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Professional Partners Dec 2022

Professional Partners

DePaul Magazine

DePaul students draw on specialized skills to serve business and industrial clients.


All Together Now Jul 2022

All Together Now

DePaul Magazine

New initiatives across campus, such as the Social Transformation Research Collaborative, Social Impact Incubator program and College of Law curricular changes, amplify DePaul’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.


Fall/Winter 2021 Oct 2021

Fall/Winter 2021

Business Exchange

Flexibility Is Our New Norm; $8 Million Bequest Supports Student Scholarships; Women in Entrepreneurship Institute Partnership Supports Business Founders of Color; College Named a Bloomberg Experiential Learning Partner; MacArthur Foundation Grant Supports Housing Research; Navigating the New Workplace Norms; Professor Introduces Students to Fintech Innovations; Accounting Graduate Brews Coffee Business with Soul


Brief May 2021

Brief

Business Exchange

Business College and Accountancy School Reaccredited; MBA Partnership Formed with College of Mount Saint Vincent; Professor Named Among “Most Powerful Women in Accounting”; DePaul Ranked in Top 50 for Entrepreneurship Education


Notes From The Dean: Creating Value By Being Entrepreneurial Oct 2019

Notes From The Dean: Creating Value By Being Entrepreneurial

Business Exchange

Driehaus College of Business Dean Misty Johanson discusses developments at the college centered on entrepreneurship and the college's 2024 Strategic Plan: Connection, Culture and Commitment.


Faculty Focus: New Coleman Chair Sees Entrepreneurship As An Agent For Social Change Oct 2019

Faculty Focus: New Coleman Chair Sees Entrepreneurship As An Agent For Social Change

Business Exchange

Maija Renko, Coleman Foundation Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship, joined DePaul in July 2019 and hopes to inspire students interested in starting businesses that create social change.


Accelerator Drives Women Entrepreneurs' Success Oct 2019

Accelerator Drives Women Entrepreneurs' Success

Business Exchange

This article discusses how the Women in Entrepreneurship Institute in the Driehaus College of Business came to be and profiles several committee members, entrepreneurs in the program, curriculum and networking opportunities.


College News Oct 2018

College News

Business Exchange

John L. Keeley Jr. Center for Financial Services Launched: Finance students will benefit from innovative academic and cocurricular programming; Hospitality School Director Names: Nicholas J. Thomas, interim associate director of the School of Hospitality Leadership, has been promoted to director of the school; Women in Entrepreneurship Institute Opens.


Raising The Bar May 2018

Raising The Bar

Business Exchange

Alumnus Jared Smith's startup, RXBAR, is the fastest-growing nutrition bar brand in the United States. Its recent acquisition by Kellogg Co. provided the business with the resources to break into new food categories and access Kellog's R&D resources. The article discusses Smith's entrepreneurship and business philosophy, as well as the education he received.


By The Numbers: Depaul Builds Entrepreneur Success May 2018

By The Numbers: Depaul Builds Entrepreneur Success

Business Exchange

Statistics regarding the college's successes in teaching entrepreneurship, the success rate of alumni companies, mentorships and other relevant metrics.


Innovators For Good May 2018

Innovators For Good

Business Exchange

DePaul's Coleman Entrepreneurship Center and Driehaus College of Business helps business students turn their ideas into businesses. The article profiles four enterprises that are driven by innovating for good, from reducing invasive species to helping people on the autism spectrum with adaptive materials for educational purposes.


College News: First Business Alumni Reunion Held In China; Kellstadt Enhances Program Offerings; Coleman Entrepreneurship Center Forges New Alliance Nov 2017

College News: First Business Alumni Reunion Held In China; Kellstadt Enhances Program Offerings; Coleman Entrepreneurship Center Forges New Alliance

Business Exchange

Chinese alumni meet in Shanghai for first-ever business alumni reunion; MBA program developments; STEM-designated master's degree options; renaming of Master of Accountancy to Master of Science in Audit and Advisory Services; partnership between Coleman Entrepreneurship Center and several other DePaul colleges and schools to create a DePaul mewmbers at 2112, a Chicago-based incubator for music, video and creative tecnology startups.


Dispatches From Donut Land Dec 2016

Dispatches From Donut Land

DePaul Magazine

Beavers Coffee & Donuts isn’t the only mobile donut shop in Chicago, but it was the first, and it’s still the only one making its tasty treats fresh to order. Co-owner and co-founder, Gabriel Wiesen's (BUS '08) little donut shop on wheels paved the way for a whole range of related endeavors: catering private events, franchise opportunities and Midwest Food Trucks, another of Wiesen’s ventures, which manufactures nearly half of the licensed food trucks in Chicago. He also launched the Illinois Food Truck Owners Association as a vehicle to amplify owners’ voices and advocate for their rights.


