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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Cam Heaps (BA ’95): Sales
Cam Heaps (BA ’95): Sales
Laurier alumnus (BA ’95), and Co-Founder of Steam Whistle Brewing, Cam Heaps, talks with us about how valuable it is to focus on building strong relationships with your customers when it comes to sales. Cam believes these relationships are what allow you to fully understand what your customers needs are, which ultimately enables you to […]
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http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/video-resources/cam-heaps-ba-95-sales/
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Olga Pawluczyk (MBA ’07): Strategy
Olga Pawluczyk (MBA ’07): Strategy
Laurier MBA alumnus and President of P&P Optica, Olga Pawluczyk, shares some of the biggest lessons in strategy she has learnt running her own business, and how important it is to be flexible to change.
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http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/video-resources/olga-pawluczyk-mba-07-strategy/
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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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Sourov De on Work-Life Balance
Sourov De on Work-Life Balance
Laurier Alumnus, Sourov De, shares his experiences with achieving an optimal work-life balance.
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http://laurierentrepreneur.ca/video-resources/sourov-de-on-work-life-balance/
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LaunchPad Startup imminy Advises CODE Hackathon Participants
Last year, over 900 Canadians entered the contest, and the winning team included Carlos Saavedra, who’s still a student at Ontario’s University of Waterloo and the founder of imminy. He spent the first day of the 2014 competition doing research and thinking of what type of problem he and his partner could solve. Saavedra’s project imminy […]
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First-year Laurier BBA students compete in annual PepsiCo Pitch Competition
On Friday, Feb. 6, Wilfrid Laurier University’s School of Business & Economics hosted its sixth-annual PepsiCo Pitch Competition. The competition, which introduces over 1,000 first-year Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) students to the ‘art of the pitch,’ features students’ individual two-minute ‘elevator’ pitches for a new business idea. All first-year BBA students participate in the […]
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Cole Jones Named Ontario’s 2015 Student Entrepreneur Provincial Champion
Cole Jones, owner of Local Line and student at Wilfrid Laurier University, has been named Ontario’s 2015 Student Entrepreneur Provincial Champion. Provincial Champions coast to coast were named by this country’s largest student leadership development organization, Enactus Canada, and proud program supporter, the John Dobson Foundation as part of the Student Entrepreneur National Competition.
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LaunchPad Entrepreneur Shares First Experience
Rebekah Borody is an MBA Candidate and just entered the Laurier LaunchPad program… without a business idea! She shares her personal story of what it was like to start LaunchPad and discover an entrepreneurial idea.
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Kitchener startup draws direct line from farm to fork
Local Line Inc., a Kitchener-based business that makes that direct connection from farm to fork. “It’s a system that makes it as easy as possible for chefs to get their hands on local food,” says Cole Jones, Local Line’s co-founder and chief executive officer. The online platform allows Local Line clients, farmers and chefs alike […]
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JumpStart program gets $8M funding boost: Laurier LaunchPad partners in delivery of program
Now, with the funding boost, as many as 180 startups, or about 45 companies a year, will go through the program over the next four years and create as many as 700 jobs. Meanwhile, other institutions, including the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University and Conestoga College, will be involved as delivery partners along with […]
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LaunchPad startup and co-founder nominated for 3 KW Chamber Business Excellence Awards
Laurier LaunchPad startup, Local Line – a platform that connects chefs with local food in their communities – has been nominated for Small Business of the Year and the Environment and Sustainability Award as part of the KW Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards for 2015. Additionally, Local Line Co-Founder Cole Jones, a fourth-year philosophy […]