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Entrepreneurship MBA 2021
EMBA grad Bob Ycmat is proud of the lessons he has learned and the impact he has had throughout his career, a journey he says was reenergized by BYU Marriott.
George Erickson's dynamic railroad career took him to a variety of prestigious positions, but he says what he is most proud of has nothing to do with his work.
When Tom Peterson graduated from BYU in 1981, he thought he had already come to fully appreciate the value of his BYU education.
BYU students across campus can gain a business background for any number of careers by earning the entrepreneurship minor.
While a trolley bus system has not been used in Utah for 75 years, an antique bus will soon be gracing the streets of Provo thanks to BYU Marriott entrepreneurship senior Afton Ellis Long.
Connections count in business, especially when you work in real estate.
As a part of this year's Homecoming, BYU presented an Alumni Achievement Award to BYU Marriott MBA graduate Brandon Robinson.
The skills BYU Marriott MBA alum Eduardo Dallagnese learned in his Cardon International Scholarship classes prepared him for leadership roles throughout his career.
Oahu’s Aloha Stadium has been part of Michael Iosua’s life for almost as long as he can remember. In his younger years, he shopped at the swap meet and spent Saturdays in the stands, cheering on the University of Hawaii football team. During college, it was his home field when he played defensive lineman for the Rainbow Warriors. Now he attends football games there with his own family, and he has just completed a term as president of the N Koa Football Club, the University of Hawaii’s official booster organization.
Entrepreneurship is, in many ways, the lifeblood of our economy. Each year, more than half a million businesses are started, and millions of jobs are created in the United States alone. Additionally, the entrepreneurial itch helps advance technology and diversifies the economy.
The office door of BYU Marriott professor Jim Brau is always open. Brau believes making connections with his students is the most important part of his job.
Since completing a social impact internship in Mexico City, entrepreneurial management alum Nathan Noble has charted a career path dedicated to serving others and helping people in need.
Not long after Kim Scoville began teaching at BYU Marriott, she noticed a need for legal knowledge in the entrepreneurship program and decided to do something about it.
The journey to becoming the first-ever chief operating officer and chief safety officer for the Natural History Museum of Utah was not one that BYU Marriott MBA alumna Abby Curran expected.
While entrepreneurship has been a lifelong goal for senior Nathan Miller, he did not fully commit to his dreams until listening to a guest speaker in one of his BYU Marriott classes.
BYU Marriott MBA alum Trent Hamilton spends his days building teams of people who drive the medical technology of the future forward and whose innovations help save lives.

The Whitmore Global Business Center at BYU Marriott announced that eleven MBA students were recently recognized as the 2021 Eccles Scholars.

Ten students were named as 2021 Hawes Scholars, an honor that carries the highest distinction given to MBA students at BYU Marriott.

As an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship, Jason Christensen strives to instill the same ambition within his students that propelled his own success.

Blake Barkdull, an entrepreneurship junior at BYU Marriott, has paired his entrepreneurship lessons with real-life experience to create a business of tasty concoctions.

The Brigham Young University Marriott School of Business MBA program has awarded ten students with the 2021 George E. Stoddard Prize, an award given to first- and second-year students in the BYU Marriott MBA program.

BYU Marriott MBA director Daniel Snow wishes he had a dollar for every time hears received compliments about his BYU Marriott graduates in the workforce.

The 2020–21 Williams Scholars were recently announced at a special event in the Tanner Building. This year's four recipients are Caitlin Jolley, Angela Smith, Jacob Valentine, and Logan Wooden.
BYU junior Isaac Dushku was recently announced as the 2021 Student Entrepreneur of the Year by the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology.