Fahad Saleh

Tampa Bay Times | Here’s how the U.S. can work with Bitcoin and blockchain for consumers

Widely misunderstood, blockchain technology and cryptoassets are often wrongly associated with anarchy and upheaval, explains Associate Professor Fahad Saleh in this column from the Tampa Bay Times. 

  • Widely misunderstood, blockchain technology and cryptoassets are often wrongly associated with anarchy and upheaval, explains Associate Professor Fahad Saleh in this column from the Tampa Bay Times.

    Fahad Saleh

    Here’s how the U.S. can work with Bitcoin and blockchain for consumers

    Tampa Bay Times
  • Jay Ritter comments on Tesla’s fallen stock in recent weeks, with members of the board and an executive at Elon Musk’s company selling off millions of dollars in stock, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Together, four top officers at the company have offloaded over $100 million in shares since early February.

    Jay Ritter

    Tesla board members, executive sell off over $100 million of stock in recent weeks

    ABC News
  • The percentage of startups profitable at IPO time has steadily declined since the 1980s and most valuable ones take longer to become profitable, according to insights from Jay Ritter.

    Jay Ritter

    Today’s startups are doing much worse than those of the past

    Mind Matters
  • The University of Phoenix, once the premier for-profit institution in the country, is taking advantage of its ability to court other options as an acquisition deal with a University of Idaho affiliate inches toward a two-year stall. Jay Ritter shares insights on the online for-profit’s owners, Apollo Global Management Inc. and the Vistria Groupconsidering an IPO, for Apollo Education Groupthe holding company for the University of Phoenix.

    Jay Ritter

    Yes, the U. of Phoenix sale is still stalled

    The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Investors, take note: Abnormal growth in earnings is neither persistent nor predictable. Research from Jay Ritter informs this story.

    Jay Ritter

    You might think industry growth drives stock returns. Here’s why you’d be wrong

    Morningstar

Bergstrom Center honors Alumnus of the Year, David Rattner

The University of Florida Warrington College of Business is proud to honor David Rattner (MSRE ’03) as the Bergstrom Real Estate Center’s Alumnus of the Year. Rattner is the President of Blue Sky Holdings, a real estate and development firm that focuses on retail and multi-family properties nationwide which he launched in 2008. He has developed strong, reliable relationships with the industry’s top real estate managers and brokers and holds

Lauren Kurtz smiling at a white booth, reselling luxury goods for her business Rens Vintage at a vintage market.

Finance and Fashion

One garage sale became a turning point for Lauren Kurtz (BSBA Finance ’27). In late 2019, her family sold a variety of items out of their garage. At the time, Kurtz thought it might’ve been easier to list things online. “Right at the garage sale, I listed two or three items and one of them immediately sold,” Kurtz said. After that, she started selling Funko Pops and other items around

Financial Times #7 among publics, #1 career services, #2 value for money.

No. 1 career services, No. 2 value for money power UF’s performance in Financial Times 2025 Global MBA ranking to No. 7 public MBA program

The University of Florida Warrington College of Business’s Full-Time MBA program is among the nation’s top 10 public programs as well as the best overall for career services and value, according to the “2025 Global MBA Ranking” from Financial Times. “The continued recognition of our career services and value of the entire experience demonstrates what we consistently see in our alumni outcomes – that our program delivers exceptional return on