INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP VIDEOS
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Kirby Schlegel (MBA ’03): Exit Strategy
Kirby Schlegel (MBA ’03): Exit Strategy
Laurier MBA alumnus (’03), and Founder & Chairmen of Schlegel Sports, Kirby Schlegel, talks about his experiences developing an exit strategy and some of lessons he’s learnt as a result.
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http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/video-resources/kirby-schlegel-mba-03-exit-strategy/
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Ray DePaul (MBA ’94): Mentorship
Ray DePaul (MBA ’94): Mentorship
Laurier MBA alumnus and former President & CEO of RapidMind Inc., Ray DePaul, shares his experiences with mentorship as an entrepreneurship, and some of the valuable lessons he has learnt along the way.
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http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/entrepreneurship/ray-depaul-mba-94-mentorship/
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Rahul Raj (BBA ’97): Mentorship
Rahul Raj (BBA ’97): Mentorship
Laurier alumnus (BBA ’97), Founder of MealExchange, and Director of Sustainability & Merchandising Innovation at Walmart.ca, Rahul Raj, shares some valuable advice about how to take full advantage of your mentorship opportunities. Rahul also shares some great insight and strategies to help evolve your mentor-mentee relationship into a mutually beneficial life-long friendship.
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http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/entrepreneurship/rahul-raj-bba-97-mentorship/
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A Typical Day for Laurier Alumnus Dana Fox
A Typical Day for Laurier Alumnus Dana Fox
Laurier alumnus (BBA ’81), and Founder & President of Clevru, Dana Fox, shares with us what a typical day is like as the CEO of Clevru.
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http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/video-resources/a-typical-day-for-laurier-alumnus-dana-fox/
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Ryan Smolkin (BBA ’95) – Poutine Dynasty
Ryan Smolkin (BBA ’95) – Poutine Dynasty
Courtesy of the Laurier Department of Communications, Public Affairs & Marketing Laurier alumnus Ryan Smolkin (BBA, ’95) talks about his poutine dynasty, and what he believes are the best ingredients for entrepreneurial success. To read the full interview with Ryan Smolkin in Laurier’s Campus Magazine, please visit: www.wlu.ca/CampusMagazine
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http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/video-resources/interview-with-entrepreneur/
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Mentorship – Cam Heaps (BA ’95)
Mentorship – Cam Heaps (BA ’95)
Steamwhistle co-founder Cam Heaps (BA Hons ’95) explains how mentorship plays a role in entrepreneurial success.
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http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/video-resources/mentorship-cam-heaps-ba-hons-95/
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Financing E*Trade Canada – Colleen Moorehead (BBA ’81)
Financing E*Trade Canada – Colleen Moorehead (BBA ’81)
Colleen Moorhead (BBA ’81), Founder and former President of E*Trade Canada, discusses the financing of E*Trade Canada in its early years.
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http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/video-resources/financing-etrade-canada-colleen-moorehead/
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David Ceolin (BBA ’89) – Do’s & Don’ts When Approaching Investors
David Ceolin (BBA ’89) – Do’s & Don’ts When Approaching Investors
Entrepreneur in Residence David Ceolin (BBA, ’89) shares three things he’s learned when approaching potential investors.
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http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/video-resources/dos-dont-when-approaching-investors-eir-david-ceolin/
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technolgoy
Students Develop Market Strategies for Research Projects
On November 22nd, Laurier hosted an event called Research 2 Revenue. It was a joint effort between Laurier’s Office of Research Services, the Faculty of Science, LaunchPad, and Startup Laurier. It all started with 6 innovations that were created by researchers/faculty members right here at Laurier. They were: A health-tracking app for the smartphone market [...]
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What it Takes to Win C3
As a budding entrepreneur full of nothing but raw ambition, fantasy business ideas, and inexperience, I could not have been more excited to open my acceptance email from C3 Inspire informing me I had been given a spot in their semi-annual Inspire event. C3 is an organization bridging the gap between entrepreneurial talent at WLU [...]
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation, News and Updates
Why You Should Consider the Startup Life
Let me guess, in 4 years you probably see yourself working for a large company like P&G, KPMG or PepsiCo, right? You’re going to work your way up the ladder and eventually hit that C-level role. That was me about a year and a half ago. I thought I had it all figured out. I [...]
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Entrepreneurship, Uncategorized
Think marathons are tough? Try Building a Business in 24 Hours.
For those of you who have started your own company, you understand the unavoidable challenges we all face. Even the smoothest of smooth up-and-coming startups face hurdles- that’s just the nature of the game. For a moment, imagine taking all of the inherent challenges when starting a company and amplify them significantly. Imagine bringing together [...]
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Selling Ice To Polar Bears
Back in the fifth grade I had come to the rather definitive conclusion that there would be nothing better I could do with my life than start a school newspaper. While anyone who knows me can tell you that I am a revolving door of life goals with far too many projects on the go, [...]
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Uncategorized
2 Ways to Embrace Obstacles
As an entrepreneur I encounter many obstacles and I’ve learned that the best way to overcome them is to embrace them. Here are 2 pieces of advice I have on my approach to embracing obstacles. #1 Although you see obstacles, visualize success. It’s not about what’s in your eyesight but what’s in your mindset. It’s [...]
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Entrepreneurship, Innovation, News and Updates
These Innovations Need Business Models
In entrepreneurship, it all starts with an idea. As a joint effort between Laurier’s Research Department, the Laurier LaunchPad, Startup Laurier, and Laurier’s Faculty of Science, Research 2 Revenue is an event that gives students a chance to take an idea and run with it! All of these technologies have been developed by Laurier researchers, and they’re [...]