field of accounting, business finance, new business funding, technology management, business plan presentation skills, or other related area will offer students an extension of the knowledge they gain in the classroom. It also provides the opportunity for student entrepreneurs to initiate relationships with key community influencers in a dialogue-style setting. Seminars are held on selected Friday dates in ASM 1064, from 9:30am – 11:30am. Seminars are open to students from Anderson and from all schools and colleges at UNM.

On Tuesday, December 10 at 7:30 a.m., the UNM Anderson Business to Business Breakfast Series presents Scott Appelman of Rainbow Ryders Hot Air Balloon Company. Mr. Appelman will discuss hot air ballooning as a career choice. He will talk about how he started his business 30 years ago and currentlyoperates 22 balloons and multiple national corporate contracts in Albuquerque, Phoenix, and Scottsdale, AZ. Rainbow Ryders offers daily balloon flights year-round and accommodates 20 thousand passengers a year.

Scott's talk will focus on New Mexico’s tourism industry, the number two industry in the state, and Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, and the impact they have in Albuquerque and the state of New Mexico. For the past 14 years Rainbow Ryders has been the only authorized company to offer rides at the world’s largest hot air balloon fiesta and he and his staff of 50 employees can fly as many as 2,500 passengers during the nine day event.

Scott graduated from the Anderson School in 1981 with concentrations in Finance and Economics.

UNM Alumni Mathis Shinnick will be on campus on Monday, November 25th