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Innovative use for ancient plant takes top prize in pitch competition

Oct 28, 2024

Liz Mahon and BryoSphere Biotechnologies won first place and $5,000 at this year’s Invention to Innovation (i2I) Pitch Competition for their work turning moss into sustainable biofactories to make bioactive ingredients for skincare. The annual event at SFU’s Beedie School of Business celebrates entrepreneurial scientists who have completed the Invention to Innovation (i2I) Graduate Certificate in Science and Technology Commercialization program. Five finalists are selected from the graduating cohort to pitch their science innovation to […]

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Wearable tech and carbon capture companies win SFU science and tech start-up competition

Oct 12, 2017

Start-up companies FlexiPatchR, which makes wearable technology to monitor Parkinson’s disease symptoms, and Flow-Through Solutions, which helps mining companies capture CO2 emissions, were the winners in their respective categories at the second annual “Invention to Innovation” venture pitch competition. The event, which took place on October 11, 2017, brought together six scientist-entrepreneurship students in the second cohort of the i2I program at SFU’s Beedie School of Business. This Graduate Certificate in Science and Technology Commercialization […]

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Elicia Maine and Lisa Papania earn 2017 TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Awards

Oct 5, 2017

Beedie School of Business faculty members Elicia Maine and Lisa Papania have been named winners of the TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award for 2017. This award is the highest teaching honour of its kind at the Beedie School. Every year, students, faculty, and alumni of the Beedie School of Business nominate instructors teaching in both undergraduate and postgraduate programs for this prestigious award. Up to two awards are presented each year to instructors based […]

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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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SFU launches new downtown graduate residences and innovation centre

Sep 27, 2016

#video-wrap { float: right; margin: 0 0 0 20px; }   Simon Fraser University has opened the Charles Chang Innovation Centre, a new graduate student residence and innovation facility in downtown Vancouver.

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Graduate Certificate brings Ben Britton’s invention closer to market

Jul 6, 2016

When Ben Britton took the stage at the Hong Kong-Canada National Investment Pitch Competition on June 3 in Calgary, he presented with the confidence of a professional. He knew his product, he knew his market, and he knew he could sway the judges to hand him the $50,000 grand prize – which they did – along with the opportunity to meet investors in Hong Kong.

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Beedie alumni and faculty shortlisted for BCTIA awards

Apr 15, 2016

Faculty and alumni from the Beedie School of Business are featured prominently in the shortlist for the BC Technology Industry Association (BCTIA) 2016 Technology Impact Awards (TIAs).

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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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