"When we started, no one bought TVs at WalMart," Vizio founder and CEO William Wang recalled, in a Q&A session with Lundquist College students and faculty this October. Radically reshaping the shopping landscape is just one of the ways that Wang's ten-year-old company has changed the world of consumer electronics. During a discussion moderated by Dean Kees de Kluyver, Wang described the "perfect storm" that helped drive his company's success and covered some of the other game-changers Vizio pioneered.
"I have not seen such a group of energized, talented, and hungry students in my thirty-year business career. There is something special going on in Eugene." said visiting executive Lawrence Jackson, former president and CEO of procurement for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., after spending the day at the Lundquist College of Business.
Vrooom! Four Warsaw Sports Business Club members zoomed to success in the club's first-ever entry in the NASCAR Kinetics: Marketing in Motion case competition.
Native American games shinny and hot rocks--along with golf, football, and track--were among the sports and activities on offer at NAYA Field Day 2012.
Between the recent $1 billion sale of Instagram and Facebook's imminent IPO, social media is center stage these days. Aiming to grab some of the spotlight is Stublisher, a photo- and video-sharing web service launched this April by undergrads Kyle Bañuelos and Ryan Jesenik, and their cofounder and CTO, Zachary Collins, a high-schooler with several previous ventures to his name.
We are one of only 177 business schools that are accredited in both business and accounting. This elite status is due in no small part to our exceptional Department of Accounting.
As we work to deliver and enhance the exceptional education in our undergraduate and Oregon MBA programs, we will have our eye on rankings but cannot afford to let them dictate our vision.
Pitch an idea for an online startup to a group of web developers, designers, and business professionals; convince them to join your team; and then spend the weekend working with them building a prototype of the actual product.
On January 19, Lundquist College of Business academic advisor Tayah Butler received campus-wide recognition for her groundbreaking work promoting diversity. She was one of five UO employees honored with a 2012 Martin Luther King, Jr. Award. Butler--who is also a driving force behind the Diversity in the Workplace Symposium scheduled for this March--launched the Building Business Leaders project in September 2010.
"Whoosh-kerthomp!" That was the sound of bags of bread being tossed to participants in a question-and-answer session with the Entrepreneurship Club's first guest speaker of the winter term. "I like to bribe people to ask questions," explained Dave Dahl, the CEO of--and creative force behind--Dave's Killer Bread, the explosively successful Portland-based bread company.
