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Joyent acquires SFU Venture Connection participant
Jul 15, 2010
Howie Wu may still be working towards graduation but the Simon Fraser University executive MBA student’s start-up venture, Layerboom Systems Inc., has already made the grade. Joyent, Inc., a San Francisco-based international inventor of integrated smart technologies, has acquired Layerboom, making it SFU Venture Connection’s first protege to be acquired. Layerboom helps companies build and sell virtual private server ‘clouds’. Cloud computing refers to the new ability to shift physical technology infrastructure to a remote more »More...
SFU pet project fundraises for pit bull shelter
Jul 14, 2010
Project4Pets, a class project undertaken by five Simon Fraser University business students, will get tongues and tails wagging on July 18 from noon to 5 p.m. Fourth year students Whitney Law, Michael Liang and Lynzee Bewcyk and third year students Reza Andalib and Kelly Pang are mounting Talented Tails. It’s a pet talent show in East Vancouver to raise money for HugABull. The seven-year-old Vancouver-based non-profit rescue and advocacy group has resettled more than 400 more »More...
Media Matters – SFU Business in the News – July 9
Jul 12, 2010
How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending July 9, 2010. National and World News Marketing guru Lindsay Meredith of SFU Business was in a national Canadian Press story on the renaming of GM Place in Vancouver as Rogers Arena. He was also on the Early Edition show on CBC Radio and the Bill Good show on CKNW, saying it’s a savvy marketing move that will better position eastern-based Rogers in the more »More...
Media Matters – SFU Business in the News – July 2
Jul 12, 2010
How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending July 2, 2010. National and World News The Canadian Press quoted marketing prof Lindsay Meredith in a national story on the impact of the new HST on homebuyers and landlords. It noted he was one of many who poured funds into renovating his home before the tax took effect. “‘I suspect you’re going to see lethargy in the market for probably a good chunk more »More...
Management of Technology MBA grads from Saltworks profiled in new book “The New Entrepreneurs: Building a Sustainable Economy for the Future”
Jul 8, 2010
SFU Business alumni from the school’s Management of Technology MBA program have been profiled extensively in an upcoming book by business author and venture capitalist Andrew Heintzman, “The New Entrepreneurs: Building a Green Economy for the Future.” The subject of the profile, Saltworks Technologies, is a Canadian cleantech company focused on providing sustainable cost effective solutions for desalination and brine treatment. According to Heintzman, “this little company tucked away in the docklands of Vancouver may just more »More...
Media Matters – SFU Business in the News – June 18
Jun 22, 2010
How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending June 18, 2010. World Cup Soccer The Globe and Mail quoted SFU Business prof Leyland Pitt in a story about an ambush-marketing stunt at a FIFA World Cup soccer game. More than 30 women stripped down to orange mini-dresses—in a promotion for orange-themed Dutch brewery Bavaria NV. Said Pitt: “I can see lots of [particularly Dutch] fans seeing this as a victory of the more »More...
Vancouver Sun: SFU Business introduces broad-based admissions policy
Jun 14, 2010
Grades alone not enough to get into SFU business school By Tracy Sherlock, Vancouver Sun June 10, 2010 To combat sky-high admission requirements, Simon Fraser University’s school of business is changing its application process to take into account extracurricular activities. A 92-per-cent high school average is needed to get into the popular program, but that’s about to change. As of next year, all students will be selected based on “broad-based” admission requirements. “When our admission more »More...
Media Matters – SFU Business in the News – June 11
Jun 14, 2010
How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending June 11, 2010. BC News Marketing prof Lindsay Meredith was on CKNW, discussing at length the public-relations fallout and the political impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster: “The longer you go without solving the problem, the more difficult it gets to make your point stick that you are indeed a worthwhile corporate organization and the more difficult it gets to keep the more »More...
Meet three SFU graduates from the 2009 UFE Honour Roll
Jun 10, 2010
SFU Business congratulates the newest group of CA students to successfully complete one of the most challenging professional examinations in the world – the CA profession’s Uniform Evaluation (UFE). Out of 1037 CA School of Business (CASB) students who successfully challenged the uniform evaluation (UFE), three of the top 12 are graduates from Simon Fraser University. Sumeet Sangha “Growing up, my career choices were all over the place,” says Sumeet Sangha. “I never saw myself as more »More...
SFU Business remembers William (Bill) Rowe, 1933-2010
Jun 7, 2010
SFU Business alumnus William (Bill) Rowe, who graduated from the Executive MBA program and was a longtime supporter and friend of Simon Fraser University, passed away on May 28, 2010. A Celebration of Life will be held in his honour on June 9 from 2-4pm at Villa Amato, 88 East 1st Ave., in Vancouver. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Union Gospel Mission or the Heart and Stroke Foundation may be made in Bill’s more »More...