A Driver Of Entrepreneurial Innovation Aug 2016

A Driver Of Entrepreneurial Innovation

DePaul Magazine

In 2003, The Coleman Foundation pledged $2.5 million to establish the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, a concept formulated by Michael Hennessey, CEO of The Coleman Foundation and Harold Welsch, professor in the Driehaus College of Business and a pioneer in the field of entrepreneurship studies.


College News Apr 2016

College News

Business Exchange

Forum Highlights the Value of Diversity in the Classroom and Boardroom; Marketing Professor Wins Teaching Accolades; DePaul Business Programs Earn Rankings


Cracking The Code Of Success: The Coding Academy Apr 2016

Cracking The Code Of Success: The Coding Academy

DePaul Magazine

BLUE1647 is a nonprofit technology and entrepreneurship innovation center—a type of tech incubator, but with a difference. The seven-day-a-week coworking space welcomes engineers and developers, but also provides technology education to young people and college students through strategic partnerships with DePaul, Chicago Public Schools and other organizations. BLUE1647 offers MBA social enterprise and undergraduate entrepreneurship students an experiential learning project called the Coding Academy, a tuition-based program offered on a full-scholarship basis to DePaul student cohorts.


Multi-Unit Efficiency Assessment And Multidimensional Polygon Analysis In A Small, Full-Service Restaurant Chain, Thomas Maier, Reynolds Dennis, Jennifer Sandstrom Jan 2016

Multi-Unit Efficiency Assessment And Multidimensional Polygon Analysis In A Small, Full-Service Restaurant Chain, Thomas Maier, Reynolds Dennis, Jennifer Sandstrom

ICHRIE Research Reports

Purpose: Restaurant revenue management practices and profit optimization techniques are evolving into more complex data analysis processes. The “big data” revolution has created a wealth of information on revenue, pricing, key operational performance indicators, and various productivity/efficiency variables. Advanced research analysis that can identify these key factors across multiple operating units may be useful to restaurant managers unaccustomed to data analytics or those seeking a deeper understanding of unit-level business performance. The overarching goal of this study was to utilize mixed research methods across conceptually dissimilar units of a multi-unit chain restaurant, enabling researchers to build on the resulting outcomes …


Extreme Minimum Wages: Effects On The U.S. Hotel Industry, John O'Neill, Sean P. Mcginley Jan 2016

Extreme Minimum Wages: Effects On The U.S. Hotel Industry, John O'Neill, Sean P. Mcginley

ICHRIE Research Reports

The subject report analyzes literature regarding minimum wages to explore the potential effects of what could be described as extreme increases in the minimum wage on the American hotel industry. The current presidential administration as well as several large municipalities are actively seeking, or recently passed laws that increase the minimum wage by an extreme amount. The subject report quantifies the forecasted effect on the U.S. hotel industry. The study concludes that the hotel industry in the U.S. would have a negative economic impact estimated at $2.53 billion if the current national minimum wage proposal is approved.Min


Shaping The Future Through Entrepreneurial Thinking Oct 2014

Shaping The Future Through Entrepreneurial Thinking

Business Exchange

Dean Ray Whittington discusses the feature articles on entrepreneurship programs at the Driehaus College of Business, including DePaul's Coleman Entrepreneurship Center and the Evening Cohort MBA program.


New Startup Lab Will Enhance Entrepreneurial Opportunities For Students And Alumni Oct 2014

New Startup Lab Will Enhance Entrepreneurial Opportunities For Students And Alumni

Business Exchange

DePaul, in collaboration with the Coleman Entrepreneurship Center, is launching a new entrepreneurial startup lab and coworking space. Set to open in 2015, the lab will provide a place for students to work on their new business ventures, alumni to connect, and members of the Chicago business community to network.


College News Oct 2014

College News

Business Exchange

Finance Legends Share Tips With Students, College Welcomes New Hospitality School Director, New 3D Printer Helps Students Turn Ideas Into Reality, Do What You Love, CEO Bob Mariano Tells Graduates


Big Ideas In Action: Entrepreneurship Program Helps Alumni Create Winning Ventures Oct 2014

Big Ideas In Action: Entrepreneurship Program Helps Alumni Create Winning Ventures

Business Exchange

DePaul's top-rated undergraduate and graduate entrepreneurship programs began in 1982 and have turned out successful entrepreneurs. This article profiles four alumni who have created new businesses, continued family businesses, and invested in new startups with a strong entrepreneurial spirit.