Jillian Levovitz Fink '17 is a healthcare entrepreneur, CEO of OcciGuide and chief strategy officer for FemHealth Insights. She and host Maya Pomroy ‘22 discuss how she switched from being a fourth-grade teacher to co-founding and leading a medical device startup, her advice to those considering a pivot in entrepreneurship, and how she invests her time in giving back to the community.
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Welcome to America’s most diverse city. Home to newcomers from around the globe, there’s no better place to live and launch. Think foodie heaven, off-the-grid culture, wildcatter innovation, sports, arts, culture and 38,394 acres of parks.
At Rice, I have been able to meet several folks who managed businesses outside of their "day jobs." I knew Rice is ranked #1 for its entrepreneurial program, but it was still so refreshing to meet people who share my same spirit of creating and innovating in business.
Full-Time MBA ‘22
The classes I have taken have taught me many new things that I have not been previously aware of. I have also made many new friends that I will cherish forever and continue to be friends with post-MBA.
Professional MBA '22
One of the things the MBA program has given me is confidence — the feeling that there’s nothing I can’t explore.
Executive MBA ‘21
Owl Have You Know is Rice Business’ podcast created to share the experiences of alumni, faculty, students and other members of our business community – real stories of belonging, failing, rebounding and, ultimately, succeeding.
Host Scott Gale '19 interviews Velentium CEO and founder Dan Purvis '05. Dan shares the risks he took early in his career that made him successful, the importance of "work-life fit," and the incredible story of how Velentium became a major player in ventilator production in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Amanda is the vice president of retail operations for Constellation, the nation’s largest producer of carbon-free energy. She and host Scott Gale '19 chat about what has kept her working with passion at Constellation for 15 years and how her Japanese-American background and the internment camps of WWII are a central part of her family’s history and her commitment to DEI work.
In this episode, Joanna, CEO of Prana Thoracic, shares her career journey, passion for healthcare, deep connection to Rice, and how the heartbreaking loss of her young son serves as her inspiration for finding groundbreaking medical technologies to help others.
Get an inside look as artist Kate Shepherd creates Rice Business’ stunning new wall painting in luminous shades of red and grey, a hypnotic visual connection to the architecture of McNair Hall’s octagonal atrium. The result, titled “Tricycle Red, Pelican Grey, etc., partial octagons,” is a work of art equal in boldness to the students of Rice Business.
Rice Business Wisdom is our online ideas magazine that features faculty research.
Based on research by Vikas Mittal
By Deborah Lynn Blumberg
Based on research by Siyu Yu
Our real estate faculty provide students with a thorough understanding of the industry and help them navigate the complex institutional real estate world. Their award-winning research on topics like option pricing, fixed income and mortgage-backed securities has been published in top journals of the field and widely covered in the media, including The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The New York Times and The Economist.
A recent study co-authored by Rice Business Professor Jing Zhou found that offering workers a choice of what type of reward they would like for offering good suggestions increased the volume of submissions and their creativity too.
FluxWorks from Texas A&M University, a magnetic gear technology company, took home the grand prize at the 2023 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC). The winners were announced at the conclusion of the three-day pitching, mentoring and networking event.
At the Hess Corporation, Trent Kostenuk '23 oversaw the launch of a joint venture with Exxon Mobil and the China National Offshore Oil Corporation. “My contributions to this project gained me high visibility within the organization and positioned me as the go-to person for technical expertise and guidance for the G&G team and leadership.”
