In this special edition of the Darden Admissions podcast, we share a recent installment in our ongoing ‘Office Hours’ faculty spotlight series, a conversation with Professor Les Alexander. Alexander is an experienced professor, venture capital and private equity investor, corporate executive, and investment banker, and he is a Professor of Practice in the Finance and Strategy, Ethics & Entrepreneurship areas at Darden. In this wide-ranging conversation, we talk with Alexander about Venture Capital (VC), Private Equity (PE), his Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) elective, plans for the UVA Venture Capital Conference, his advice interested in VC and PE and more.
Experience Darden #141: Meet Doris Cao, Director of China Initiatives
Experience Darden #140: Catching Up with the Latin American Students Association (LASA)
Experience Darden #139: Office Hours Spotlight | In Conversation with Professor Toni Irving
Experience Darden #138: Office Hours Spotlight | Professor Marc Lipson on the Power of the Darden Learning Experience
Experience Darden #137: App Tips for Round 2 Applicants with Catie Yeilding
Experience Darden #136: In Conversation | Olivia Pavco-Giaccia (Class of 2022), President of the Community Consultants of Darden
Experience Darden #135: In Conversation | Casey Lichtendahl, Co-Academic Director of the MSBA Program
Experience Darden #134: Efficiency and Equity: In Conversation with Professor Dan Murphy
Experience Darden #133: Shuai Yao | From a Social Media Talk Show to Darden
Experience Darden #132: Recapping This Year’s Darden Diversity Conference
Experience Darden #131: In Conversation | GWIB President Natalia Alvarez Diaz (Class of 2022)
Experience Darden #130: Highlights From This Year’s Graduate Women In Business (GWIB) Conference
Experience Darden #129: Josh Rombach (Class of 2022), Piiq | A Beverage Concept from Ancient Rome By Way of Sonoma
Experience Darden #128: Creating a New Story For Business | A Conversation with Professor Ed Freeman
Experience Darden #127: A Deep Dive Into Dual Degrees
Experience Darden #126: Highlighting the Breakthrough Scholars Program with Professor Greg Fairchild
Experience Darden #125: Asset Management and Darden | A Conversation with Rodney Sullivan
Experience Darden #124: Kate Bishop - A US Marine Corps Field Artillery Officer Comes to Darden
Experience Darden #123: Special Episode | Engaging Virtually with Your Target MBA Programs
Experience Darden #122: Mary Swan - From a Darden MBA to the West Point Classroom
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