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First Beedie Graduate Certificate cohort transforming invention to innovation

Oct 7, 2016

The first students to complete the new Graduate Certificate in Science and Technology Commercialization program at SFU’s Beedie School of Business are preparing to transform their game-changing technology inventions into viable, commercialized innovations.

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The Province: B.C. universities grease the skids for marketable innovation

Oct 3, 2016

The following is an extract from an article published by The Province on September 30. By Randy Shore. 

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Georgia Straight: SFU entrepreneurship guru Sarah Lubik knocks down silos to promote social enterprise and social innovation

Aug 18, 2016

The following article was published in the Georgia Straight on August 17. By Charlie Smith.

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HQ Vancouver: How BC attracts global tech companies

May 20, 2016

Vancouver is home to an undeniably world-class, and growing tech industry. Industry giants such as Microsoft and Amazon have recently set up home here, and the list of homegrown global organizations that have chosen to remain within BC is impressive. Yet, like most industries, Vancouver still falls short of its potential in housing the headquarters of tech organizations. So what can be done to improve this record?

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Beedie students earn top two spots in 2016 Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize

Feb 18, 2016

Two students in the Beedie School of Business’ Graduate Certificate in Science and Technology Commercialization earned the top two places at the fifth annual Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize.

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Globe and Mail: How non-business students can segue into an MBA

Apr 8, 2015

The following is an excerpt from the full article published in the Globe and Mail on April 8, 2014.  By Jennifer Lewington, Globe and Mail.

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Graduate Certificate in Science and Technology Commercialization launches at Beedie

Jan 14, 2015

A new certificate program from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business will teach scientists and engineers the skills necessary to make their inventions a commercial success.

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Peter Diamandis on incentive prizes driving an era of abundance

Apr 15, 2014

Over the last 100 years, mankind has benefited from unprecedented exponential leaps in technology – and with the increasing use of incentive prizes to drive these radical breakthroughs, we can look forward to an era of abundance in the years to come. This was the message delivered by Peter Diamandis, founder of the XPRIZE Foundation, and co-founder of Singularity University, in a special lecture for Beedie School of Business students and faculty at the Segal […]

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Beedie faculty and alumni engage with Management of Technology sector leaders at PICMET 2012

Aug 15, 2012

Faculty and alumni of the Beedie School of Business engaged with industry and academia in the Technology Management sector at a major conference held in Vancouver recently. PICMET is an annual conference, organized by the Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, which brings together leading figures from innovation management in a high-impact symposium in order to set the stage for the sector in years to come. The Beedie School of Business was […]

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