entrepreneurs think differently than each other...

So Does an Entrepreneur Even Need an MBA?

We hear this one a lot.  And many are surprised by our answer. Does an Entrepreneur Need an MBA? No, of course not (But the right one can sure make big a difference).  It is true that anyone can become an entrepreneur when starting a new business or endeavor....

A Business Competition You Can Build On – The Acton Challenge

The fastest way to follow in the footsteps of leaders is to learn from them. One on one.   Meet the Acton Challenge – a collection of events that will take up-and-coming go-getters and connect them directly with successful leaders, CEOs, and innovators in energy, real estate and education. Believe...

Acton Around the World

In 2007 UFM-Guatemala (Universidad Francisco Marroquin) graduate Hugo Diaz asked the university President Giancarlo Ibárgüen to write him a recommendation letter for a little-known American business school designed for and taught exclusively by entrepreneurs. Diaz was surprised to hear that word of the Acton School of Business in Austin,...

Acton Academy Middle School Opens in Fall 2012

As the Acton Academy web site remarks, “Some may think that Middle School is a time to be endured between elementary school and high school.” Acton educators disagree, and will launch the Acton Academy Middle School this fall. You can find out more about the Middle School and Acton’s...

The Next Generation GMAT and The Next Generation Student

The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) announced in June 2010 that it would be making a major change in the GMAT, the entrance exam required by most business school admissions departments. This change, the addition of an Integrated Reasoning section, goes into effect on June 5, 2012. The new...

A Case for Case Method

I was recently in a store with a friend when we saw a product that was featured in one of my cases last year at Acton. I exclaimed, “Hey, I know that product! We did that case!” and my interested friend asked a series of seemingly relevant questions, like,...