SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 While enrolled at Acton, our students are run through the trenches, stepping into the shoes of real entrepreneurs as they dissect, decide, and debate hundreds of real-life business cases. But no matter how many great lessons you can take from a good case discussion, it’s always most exciting to check in with…

En una reciente entrevista en Facebook, Hugo Díaz, graduado y director de Acton MBA en Guatemala, compartió valiosas perspectivas sobre lo que convierte a este programa en un aula de éxito para emprendedores. Como cualquiera de ustedes, emprendedor de entre veinticinco y cuarenta años, me emocionó escuchar que los valores y la filosofía de Acton…

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 “I decided to get an MBA specifically to learn how to be an entrepreneur and run my own business.”   Over the last decade, Acton has proven to hold a strong appeal to engineers who are looking to expand their business skills, understand markets, and launch their own enterprises. They come from…

OCTOBER 1, 2014 While they’re enrolled at Acton, students practice making tough decisions and analyzing complex and confusing data day in and day out. They step into the shoes of entrepreneurs in hundreds of real-life business cases, including many focused on growing companies and financing that growth. With our “Acton in Action” series, we check…

OCTOBER 1, 2014 “Speak up. If you want to effect change, you have to influence your colleagues. This is your education and your experience.” Acton has always attracted strong women, each aspiring to be her own boss, create a business, and make an impact. And—in a program whose students were ranked the most competitive in…

After our students graduate from Acton’s accelerated MBA program, they start putting their lessons to the test in the real world. The long hours of case prep and intense classroom debate may be over, but the hard work of building a business and a career is just beginning. So, we like to check-in with our…

OCTOBER 1, 2014 “The most valuable experiences were the times I was selected to lead the case study discussions.” When it comes to teaching finance, Acton stands apart from every other MBA school out there. After they develop a base knowledge of unit economics and how to drive the success of every single business out…

OCTOBER 1, 2014 By focusing on a special niche service, Idea Labs has been able to quickly build an expertise that helps it market its clients more effectively than the larger one-size-fits-all firms. In the classroom, Acton students are in a safe zone, where they can pitch and try out creative ideas and strategies. Here…