Center News
View McGuire Center news, press releases, and related information by year:
2013
UA Eller College Announces Holders of Anheuser-Busch Chair in Entrepreneurship Studies
April 4, 2013
Sudha Ram, a professor of MIS, and Sandy Klasa, an associate professor of finance, both at the UA Eller College of Management, have been named co-holders of the Anheuser-Busch Chair in Entrepreneurship Studies.
April 4, 2013
Sudha Ram, a professor of MIS, and Sandy Klasa, an associate professor of finance, both at the UA Eller College of Management, have been named co-holders of the Anheuser-Busch Chair in Entrepreneurship Studies.
Venture Team Profile: Team SantiagoFebruary 27, 2013
Eller Buzz features Team Santiago's venture: multimedia program notes that enhance the classical music concert experience.
2012
American Marketing Association announces McGuire Center Executive Director Robert Lusch is the 2013 Distinguished Marketing EducatorDecember 19, 2012
The award honors living marketing educators for distinguished service and outstanding contributions in marketing education.
Tech Launch Arizona appoints Sherry Hoskinson director of commercialization networks and operationsNovember 15, 2012
Hoskinson leaves her role as director of the McGuire Center where she has worked for more than 15 years and has been director since 2005.
McGuire Center wins Award for Outstanding Contributions to Advance the Discipline of EntrepreneurshipOctober 8, 2012
The 2012 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Conference at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business brought together hundreds of the world's leading entrepreneurship center directors.
Research at the Intersection of Entrepreneurship and InnovationJuly-August 2012
The McGuire Center aims to advance discovery across the University of Arizona through support of research. See how researchers in disciplines across the College — including accounting, finance, economics, marketing, management, and MIS — are helping map the terrain of entrepreneurship.
Venture Team Profile: SiestaLifeMay-June 2012
The McGuire Program team created a venture that enables overworked and overstressed professionals to have personal time to relax and de-stress during their busy days.
Venture Team Profile: MistoBoxApril 2012
McGuire Entrepreneurship teams took center stage at the New Venture Expo at the Southwest Regional Angel Summit in April. One of them, MistoBox, took home the prize of “Most Investable Venture.”
McGuire Entrepreneurship Program's Onward Packs team wins on viability plus values at TCU international new ventures competitionApril 25, 2012
McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship Honors Entrepreneurs with Global-market Chops and Arizona ImpactApril 19, 2012
The McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship has named Jeremy Woan and Emre Toker recipients of the 2012 Entrepreneurial Fellows awards.
Honors Students Investigate Tech Transfer in Dean's Open Innovation ChallengeFebruary-March 2012
As part of their honors coursework, 28 undergraduates enrolled in the McGuire Program are investigating the technology commercialization environment at the University of Arizona, within southern Arizona, and across the state.
Venture Team Profile Video: In Seat EatsFebruary-March 2012
In Seat Eats is a mobile system that allows customers to order concessions from their phone. The food is then delivered directly to their seat.
New Innovation Law Lab offers legal knowledge to regional start-upsFebruary 2012
Led by Larry Hecker and Gabriel Beckmann, the Innovation Law Lab provides critical legal strategy, leadership, and advice to innovation-based, scalable start-ups in the Tucson/Southern Arizona region.
Barry Goldman sets research agenda for 21st century negotiation in new bookFebruary 2012
A new book co-edited by Barry Goldman explores how changes have driven organizations to turn to negotiation as a means to add value and increase innovation, and as an alternative to litigation in business transactions.
2011
McGuire Center Welcomes New Team MembersAugust-September 2011
The McGuire Center welcomes several new researchers and teachers this fall, including Jane Robbins, senior lecturer in innovation, entrepreneurship, and institutional leadership; Patricia Sias, senior lecturer in organizational leadership and communications; and post-doctoral fellow Monte Schaffer.
McGuire Student Tops 2011 Tulane Business Plan CompetitionJune-July 2011
Xenia Kachur, a McGuire Entrepreneurship Program and Ph.D. student in biomedical engineering, brought home a $50,000 prize when her team topped the 2011 Tulane Business Plan Competition in April.
McGuire Entrepreneurship Program attracts student athletesJune-July 2011
The McGuire Entrepreneurship Program is an intensive, year-long experience that demands countless hours, dedicated teamwork, and top performance at high-stakes presentations to judges and angel investors.
McGuire Entrepreneurship students leap through final academic hurdleApril-May 2011
Students who complete the year-long McGuire Entrepreneurship Program walk away with a business plan, but their academic experience goes far beyond that document.
Electric bike company Velocis wins over judges at Year-End ShowcaseApril-May 2011
The 100 students in the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program concluded their venture development experience with an annual day-long showcase event on April 14.
