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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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