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Executive MBA Alum Jonathan Beskin 15' on Delivering Paradise
Like many students pursing an Executive MBA at Florida Atlantic University, Jonathan Beskin was looking to leverage his degree for corporate ladder credibility in the financial sector where he worked. Little did he imagine a course topic on recurring revenue businesses would ignite his entrepreneurial spirit and lead him to launching a monthly subscription box service before graduating and landing on Inc. 500’s list of top 200 fast-growing companies (2020), right alongside Uber.
Kudos: November 2021
Kudos honors the accomplishments of FAU Business faculty, staff, and students.
FAU Rated Among Top Entrepreneurship Programs For Third Consecutive Year
The College is again listed among the top 50 programs for entrepreneurship studies according to rankings from The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur magazine.
Cumming Wins Crowdfunding Research Award from USC
Finance professor Douglas Cumming was part of a team that won an award for distinguished research on crowdfunding from the University of Southern California.
More Than 800 College of Business Students Graduate in First Commencement Since 2019
Two 17-year-olds in the College of Business were among the youngest FAU students to graduate this spring – the university’s first in-person commencement since fall 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
FAU Student’s Invention Wins Statewide Contest
Paris Prince, a senior at FAU High School and junior at the university, won a statewide competition for an innovation that allows users to wash their hands without an external water supply.