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Venture Fellows & Venture
Capital at the McCombs School of Business
Venture
Capital has long been an industry that is challenging to break into,
and one in which individuals grounded in the fundamentals of early
stage investing are difficult to find. The Venture Fellows program
(VF), unique to McCombs and unrivaled at other top 20 business schools,
is bridging this gap.
Our Mission
To provide
future business leaders with a unique learning opportunity through
firsthand experience working with venture capital firms and through a
curriculum focused on the venture capital community. We accomplish this
mission through the following actions:
- Recruit exceptional University
of Texas MBA students with a keen interest in venture capital and
significant work experience
- Attract top-tier venture capital firms as
sponsors of the program and place the fellows in internships with these
firms
- Implement a unique curriculum focused on the
venture capital and start-up communities
- Create real value for the venture capital
firms, fellows and other parties affiliated with the program
Contact Us: questions@venturefellows.org
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Faculty Advisor: Jim Nolen
Jim Nolen received his
B.B.A. and M.B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin. He has taught
multiple sections of both the undergraduate and graduate small business
finance classes since 1980. Current classes include three sections of
the graduate Fin 394.4 Financial Management of the Small Firm course
each semester. His research and teaching interests include corporate
finance, business valuation, mergers and acquisitions, entrepreneurship
and capital formation for private enterprises. He lectures regularly in
Executive Education and Management Development Programs on financial
topics for companies such as Texas Instruments, Dell, Motorola, Shell
Oil, MD Anderson, HB Zachary, Vought Aircraft, FedEx-Kinkos, Essilor
International, PetSmart and State Farm Insurance. Jim brings practical
business experience from operating his own businesses, providing
financial consulting services to privately held companies and serving
on the board of directors of small and middle-market firms. He served
as Associate Director of The Center for Small And Middle-Sized
Enterprises and The Community Minority Business Advancement Program for
over 10 years. Jim serves as the faculty advisor for the graduate
Entrepreneurs Society and the Venture Fellows Program. Jim also teaches
in the Executive MBA degree program in Mexico City and has taught in
the Dallas/Ft. Worth Executive MBA program, the Turku Finland School of
Economics and the IMADEC University Executive MBA program in Vienna,
Austria.
Jim is the recipient of
numerous teaching awards including the Hank and Mary Harkins Foundation
Teaching Award, a two-time recipient of the Mary and Vijay Mahajan
Teaching Award in Executive Education, a eight consecutive time
recipient of the Graduate Business Council’s Teaching Award for Best
Ability to Link Academics to Business Practice and a Faculty Honor Roll
member for 16 consecutive semesters.
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