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 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, Global Affairs and Events, Global Business Insights, Sustainability, Voices of Thunderbird
Do you have any plans to visit Venice soon? What are your preferred airlines for vacation flights? Don’t forget to bring your iPhone to take nice pictures!!!! But keep in mind that one iPhone creates 64kg of CO2 during its lifetime. A trip from New York to Rome...
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...
by Das Tor | Jan 8, 2023 | Archives, Archives 2022-2023, Club & Campus Life, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Global Business Insights, Voices of Thunderbird
Last year in December, Gibson Sigauke, MGM ‘23 graduate student at the Thunderbird School of Global Management, presented his company, Xiga Money, at the ASU Venture Devils Demo Day (Fall 2022) and made a winning presentation, securing $10,000 in seed funding. Xiga...
by David Lugo Robles | Nov 21, 2022 | Archives, Archives 2022-2023, Club & Campus Life, Thunderbird School News, Voices of Thunderbird
The Thunderbird Student Government (TSG) election season is upon us, and that means it is time to meet the new faces of Thunderbird’s upcoming student leaders! Last week, students had the opportunity to hear more about the candidates during a town hall held on...