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Fulfilling the Entrepreneurial Dream
May is Small Business Month, and entrepreneurs everywhere face uphill battles with funding, the economy, hiring and affordability in the effort to get their businesses off the ground. The website NerdWallet sifted through the factors that matter to small business owners to determine which cities are the best for those hoping to start a business and Minneapolis made the national top 10.
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Is Overhead the best KPI for Nonprofits?
Recently, on the Twin Cities blog, Leadership and Community, Janine Fugate shared some thoughts on how we look at nonprofit business. She mentioned a TEDTalk by Dan Pallotta, "The way we think about charity is dead wrong." We asked Ann Johnson, director of UST's Center for Nonprofit Management to share her thoughts on the topic. -
LifeScience Alley and University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business Announce Joint Fellowship
Select technical fellows with a Ph.D. degree will have the opportunity to receive a full MBA scholarship through the University of St. Thomas and complementary experiential business training through LifeScience Alley’s Applied Business Training (ABT) program. -
Career Link: Achieving Expectations
Having expectations is important, having a shared expectation is key. Successful relationships, prosperous businesses and customer satisfaction are all built on shared expectations. -
Minnesota's Most Ethical Companies
Minnesota business and professional leaders will come together tomorrow to honor finalists and recipients for the 14th annual Minnesota Business Ethics Award (MBEA). -
2013 Tommie Award Goes to Entrepreneurship and Finance Major
The Tommie Award recognizes a senior selected by students, faculty and staff who has displayed exceptional scholarship, leadership and campus involvement. This year’s recipient is Eyo O. Ekpo ’13, an entrepreneurship and finance major who has participated in a long list of extracurricular and service activities as well as two varsity sports. -
Going Out on a High Note
The Julie Hays Teaching Award is given to an OCB faculty member for exemplary achievement in the classroom in the previous academic year. More than 30 faculty were nominated for the hays award this year, a sign of the passion our faculty have for teaching and engaging with their students. -
Hire4Ed, "A School that Works"
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School's Hire4Ed, Work-Study Program, calls itself "A School that Works." The Hire4Ed work-study program underwrites almost half the cost of education and exposes the student to a corporate work environment and the positive influences of the supervising professionals. -
Leadership in Action: Moving up the Career Ladder
How does one successfully navigate the process of moving from an individual contributor or team member to a first-time manager and leader? Which leadership characteristics and competencies promote positive and authentic leadership and which practices or attitudes can detract from an individual’s leadership potential? Moreover, how does one learn or develop leadership capabilities?