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Entrepreneurship Marketing 2010–2014
BYU's undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship programs were ranked No. 4 and No. 7, respectively.
Many business schools are not teaching MBAs to create new businesses, according to two of BYU's innovation gurus.
BYU's Marriott School announced the 2012 Bateman Awards—the only school-wide awards selected entirely by students.
The details made the difference at the inaugural Walmart Business Case Competition held at BYU.
This year hundreds more Marriott School graduates were hired, resulting from an intensified focus on placement.
The Marriott School honored Michael Swenson as its 2011 Outstanding Faculty. Fourteen others were also recognized.
Good communicators are supposed to work behind the scenes, but sometimes they can't help getting pulled on stage.
BYU is being recognized as a business startup factory — churning out hundreds of student-run ventures each year.
While students are usually pitching themselves to companies, this time the tables were turned.
Most students usually work a side job, but not many spend their free time running a million-dollar company.
Entrepreneur magazine and The Princeton Review place BYU No. 4 at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
W. Gibb Dyer, Ballard Center academic director, explains the connection between strong families and the economy.
Students demonstrated their innovation talents by participating in the Big Idea Pitch competition during Entrepreneurship Week.
Bruce Money will speak on 'The Lord’s “Country and Kingdom” – Your Passport.' at 11:05 a.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.
With more than three thousand students, the Marriott School of Management brings together some of BYU’s best and brightest from across the globe. I recently caught up with one of these stellar students, Nicol Pedraza, a sophomore marketing major and Portuguese minor from Mexico City. Pedraza talked about finding her path to BYU, her experience at the Marriott School, and her plans for the future.
It only took five seconds for Ryan Judkins’s boss to approve his beard plan. Surprised, Judkins, a sales representative for Callaway Golf and a normally clean-cut guy, asked, “You do realize I might have a beard that’s five, six, or seven inches long at one point?”
A BYU business professor reveals that discrimination is still tainting the American Dream for minorities.
In the winter of 1989, the snow and pine trees of Sundance Resort set the backdrop for Doug and Judith Maughan’s second date. Doug, an MBA student at the time, had asked Judith to accompany him to a Valentine’s dinner and dance sponsored by the Marriott School. “He was handsome, smart, and probably the most polite man I had ever met,” says Judith of her date. Doug was also persistent and outdoorsy—during the summers, he caught salmon in Alaska as a commercial fisherman to help pay for school. After Doug worked his charms that evening in the mountains, dates with Judith became increasingly frequent. Sharing space in the Tanner Building, where she was also a Marriott School student, helped fuel their courtship.
Be inspired by talks covering topics such as prison reform and innovative philanthropy.
If you’re looking to join the ranks of successful start-ups like Owlet Baby Monitors, FiberFix, and EcoScraps, BYU’s entrepreneurship program—rated third in the country—is the place for you. Even if you’re not in the program, there are many resources on campus and online to help you get started. Here’s some wisdom we’ve found to help you build your own business.
Students at BYU's Marriott School are gearing up for study abroad programs hosted by the Global Management Center.
BYU's best entrepreneurs went head to head at this year's Student Entrepreneur of the Year competition.
The hottest startups from around the state set up at BYU's Utah Startup Marketplace to find new talent.
The red Porsche featured clean lines and 390 horsepower, but for fifteen-year-old Eric Watson, it might as well have been the family station wagon. This was the first time the high schooler had slid into the driver’s seat.