Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities

This whole program makes me proud. Now in its fifth year, the Entrepreneur Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities at UCLA Anderson has graduated and empowered over 500 disabled veterans to learn how to create businesses.

Read the full article.

Gonzalo Freixes interviewed on CNN Espanol about Newsweek

Our Associate Dean Gonzalo Freixes being interviewed by CNN Espanol about the possible end of the print version of Newsweek. (Interview in Spanish)

FEMBA Grads running the show (LA Times article)

Selling tickets to live events that would otherwise go unsold is the mission of Goldstar Events, Inc., the brainchild of Jim McCarthy (FEMBA ’99), Richard Webster (FEMBA ’99) and their partner, Robert Graff. With 3 million members and gross revenues of about $70 million in 2011, the company is delivering a win win proposition… Read Full Article.

Rosco Newsom, 2010, back on-campus hiring MBAs

One of the great things about getting to work at UCLA is watching people’s careers grow over time. Rosco Newsom, FEMBA 2010, has graduated, taken a new job in a new company (Manager, Strategic Planning and Business Development at Eaton Corporation) in a Management Rotation program and is now back on campus, recruiting our full-time MBAs.

He stopped by my office this week, and I boldly asked him, “Are you feeling spontaneous? How about we film you and what’s happened since school?”

Gamely, Rosco said “Yes,” and the video is here. Enjoy.

And for more fun, watch the video below, back from when Rosco was a student. He tells about career victories, Entrepreneur Association, Investment Finance Association, Real Estate Association, going to India, the Washington Campus Program, a modified internship, and more.

http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/lib/podcast/webprod/vps/vid_femba_newsome.html

2010 Rosco Newsom interview

Rosco Newsom, ’10, speaking about courses, extracurricular involvement and his international experiences during school. Interviewed by Dylan Stafford.

 

Three FEMBA women reflect on their education

Filmed on graduation day, three UCLA FEMBA Graduates–Dani Bartov ’11, Kristen Moore-Brown ’11 and Sachiko Shiohara ’11–share observations of their time at UCLA.