INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP VIDEOS
-
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.
jCnSAl4DB44
http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/video-resources/kirby-schlegel-mba-03-exit-strategy/
-
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.
p_ANkSXaqZk
http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/entrepreneurship/ray-depaul-mba-94-mentorship/
-
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.
bFJP71egtFU
http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/entrepreneurship/rahul-raj-bba-97-mentorship/
-
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.
PTmyug5ZLDg
http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/video-resources/a-typical-day-for-laurier-alumnus-dana-fox/
-
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
9_DuEZp103Q
http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/video-resources/interview-with-entrepreneur/
-
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.
qZ8f6j16TcY
http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/video-resources/mentorship-cam-heaps-ba-hons-95/
-
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.
mwOST44rVR8
http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/video-resources/financing-etrade-canada-colleen-moorehead/
-
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.
JZD8D-8g_lk
http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/video-resources/dos-dont-when-approaching-investors-eir-david-ceolin/
-
The great sticker debate — and how it changed our partnership
I still remember our first fight as business partners. It wasn’t over marketing, operations, or even finances. Believe it or not, it was over stickers. That’s right, those cute kids stickers with colourful animals, cupcakes and trucks. It was in the early days of Marmanbee when we were trying to decide on items to include [...]
-
The 3 Things All Successful Startup Founders MUST Have
After attending the premiere of Startup Community by Taylor Jackson and Lindsay Coulter, I left the Chrysalids Theatre feeling inspired and at the same time a little frustrated. Upon reflection, I found that the source of my frustration was not caused by the message of the film, but with the medium. In my opinion, film [...]
-
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, News and Updates
Alumnus takes over the internet with mystery crowdfunding
$9 will get you… something. Jordan Bishop (BBA ’13) is running a campaign on Crowdtilt and asking for your blind support. He mysteriously says that it’s “something you will give to someone else” and “you can easily use at least 12 of these within the next 12 months”. There will be 24 unique SKUs to choose from [...]
-
Entrepreneurship, News and Updates
Your customer interviews just got easier with Google Forms
The Laurier Launchpad program emphasizes customer interviews throughout the lean startup process. The idea is that feedback and insights from these potential customers will be the basis for product and business decisions moving forward. This reduces the tendency for entrepreneurs to rely on their own untested assumptions or gut feelings. At Teknically, interviews have been [...]
-
Play the Student Card
Being a student has its perks, especially when it comes to building your startup. When my partner and I started building Local Line we told EVERYONE we were students. Why? Because it’s the easiest way to get a few minutes with the people you want to talk to. The idea that students are these young, [...]
-
How Do I Get Traffic My New Website?
You have this awesome new online store, business website, or SaaS business, now how do you get people to your website? You built it, they will come! Right?? Wrong! They odd person may stumble across your site, and your friends my visit, but that is about it. We experienced this same dilemma with our SaaS [...]
-
What is your sales cycle?
At StartLight Labs we’re on the hunt for our next (few) customers and thinking really hard about what our sales cycle and funnel looks, feels, and acts like. If you’re familiar with us, we’re building custom smartphone apps for large golf tournaments with tens of thousands of fans such as the LPGA and PGA. To [...]