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Beedie duo named on BC Business 30 Under 30 list
Mar 23, 2016
Beedie School of Business alumni Bryan Gallagher and Matias Marquez have been named on BC Business’ prestigious 30 Under 30 list.More...
BC Business: SFU’s new MBA in aboriginal business
Mar 30, 2015
The following article was published by BC Business on March 30, 2015. By Jessica Barrett.More...
Beedie alumnus Milun Tesovic named on BC Business 30 Under 30
Apr 7, 2014
Beedie 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.More...
BC Business: Adapting to Change
Feb 14, 2014
The 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 […]More...
Higher learning offered in Surrey city centre by Beedie School of Business
Sep 6, 2013
The 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 […]More...
BC Business: Tech Meltdown
Jun 26, 2013
The 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 […]More...
SFU’s EMBA in Aboriginal Business and Leadership captures BC Business Most Innovative award
Apr 11, 2013
The Executive MBA in Aboriginal 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 aboriginal 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 […]More...
EMBA in Aboriginal Business captures BC Business Most Innovative Companies award
Mar 28, 2013
The 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 […]More...
BC Business: Carolyn Egri on the case for more social entrepreneurship
Jul 16, 2012
The 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 […]More...
What Does a B.C. MBA Look Like: Craig Ryomoto
Apr 13, 2012
The 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 […]More...