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Energy-generating shoe insole concept wins international competition

Feb 16, 2015

Taylor Ward’s innovative energy concept has set a winning pace.

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Province: SFU student designs insoles that would generate power to charge Vancouver

Jan 28, 2015

Student’s concept of insoles that would store electricity when we walk snares berth in international design competition.

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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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Beedie alumna wins Global Startup Battle competition

Dec 17, 2014

Beedie School of Business alumna and co-founder of ConceptKicker, Shan Shan Fu, triumphed over 250 cities, 83 countries, and more than 25,000 entrepreneurs to take first place at the world’s largest business startup competition, Global Startup Battle.

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Executive MBA alumna Amiee Chan named among Canada’s 100 most powerful women

Dec 8, 2014

Beedie School of Business alumna Dr. Amiee Chan has been named on the Women’s Executive Network (WXN) Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100 list – the third consecutive year that she has been recognized on this prestigious list.

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Entrepreneurship lessons from tech legend Ken Spencer

Nov 24, 2014

Successful companies must empower employees to be responsible for their own decisions – and the potential for saving money by eliminating micromanagement will more than compensate for any potential employee errors.

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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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Blaize Horner Reich appointed dean of SFU’s Beedie School of Business

Jul 17, 2014

Professor Blaize Horner Reich has been appointed dean of Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, beginning her new role September 1.

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Professor Blaize Horner Reich appointed to BTM Advisory Council

May 22, 2014

Dr. Blaize Horner Reich, the RBC Professor of Technology and Innovation at SFU’s Beedie School of Business, has been appointed to the Canadian Business Technology Management (BTM) Advisory Council.

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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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