# UT Austin McCombs: Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition

A practicum taught with a working buyer.

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Last checked: 2026-09-04

## At a Glance

- Club: An ETA club, which the school's student-organizations page describes as educational, networking and professional-development opportunities for students interested in acquiring and operating small to mid-sized businesses through search funds or self-funded acquisitions, with access to industry experts, workshops and alumni mentorship.
- Money: No funding that UT Austin McCombs publishes.
- Conference: A student-led ETA symposium on campus, whose one published edition ran in February 2026.
- Its own page: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/centers-initiatives/brumley-institute/

## The Classes

- Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition and Search Fund Practicum taught by Mellie Price, who directs the school's graduate entrepreneurship institute, with Jacob Hall, a managing partner at an acquisition firm

## Who Teaches It

- Mellie Price, executive director of the Brumley Institute for Graduate Entrepreneurship
- Jacob Hall, managing partner at Kando Capital, who teaches the practicum with her

## What It Publishes for Anyone

- A published account of how the course, the club and the symposium were built, open to anyone.

## What Else It Runs

- The Brumley Institute for Graduate Entrepreneurship, which the practicum sits inside.

## Where to Read It

- Brumley Institute for Graduate Entrepreneurship: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/centers-initiatives/brumley-institute/
- MBA student organizations, where the ETA club is listed: https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/graduate/mba/full-time-mba/student-experience/student-organizations/
- How the school built its ETA teaching: https://news.mccombs.utexas.edu/magazine/owning-a-business-the-eta-way/

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