Tucson, McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship dominate Arizona Innovation Challenge grants.
April 6, 2011
April 6, 2011
The McGuire Center maintains its top-10 ranking for entrepreneurship programs in the latest U.S. News & World Report graduate rankings.
March 15, 2011
March 15, 2011
Doctoral student tops IdeaFunding 2010 Innovation in Research competitionFebruary 2011
Third-year doctoral student Xenia Kachur — whose focus is biomedical engineering — topped the Innovation in Research Competition at the IdeaFunding 2010 conference in October.
2010
New UA Corporation Builds an "Innovation Ecosystem"November-December 2010
The University of Arizona is creating a nonprofit corporation that will help move innovations created at the University into the marketplace as well as develop new companies, create jobs and keep them in Arizona.
Entrepreneurship venture teams find communication solution in open innovation competitionNovember 2010
When the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program's web system for venture team communications lost key features, the program challenged its current class of students to find a new solution.
Management senior and pro DJ competes for Global Student Entrepreneurship AwardNovember 2010
Eric Smith was nominated for the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, a national competition for students who own and run businesses while attending a high school, college or university.
Partnership gives Mexican undergraduates access to entrepreneurship programOctober 2010
The McGuire Center and the Tecnológico de Monterrey partner to offer Mexican exchange students access to the top-ranked UA entrepreneurship program.
McGuire Center launches new online entrepreneurship coursesOctober 2010
Now would-be entrepreneurs from around the country have access to the expertise of the top-ranked McGuire Center through a series of three online certificate courses.
McGuire Center Welcomes New Venture Team MentorOctober 2010
This spring, the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program welcomed a new mentor-in-residence, Emre Toker, a member of Desert Angels, Desert Tech, and Lab-X, and a partner in Arch Partners, a local micro-seed fund.
New Book Focuses on University Technology Commercialization in the Idea AgeSeptember 2010
The 21st volume of an ongoing series of entrepreneurship-focused books edited by founding McGuire Center director Gary Libecap and current director Sherry Hoskinson is out.
Venture Team Profile: TerraVoyant LLCJuly-August 2010
The TerraVoyant student venture team has created a reclamation method that couples the team's proprietary revegetation process with solar power generation to transform the liability of polluted and degraded lands remaining from mining operations.
McGuire Center year concludes with unprecedented final resultsJuly 2010
For the first time ever, the annual McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship year-end showcase competition ended in a tie, with two finalist teams taking top honors.
Venture Team Profile: TruckItNow.comMay-June 2010
TruckItNow.com — an online marketplace where shippers can post loads for free and carriers compete for those loads — aims to tackle a significant issue in the $660 billion U.S. commercial truck industry: how shippers can reduce transportation costs while carriers increase volume and load efficiency.
Venture Team Profile: Re+April 2010
McGuire Entrepreneurship venture team Re+ nearly swept the Innovation Day at UA tradeshow awards last month, taking three of four awards, including best booth, best presentation, and People's Choice Award.
Center for Corporate Entrepreneurship and New Venturing announcedApril 2010
Eller's new center will foster the infusion of entrepreneurship in existing firms while capitalizing on the early days of the open innovation movement.
Law Students Take on New Role at Year-End ShowcaseApril 2010
Through a unique partnership with the James E. Rogers College of Law — the Business/Law Exchange™ — all McGuire Entrepreneurship Program teams work with law students to investigate the myriad legal issues surrounding their new ventures.
McGuire entrepreneurship venture teams featured at Innovation DayMarch 2010
At the University of Arizona's annual showcase of campus-wide innovation, the McGuire Center student teams participate in tradeshow.
McGuire Center Mentor Helps Kyrgyzstan JewelersMarch 2010
Mentor-in-residence Jim Jindrick and a trio of entrepreneurship students recently hosted a workshop for jewelry entrepreneurs from Kyrgyzstan. The goal: to help develop partnerships with local companies and marketing and sales channels in the U.S.
All in the Family? Entrepreneurship Professor Sandy Klasa Investigates Why Family-Owned Companies Bring in Outside ManagersFebruary 2010
Associate professor of finance Sandy Klasa has been named the McGuire Professor of Entrepreneurship, an award designed to foster academic exploration of entrepreneurship.
USA Today and Princeton Review dub McGuire Center the "crown jewel" of UAJanuary 2010
The review highlighted Eller's undergraduate MIS and accounting programs while gushing over the McGuire Center.
2009
The economics of innovation: Modeling pricing methods for technologyDecember 2009
Economics associate professor Gautam Gowrisankaran has been awarded a three-year National Science Foundation grant to explore modeling methods for durable goods.
McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship Funds Eight New UA CoursesDecember 2009
Students studying a range of topics, from classics to medicine to sustainable engineering, will have access to new, discipline-specific courses with an entrepreneurship focus beginning next year.
Entrepreneurs Gather for Insight into Venture Funding SourcesDecember 2009
Southern Arizona entrepreneurs recently gathered for IdeaFunding, a workshop focused on providing resources for individuals interested in bringing a new product or service to market, early stage companies, and individuals within established firms exploring entrepreneurial new directions.
Sandy Klasa Named McGuire Professor of EntrepreneurshipDecember 2009
Associate professor of finance Sandy Klasa has been named the McGuire Professor of Entrepreneurship, an award designed to foster academic exploration of entrepreneurship.
McGuire Center Joins Entrepreneurial Economy TaskforceDecember 2009
Key regional stakeholders — including representatives from successful ventures, funding entities, government, and the University of Arizona — have converged to establish a taskforce focused on stimulating economic growth through entrepreneurship in Southern Arizona.
Private equity firm buys MIS spinoff companyOctober 2009
A private equity firm has acquired the company founded by MIS professor Hsinchun Chen to commercialize the crime-fighting software COPLINK.
Innovation Frontier Arizona Offers No-Cost Workshops for EntrepreneursOctober 2009
The Innovation Frontier Arizona partnership has announced the availability of more than 1,000 no-cost seats in workshops hosted across four southern Arizona counties. The program is administered by the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship.
McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship caps off banner yearJune 2009
McGuire Center celebrates 25th annual year-end competition and upward movement in U.S. News graduate rankings.
Meet Me Downtown: Entrepreneurship Center faculty member Randy Accetta promotes economic development through sportsArizona Illustrated : KUAT : May 28, 2009
Top 25 Graduate Colleges for Entrepreneurship (Eller/McGuire Center is #4)
Entrepreneur : April 2009
Entrepreneur : April 2009
Business Students Speak Out: The Princeton Review asks students for their opinion on how well their business school is preparing them in six core business competencies
Entrepreneur : April 2009
Entrepreneur : April 2009
Uncovering the corporate parenting paradoxApril 2009
Eller College professor shows that startup companies benefit when established corporations enter new technology markets.
Entrepreneurship teams test ventures at UA Innovation DayApril 2009
Angel investors and other attendees perused displays and asked informal questions about the 21 McGuire Entrepreneurship Program team exhibits.
Venture Team Profile: PhoneMe, LLCApril 2009
Students who come into the U.S. to study face an interesting challenge: how to set up cell phone service.
The Business/Law Exchange: Partnership joins law students and entrepreneurship teamsMarch 2009
McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship partners with James E. Rogers College of Law to promote new program, including a mock law firm class.
McGuire Center announces the Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Investment Awareness SeriesMarch 2009
The Awareness Series includes five separate events throughout March and April that highlight the role entrepreneurship plays in growing the economy.
UA business spinoffs up, but money from them to school dips
Tucson Citizen : February 8, 2009
Tucson Citizen : February 8, 2009
Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce Names Woman (Sarah Brown Smallhouse) and Man (Lawrence Hecker) of the Year
Arizona Daily Star : January 6, 2009
Arizona Daily Star : January 6, 2009
2008
McGuire Center Hosts Global Conference for EntrepreneurshipOctober 2008
This month, the McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship hosted representatives from 180 universities at the annual Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) conference.
McGuire Entrepreneurship Program Ranked #1 AgainSeptember 9, 2008
Princeton Review / Entrepreneur magazine rank the McGuire Entrepreneurship Program #1 among public programs, #4 overall.
McGuire Center celebrates new venture teams
April 23, 2008
April 23, 2008
Great minds explore the social value of innovation
March 18, 2008
March 18, 2008
Eller College entrepreneurship and MIS rank among the world's best
February 11, 2008
February 11, 2008
2007
Arizona Governor launches 'Innovation Frontier Arizona' — aligns Southern Arizona education, knowledge workforce
November 27, 2007
November 27, 2007
Eller College entrepreneurship unit rated among best
Arizona Daily Star : August 29, 2007
Arizona Daily Star : August 29, 2007
Eller MBA program soars in Financial Times global rankings: #20 nationally, #34 worldwide; #6 globally in entrepreneurship.
Eller College Press Release : January 29, 2007
Eller College Press Release : January 29, 2007
IBM honors MIS and entrepreneurship professor Amar Gupta for vision and research on revolutionary global production paradigm.
Eller College Press Release : January 9, 2007
Eller College Press Release : January 9, 2007
For additional information, please contact us.
