Jim Nolen

Jim Nolen received his B.B.A. and M.B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin. He has taught multiple sections of both the undergraduate and graduate small business finance classes since 1980. Current classes include multiple sections of the graduate Fin 394.4 Financial Management of the Small Firm course each semester and faculty director of the Venture Fellows Practicum.    His research and teaching interests include corporate finance, business valuation, mergers and acquisitions, entrepreneurship and capital formation for private enterprises. He lectures regularly in Executive Education and Management Development Programs on financial topics for companies such as Texas Instruments, St. Jude Medical, Dell, Motorola, USAA, Shell Oil, MD Anderson, Scott & White Hospital, HB Zachary, Vought Aircraft, FedEx-Kinkos, Essilor International, PetSmart, Lineage Power and State Farm Insurance. Jim brings practical business experience from operating his own businesses, providing financial consulting services to privately held companies and serving on the board of directors of small and middle-market firms. He served as Associate Director of The Center for Small And Middle-Sized Enterprises and The Community Minority Business Advancement Program for over 10 years and is currently the Associate Director of the Hicks Muse Tate Furst Center for Private Equity.  Jim serves as the faculty advisor for the graduate Entrepreneurs Society and the Venture Fellows Program.  He also teaches in the Executive MBA degree program in Mexico City and has taught in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Executive MBA program, the Turku Finland School of Economics, the Indian Institute of Programme Management, PUC Executive MBA Chile, ESADE Executive MBA and the IMADEC University Executive MBA program in Vienna, Austria.

Jim is the recipient of numerous teaching awards including the Hank and Mary Harkins Foundation Teaching Award, a two-time recipient of the Mary and Vijay Mahajan Teaching Award in Executive Education, the Joe D. Beasly Award for MBA teaching, a 12 consecutive time recipient of the Graduate Business Council’s Teaching Award (including Best Ability to Link Academics to Business Practice) and a Faculty Honor Roll member for 24 consecutive semesters.