MBA Blog
Each year the Leeds School of Business hosts the Net Impact Case Competition, NICC, which is the premier MBA case competition focused on solving real-world social and environmental business challenges. This year's case required participants to
Nigel Akotia is a first-year full-time MBA student, originally from Accra, Ghana. Prior to beginning his MBA, Nigel worked for a year in financial accounting at Cadbury Ltd, the British-owned global confectionery company that makes the popular
Nick Fernandez is a first-year student in the Leeds MBA program. Originally from Mexico City, he has an undergraduate degree in civil engineering and worked in engineering, project development, and corporate finance for six years in the largest
Last week, Leeds MBA students gathered in the backroom at Bohemian Biergarten, a favorite spot in downtown Boulder, to share Powerpoint presentations with their peers on the key takeaways from various elective classes. The purpose was to give
While most MBA students go the conventional route of finding a summer internship with an established company, Leeds MBA students Electra Guerra and Kien Do undertook a daring adventure for the summer and beyond: starting their own food truck! And
I’m an outgoing person, but even for me, “networking” was a term that felt daunting and uncomfortable prior to beginning my MBA. It seemed to connote a contrived social environment that felt disingenuous and unappealing. Going into business school I
Current Leeds MBA students had expressed a strong interest in a career-building networking event specifically for MBAs, for students to meet alumni as well as past employers of Leeds students. The student-run MBA Association (MBAA) heard the request
The Leeds School of Business is the 8th oldest business school in the nation. Founded in 1906, when Boulder was little more than a rugged outpost town in the wild Rockies, the school's founders were true visionaries. It is hard to understand what
An Interview with Brett Hanger and Patrick Murphy, class of 2017 Think getting your MBA sounds tough? Try doing it while welcoming your first child into your life! That’s the incredible experience of Brett Hanger and Patrick Murphy who both
1) What role did cost play in your choice of MBA program? A relatively large role. I knew I wanted to be in the Denver/Boulder area and considered a few other MBA programs in the area along with CU Boulder. I found that CU