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Rice University’s Virani Undergraduate School of Business is introducing the Moody Business Scholars Program, a highly selective, cohort-based undergraduate experience designed to prepare high-achieving business students for careers in competitive industries.
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The 26th annual Women in Leadership Conference (WILC) welcomed hundreds of women to Rice Business’ McNair Hall for a day of networking, learning and inspiration for climbing the ladder in their careers. This year’s theme was “Pass the Torch: Together, We Will Carry the Flame.”
11 Mar
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Research from Rice Business professors John Barry, Bruce Carlin, and Alan Crane shows how firms use hurdle rates differently in practice than finance theory predicts.
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The winner of the 2019 Rice University Business Plan Competition (RBPC) will ring Nasdaq’s opening bell on the day before Independence Day. Vita Inclinata Technologies from the Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, will perform the ceremonial opening of the Nasdaq Stock Market trading day at 9:30 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, July 3.
It's official — 2019 is the year of accelerators in Houston. Four different accelerator programs have announced plans to launch Houston programs this year so far — and they are all bringing something different to the table. All four of the programs represent global programs or big companies recognizing the potential in Houston, which, according to Yael Hochberg, head of the Rice University Entrepreneurship Initiative, is a key part of the equation.
So how can you decide the value (financial and otherwise) for yourself? Utpal Dholakia, a professor of marketing at Rice University, has a simple suggestion. Ask yourself: If I didn't have this service today, would I buy it again? If no, toss it. If yes, keep it and enjoy.
There's always a lot of news about tech startup policy in Houston. Most recently, the Houston Technology Center (HTC) was reborn as a pure policy organization called Houston Exponential, with the backing of the Greater Housotn Partnership and local philanthropists. Rice University announced an innovation corridor from below the Texas Medical Center to above downtown, anchored by the Sears' buiding in Midtown. Station Houston, the city’s local entrepreneurship hub, became a nonprofit and did a real-estate deal with Rice.
Fresh from attracting a $200 million investment, the Houston software company Onit proceeded to get it backward last month. Instead of pulling up stakes and heading west, or selling out to a California tech company, the startup stayed put and bought a Silicon Valley rival.
Houston entrepreneur Mark Schmulen went to Silicon Valley for a three-month business startup program in 2009 and ended up staying, selling his social media marketing company to the digital marketing firm Constant Contact — an unlikely outcome had he stayed in Houston.
So how can you decide the value of convenience (financial and otherwise) for yourself? Utpal Dholakia, a professor of marketing at Rice University, has a simple suggestion. Ask yourself: If I didn't have this service today, would I buy it again? If no, toss it. If yes, keep it and enjoy.
Retailers using an omnichannel strategy believe this to be the magic bullet. Rice University’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business collaborated with a large U.S retail company with hundreds of stores, and studied 46,000 shoppers behavior over 14 months. Shoppers were asked about the channels they had used. The results? Only 7 percent were online shoppers, 20 percent were store only and 73 percent shopped omnichannel.
In one of the most stunning twists of the final season of Game of Thrones, teenage ninja zombie-killer Arya Stark achieved what no other warrior could: She took out the Night King. And as she ascended to her rightful place at the top of the Westeros hero hierarchy, the obvious question soon emerged.
Rice's Liu Idea Lab for Innovation and Entrepreneurship got a jump on molding its young minds. Lilie hosted 44 incoming freshmen as a part of its inaugural Lilie Change Maker Summit. For four days, the to-be students had the opportunity to get get a taste of the program and entrepreneurialism through workshops, guest speakers, and more. "We truly believe this will be a game changer in the Rice entrepreneurial ecosystem," says Caitlin Bolanos, associate director at Lilie, in an email to InnovationMap.