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When entrepreneur Larry Irvin Jr. took the Freeman Auditorium stage at last year’s PitchNOLA startup competition, it did not go well. He froze up a minute into his pitch, rushing out of the auditorium as a stunned audience watched his business partner Kristyna Jones dash up to finish the presentation. Unbowed, the two came back […]

Malaria detection device wins Business Model Competition

Disease Diagnostic Group, a startup company with technology to dramatically improve the diagnosis of malaria, won first place and a $25,000 grand prize at the 15th annual Tulane Business Model Competition. The final round of the competition, an annual presentation of the Levy-Rosenblum Institute for Entrepreneurship, took place at the Freeman School on April 16 […]

Mastering the business of health care

Kenny Wang will begin his residency in emergency medicine this fall, but the Tulane University School of Medicine graduate has career aspirations that go far beyond the ER. Wang hopes to eventually go into academic medicine and one day direct a residency program. To help achieve that goal, Wang enrolled in the five-year MD/MBA program, […]

Tulane Business Forum surveys changing business landscape

With technology and shifting demographics changing the way companies do business, what can executives do to ensure that their organizations stay on top? For its 36th annual program, “Changing Landscapes: Business Leaders Taking Action,” the Tulane Business Forum looks at the changing business environment and highlights corporate leaders who are taking bold steps to adapt, […]

Freeman hosts 19th Finance Case Competition

MBA teams from Washington University in St. Louis, the University of North Carolina and Tulane University took home the top prizes at the A. B. Freeman School of Business’ 19th annual Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Finance Case Competition. The competition, which took place at the Freeman School on April 17, tests the valuation and financial […]

Energy Program Eyes Growth

The Master of Management in Energy (MME) program marked its fifth birthday in July, and according to James McFarland, it was a milestone worth celebrating. “The program has exceeded our expectations,” says McFarland, Lawrence Distinguished Chair in Finance and executive director of the Tulane Energy Institute, who oversees the program. “The students are very happy […]

Freeman School earns AACSB re-accreditation

The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the leading accrediting body for university business education, has approved the re-accreditation of all degree programs at the A. B. Freeman School of Business.

PMBA earns top prize at PitchNOLA

Teddy Nathan, a current PMBA student, and colleagues Zach Cheney and Melissa Garber earned the $5,000 grand prize with their pitch for Crescent City Connections, which works with local nonprofits to create customized volunteer experiences for tourist groups.

Tulane team wins Business Model Competition

Tympanogen, a biomedical startup founded by Tulane biomedical engineering doctoral students Elaine Horn- Ranney (SE ’14) and Parastoo Khoshakhlagh (SE ’17), took home the grand prize of $25,000 at the 2014 Tulane Business Model Competition.

Alum brings social dining venture to Freeman

The scene may sound like something out of a trendy restaurant, but the dining room is actually an MBA classroom. Francisco “Paco” Robert (MBA ’11) brought his fast-growing startup Dinner Lab to the Freeman School last fall for a live case study on the innovative supper club.

18th Annual Finance Case Competition is test for judges

Christopher Conoscenti (MBA/JD ’01) has served as a judge for the Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Finance Case Competition for the past five years, but he says the 2014 contest, which took place at the Freeman School on March 28, was without a doubt the toughest yet.

NASDAQ sends Freeman a seven-story salute

To commemorate the Freeman School’s 100th anniversary, NASDAQ sent out a special congratulatory message via its famed MarketSite Tower in Times Square.

Investors find business deals at Burkenroad conference

A Texas-based convenience store chain was sold just three days after its executives presented at the 18th annual Burkenroad Reports Investment Conference.

Book shares lessons of Burkenroad Reports

As director of the Burkenroad Reports program, Peter Ricchiuti has spent more than 20 years highlighting the small, profitable companies that often fly under the radar of Wall Street. Now, Ricchiuti has collected some of the lessons he’s learned over the years in a book.