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BBA alumnus Lance Uggla receives SFU Outstanding Alumni Award

Dec 10, 2013

Lance Uggla, Beedie School of Business alumnus and CEO and co-founder of global financial-services information company Markit, has been announced as winner of the Professional Achievement award in SFU’s 2013 Outstanding Alumni Awards. Each year, SFU and the Alumni Association honour the most accomplished graduates with the Outstanding Alumni Awards. Since being introduced in 1983, the awards have become one of the university’s most celebrated traditions, with nominations for the awards made by alumni, faculty, […]

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MBA connection plants seeds for Saltworks founders

Nov 30, 2012

The following article was published by the Financial Post on November 27, 2012. BY DENISE DEVEAU, FINANCIAL POST MBA programs build entrepreneurs’ bonds Since graduating from the Richard Ivey School of Business’s Certificate in Entrepreneurship program in 2006, Bill Hennessey has opened a number of ventures, including an online lobster company, a cleaning products packaging operation and an experiential marketing firm. In fact, he’s a true dyed-in-the-wool entrepreneur having run his first “business” at the […]

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