by Das Tor | Mar 15, 2023 | Archives, Archives 2022-2023, Club & Campus Life, Crypto, Finance, Global Affairs, Global Business Insights, Technology, Venture Capital, Voices of Thunderbird
If you’ve been keeping up with the news at all over the last couple of months, you are bound to have heard about the sensational collapse of FTX. Founded in 2019, FTX enjoyed meteoric success before collapsing in less than a week in November 2022 and declaring...
by David Lugo Robles | Mar 15, 2023 | Archives, Archives 2022-2023, Club & Campus Life, Global Affairs and Events, Global Business Insights, Semiconductor, Technology
On 24th February 2023, which was a pleasant and sunny Friday afternoon, the Downtown area of Phoenix, Arizona, which is the #1 School of International Trade 2023- as recently ranked by QS-, Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State...
by David Lugo Robles | Feb 2, 2023 | Archives, Archives 2022-2023, Club & Campus Life, Finance, Global Affairs, Global Business Insights, Thunderbird School News, Venture Capital, Voices of Thunderbird
Having started three startups in pharmaceutical, agriculture, and herbal medicine in my home country, Zimbabwe, and realizing that there was no funding and connections big enough to grow startups to the level I expected, I started to wonder if the time was right for...
by David Lugo Robles | Jan 9, 2023 | Africa, Archives, Archives 2022-2023, Club & Campus Life, Global Affairs, Global Affairs and Events, Global Business Insights
On Dec 13th, 2022, I received a phone call from the Dean’s office that I would be on the next flight to Washington, DC, the following day to attend one of the most important meetings of my life. Thunderbird School of Global Management under Arizona State...
by Das Tor | Jan 9, 2023 | Archives, Archives 2022-2023, Circular Economy, Club & Campus Life, Global Business Insights, Sustainability, Voices of Thunderbird
According to the Net Zero Tracker, 804 of the 2,000 largest publicly-traded companies have announced goals to reduce their business emissions to zero. Although companies can be quick to announce ambitious climate goals, Boston Consulting Group found that only 11% of...
by David Lugo Robles | Jan 9, 2023 | Archives, Archives 2022-2023, Club & Campus Life, Diversity, LGBT+, Voices of Thunderbird
Discussions regarding the LGBTQ+ culture are approached with a certain level of controversy. Whether it is about drag shows, pride parades, religion, the LGBTQ+ identity, or policies on same-sex marriage, an aspect of the community has been discussed or debated within...
