Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship, Finance, Master of Business Administration, Programs

Freeman Ladies Win Case Competition

Some of Freeman’s very own won the 2011 National Association of Women’s MBA Strategy Case Competition in Newark, New Jersey, taking home a grand prize of $5,000. On March 23, Katie LaCorte, Dana Omar Mahmoud, Hakima Taoufiq and Sofia Zarate partook in the final round of the contest at the […]

April 12, 2011 ×

Energy, Entrepreneurship, Master of Business Administration, Programs

Some Food for Thought

Some Food for Thought

Earlier this month at the 2011 Burkenroad Symposium, speakers with various backgrounds in the business world (energy, consulting, and speech communications) lectured a packed audience of undergraduates and graduates on transforming adversity into competitive advantage. As a member of Tulane Net Impact, a group concerned with promoting responsible and ethical […]

February 28, 2011 ×

Energy, Entrepreneurship, Master of Business Administration, Programs

Honor in the Face of Fire

Freeman School’s Burkenroad Institute hosted its annual symposium yesterday; this year the theme was “Honor in the Face of Fire.”  The Symposium publicity material (see above) looked pretty severe, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect.  As it turns out, all speakers gave very interesting presentations about business ethics, […]

February 19, 2011 ×

Entrepreneurship, Master of Business Administration, New Orleans, Programs

Be Part of the Brain Gain

It’s no secret that many Tulane students come to New Orleans, enjoy their college experience, and go back home.  With a large population of students from the East and West coasts, that’s bound to happen. As the economy continues to affect new jobs in the country’s bigger cities, many Tulane […]

February 15, 2011 ×

Entrepreneurship, Master of Business Administration, Programs

Marketing Planning and Implementation

So, figured I would take this opportunity to tell you about Marketing Planning and Implementation, one of the classes that I am taking this spring.  Our major grade for the class is based on a semester-long group marketing project.  For the project, groups of students partner with a local business […]

January 24, 2011 ×

Entrepreneurship, Master of Business Administration, New Orleans, Programs

TEA and Net Impact members sponsor free Pete’s Pedal Pops on the back patio of GWII on a su

TEA and Net Impact members sponsor free Pete’s Pedal Pops on the back patio of GWII on a sunny September afternoon.

September 23, 2010 ×

Entrepreneurship, Finance, Master of Business Administration, Programs

KeyBank Business Case Competition

One of the best opportunities you have as an MBA student is to take part in extremely engaging extracurricular activities. Whether doing consulting for startups, building marketing plans to rebrand local businesses there is probably something going on that will interest you. Then there are the case competitions. I was […]

March 2, 2010 ×

Entrepreneurship, Master of Business Administration, Programs

Come to Tulane & Launch your Business

If you happen to be looking for a school were you can get your MBA and launch your business you need to strongly consider Tulane. The school is regularly ranked one of the top 15 programs for entrepreneur studies by Entrepreneur Magazine and the Princenton Review. Rankings aside, we have […]

August 10, 2009 ×

Entrepreneurship, Master of Business Administration, Programs

Tulane MBAs win Big at Business Plan Competition

Months of hard work recently paid off for two Tulane MBAs as they took first and second place at the IdeaVillage-504ward Business Plan competition.  The plan was sponsored by private donations from the city of New Orleans and received 146 submissions.  Ishaneka Williams, a first-year MBA, and her business partner […]

April 23, 2009 ×

Entrepreneurship, Master of Business Administration, Programs

Interview with Business Plan Winner Ishaneka Williams

What prompted you to enter the competition? I am a native New Orleanian so working to eliminate the ‘brain drain’ and loss of talent from the city is very dear to me.  I wanted to be a part of the solution and the competition gave us that opportunity. I love […]

April 23, 2009 ×