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BroadbandTV CEO Shahrzad Rafati on monetizing the Internet

Oct 1, 2014

According to Shahrzad Rafati, founder and CEO of BroadbandTV, an entrepreneurial attitude, a tireless work ethic, and a willingness to constantly learn are more valuable assets than decades of experience – and necessary requirements to build a revolutionary business.

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SFU launches interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation concentration

Sep 15, 2014

A new interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation concentration offered by Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business and its partners will teach undergraduate students the teamwork, problem solving, and creativity skills that are increasingly required to create opportunities after graduation.

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Beedie partners with Emily Carr to tackle sustainability through entrepreneurship

Sep 8, 2014

This summer, undergraduates at SFU’s Beedie School of Business and Emily Carr University showcased and sold sustainable products of their own design in the culmination of the interdisciplinary entrepreneurship platFORM program.

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Georgia Straight: Vancouver student entrepreneurs learn new ways to launch ventures

Aug 20, 2014

The following is an excerpt from the full article published in the Georgia Straight on August 20, 2014, and features comment from Beedie School of Business lecturer in entrepreneurship and innovation Sarah Lubik.

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CMA Innovation Centre: Measuring entrepreneurial resilience in five brothers

Aug 13, 2014

Over the course of a decade, five brothers in Bavaria, Germany all started business ventures in the food service industry with varying degrees of success. Given their near-identical backgrounds, what are the psychological and micro-social factors that affected the subjects’ entrepreneurial resilience, ultimately leading to their success and failure? Jessica Di Bella, Head of Mannheim Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Mannheim in Germany, explored this topic in a fascinating presentation in […]

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BBA graduate Amit Bhagat: Community engagement enriches lives

Jun 30, 2014

The following story was published by SFU News on June 10, 2014.

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Daniel Shapiro awarded AIB International Educator of the Year

Jun 24, 2014

Daniel Shapiro, Dean of Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, has been honoured with the Academy of International Business (AIB) Fellows’ International Educator of the Year Award.

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RADIUS venture go2gether launches pilot with Vancity

May 15, 2014

Real-time carpooling app go2gether, a client of The Beedie School of Business’ social innovation venture incubator RADIUS, has secured an eight-month pilot contract with Vancity credit union.

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SFU student innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration highlighted at Opportunity Fest

Apr 11, 2014

Undergraduate student entrepreneurs from across Simon Fraser University gathered to celebrate innovation at the fourth annual Opportunity Fest, a marketplace-style showcase of student creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation. 

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President’s Dream Colloquium: Robert Miller on indigenous economic development

Apr 10, 2014

Taking steps towards economic development in indigenous communities would appear to be solely beneficial to all concerned. Yet often when the subject is raised, many of those concerned have reservations. Why would something with implicit positive connotations raise such doubts?

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