The Acton School of Business (www.actonmba.org) has announced the groundbreaking of a new permanent home for the nationally recognized MBA school for entrepreneurs.
The new facility is being built on 2.5 acres in southeast Austin and can accommodate up to 50 full-time MBA students.
“We’re excited to get construction under way on our new campus, not only because it will help us accommodate even more qualified applicants, but because it will bring an air of permanency to the Acton School of Business,” said Jeff Sandefer, a master teacher at the school.
“This means Acton will continue to help young people reach their full potential as entrepreneurs and as productive members of society well into the future with its unique and effective approach to higher education.”
The new campus will include a 60-seat teaching amphitheater, which will be wired for video so that students and professors can view the day’s activities in the classroom, and a break room with views of Lady Bird Lake (or Town Lake) and the Austin skyline.
Sandefer said the school has enough land to replicate the facility if demand for the Acton program continues on its present path.
“We teach our students that you don't grow because you can,” said Sandefer. “You grow because it is the appropriate strategy.”
Sandefer added that he believes Acton and the City of Austin offer a compelling draw to students who want to learn how to become entrepreneurs. As more and more of these students graduate from Acton, it is the school’s vision that, not only will they become successful entrepreneurs, but also leaders and philanthropists in their respective communities.
Ultimately, Acton is committed to building a public forum where students, teachers, supporters and Austin entrepreneurs gather to exchange ideas, learn from each other and galvanize charitable action.
About Acton School of Business
The Acton School of Business, based in Austin, Texas, is in its fifth year of operation. Its one-year Entrepreneurship Program is taught by successful entrepreneurs and features intensive 90-hour work weeks, where students tackle real world problems and even sell products door-to-door. The student-faculty ratio is lower than any MBA program in the country, allowing students to develop strong bonds with their entrepreneur-teachers. The Princeton Review ranks Acton MBA students as the “Most Competitive” in the country and rates Acton’s professors among the top three business faculty in the nation.
The Austin, Texas, based Acton MBA in Entrepreneurship is offered through Hardin Simmons University.