UT McCombs Business School Dean — Austin Ecosystem

**Dr. Lillian Mills** (former McCombs dean) represents the perspective of the Dean of the **McCombs School of Business at UT Austin**, a top-20 business school with strong programs in entrepreneurship, technology commercialization, and finance. McCombs produces hundreds of MBA graduates annually who enter the Austin startup ecosystem, and its centers (Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship, Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs) connect students with startups.\n\nThe McCombs dean evaluates technology companies through the lens of business education, student career opportunities, and whether the company's business model would survive scrutiny in an MBA case study.