Blog: MBA Student Voices

With the school year ramping up, I’m so glad I was able to have a mini-vacation and participate in a weekend of hiking, hot-tubbing, cooking, laughing and bonding with my classmates. Last weekend the Women in Business club (WIB) held a mountain retreat, hosted at the family cabin of the...

If you’re in the process of getting your full-time MBA or will be graduating soon, you may be wondering what life after an MBA will be like. There are all kinds of things you can do with a full-time MBA , from working in a corporation or a non-profit to...

If you’re currently working, earning an MBA for professionals can help you move up within your company or enable you to find a new career. A professional MBA is one of the most elite and recognized degrees. In addition to learning about all different aspects of business, you’ll become a...

My decision to go pursue my MBA from the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business was partially due to the strength of the entrepreneurship program. When I arrived in Boulder last August I began exploring the program and options available to me and I discovered the New Venture Challenge...

The Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado is a world class program set in idyllic Boulder Colorado. As the premier business school in Colorado and a powerhouse in the Mountain-West region of the United States students are attracted from all over the nation and the world to...

The Burridge Center for Finance at the University of Colorado was launched in 1997 with a landmark gift from a CU-Boulder alumnus, Richard Burridge Sr. The center has served as a laboratory to foster research and dialogue affecting those in those in the financial markets. The Burridge center is committed...

Pursuing an MBA from the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business enables one to enhance their career trajectory or pursue a new path in an individualized context. As a full time student you are given the time to explore what you want to do in your professional career with...

My experience at Leeds has been everything that my response to the classic “what do you do” question is not. Sure, I’ve had many late night battles with LIFO and FIFO (I’m no accountant) along with wrestling with uncooperative financial models but I’ve also had the opportunity to ski with...

On February 12th and 13th CU Boulder welcomed 19 teams of MBAs to compete in the 15th annual Net Impact Case Competition . The teams created innovative solutions to a case about impact finance and presented them to industry judges, including former volunteers and competitors who had participated in the...

AThe Graduate Real Estate Association (GREA) recently went on their annual trek to a mountain town to learn about real estate and real estate development in Colorado’s mountain towns. This year the GREA went to Crested Butte in southern Colorado to learn about affordable housing and development with Coburn Partners,...