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HARD WORK:
Finance professor
Stephen Magee
(center, holding a
dead rattlesnake)
spent 10 summers
as a boy working on
his grandfather’s
cattle ranch. “Every
job I have had since
then has been easy,”
Magee says. Get to
know Magee a little
better in our
Q&A on p. 40.
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Letters
From the Dean
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www.today.mccombs.utexas.edu
Clockwise from left: courtesy STEPHEN MAGEE; Drex Agency; CHRIS PHILPOT; courtesy Taco Bell Corp.
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FEATURES
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Order Up!
What it’s really like to own a restaurant
If the kitchen is the soul of the home, in a restaurant it is the manufacturing
plant, R&D lab, warehouse, and, yes, the grease splattered, raucous soul.
Five alumni restaurateurs—from a food truck chef to a sushi chain CEO—
share the ins and outs of the restaurant business.
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How to Live with
an Entrepreneur
Instructions and insight about a complicated breed
They’re obsessive, visionary, and eccentric. But at home, they’re “honey”
or “mom” or “darling, don’t forget to buy milk.” Read about how
entrepreneurial families make it work.
28Why Friends Matter
A social CEO can mean more money for the company
College reunions and golf-course chats may be just as important as
boardroom meetings and analyst advice for the success of a firm’s CEO.
Learn how a CEO’s social life affects company performance and
when it’s best to keep friends at arm’s length.
www.today.mccombs.utexas.edu
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Startup
Taking the Pulse of Medicine
A neonatologist hopes an MBA
can make him a better physician.
Infographic Tracking the
habits of online shoppers. Job
Well Done Become a better
negotiator. The Big Question
Can the tax code be fixed
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Network
Taco Bell’s Biggest Hit
A Conversation with Gary Kelly
“We are all Lance Armstrong.”
Alumni News
Exit Interview
He has stared down Fidel Castro,
worked a cattle ranch, and
danced the Dougie. Get to know
McCombs’ resident philosopher
and frequent dinner party host,
finance professor Stephen Magee.
SPRING 2013 OPEN
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