 | Beedie School of Business NewsBeedie duo named on BC Business 30 Under 30 listMar 23, 2016Beedie School of Business alumni Bryan Gallagher and Matias Marquez have been named on BC Business’ prestigious 30 Under 30 list. Read More... |
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 | UncategorizedBC Business: SFU’s new MBA in aboriginal businessMar 30, 2015The following article was published by BC Business on March 30, 2015. By Jessica Barrett. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsBeedie School of Business alumnus Milun Tesovic, co-founder of MetroLyrics.com, the most comprehensive database of music lyrics in the world, has been named one of BC Business’ 30 Under 30. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsBC Business: Adapting to ChangeFeb 14, 2014The following article was published by BC Business on February 3, 2014, and features comment from Kate Dilworth, Adjunct Professor and Director of Learning Design at the Beedie School of Business. Executive Education used to be reserved for senior management. Today it’s geared toward helping entire organizations stay agile. Executive education is not about learning facts and theory; it’s about the spaces around the learning. That means developing innovation-enabling processes, relationship building, cross-sector exchanges and cultivating […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe following article was published by BC Business on September 3, 2013. The Surrey campus opens its doors to the city’s first graduate business program. After years of asking for more local business programs, Surrey will see its first MBA program launch in January. The part-time degree was created for SFU’s Surrey campus after years of consulting with local business organizations and businesses themselves, according to Colleen Collins, associate dean of the Segal Graduate School […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsBC Business: Tech MeltdownJun 26, 2013The following article was published by BC Business on June 26, 2013. Yesteryear’s darlings are giving way to a nimble new generation. A generation ago, in 1982, the launch of QLT Inc. under UBC cancer researcher Julia Levy ushered in the future of B.C.’s biotech industry. Levy was 48 years old at the time and virtually alone in a B.C. business landscape dominated by forestry heavyweights, mining hopefuls and merchant families with names like Woodward, Pattison […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsSFU’s EMBA in Indigenous Business and Leadership captures BC Business Most Innovative awardApr 11, 2013The Executive MBA in Indigenous Business and Leadership at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business has been selected to BC Business Magazine’s list of British Columbia’s most innovative companies. Launched in 2012, the EMBA program is the first graduate business degree of its kind in Canada. “B.C.’s indigenous business community has a big stake in the province’s economic future,” notes BC Business Magazine in its April 2013 issue in referring to SFU’s newest EMBA […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe following article was published by BC Business on March 27, 2013. by Jacob Parry B.C.’s aboriginal business community has a big stake in the province’s economic future. Treaty agreements, renewed autonomy over aboriginal land and increased control over health and social services have been game-changers for bands and First Nations across B.C. But future opportunities are still tied to present challenges, and big questions. Can business priorities reconcile with indigenous world views? And how […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe following article was published by BC Business on July 3, 2012. Traditional sources of revenue for charities are drying up, but putting society’s biggest issues in the hands of socially minded entrepreneurs is a tricky business. On the cheery, yellow walls of the Downtown Eastside’s Potluck Café are the faces of several of its customers, captured in a black-and-white instant. Their complicated eyes and the deep lines in their faces tell sad stories of […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsWhat Does a B.C. MBA Look Like: Craig RyomotoApr 13, 2012The following article was published by BC Business Magazine on April 2, 2012 as part of their MBA guide. BY KRISTEN HILDERMAN, BC BUSINESS MAGAZINE Craig Ryomoto, Director, Online Customer Acquisition | HootSuite Media, Inc. @craigryomoto hootsuite.com Where did you get your MBA? SFU Beedie School of Business What year did you graduate? 2010 Why did you want to get your MBA? I chose to pursue an MBA because I was looking for a career […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsB.C. MBAs Go Global With BRIC PartnershipsApr 11, 2012The following article was published by BC Business Magazine on April 2, 2012 as part of their MBA guide. BY REBECCA TAY, BC BUSINESS MAGAZINE Local schools broaden their international focus to include Brazil, Russia, India and China. Say “BRIC” to any economist, analyst or politician and the response will almost invariably be that the countries represented by the acronym – Brazil, Russia, India and China – will dominate the global economic landscape in coming […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsBC Business Magazine: Ryan Beedie, Young GunJul 04, 2011Ryan Beedie, the president of the Beedie Group and a increasingly prominent Canadian business leader, is the subject of an extensive profile in the July issue of BC Business Magazine. Read More... |