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Beedie Talks: MBAs learning over lunch
Apr 23, 2014
By Tako Young. On a typical weekday lunchtime, one can expect waves of MBA students at the Beedie School of Business to flood out of the lecture room to take a well-deserved lunch break. Recently, however, scores of eager students have stayed put in the classroom to continue their learning experience – this time to glean knowledge from their own classmates.More...
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 more »More...
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.More...
MSc Finance students win three in a row at RISE investment competition
Apr 10, 2014
MSc in Finance students from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business have brought home gold for the third year in a row at the prestigious RISE (Redefining Investment Strategy Education) competition.More...
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?More...
AQ Magazine: Aboriginal Leadership
Apr 8, 2014
The following article was published in the April 2014 issue of SFU’s AQ Magazine. By Diane Luckow. Vancouver-based Taseko Mines has long proposed a $1.5 billion open-pit gold and copper mine in B.C.’s Cariboo. But the company continues to encounter significant opposition from the region’s First Nations, and the project’s future continues to hang in the balance.More...
Geek Speak: Chantelle Buffie, cofounder of FIXO
Apr 8, 2014
The following article was published by the Georgia Straight on April 4, 2014 and features an interview with Beedie School of Business BBA student Chantelle Buffie. By Stephen Hui. If you’re a tenant, how do you contact your landlord? Simon Fraser University business student Chantelle Buffie is hoping that you’ll soon be using FIXO. A 24-year-old Surrey resident, Buffie is one of the undergraduates selected for the 2014 cohort of The Next 36 entrepreneurship program more »More...
Beedie alumnus Milun Tesovic named on BC Business 30 Under 30
Apr 7, 2014
Beedie School of Business alumnus Milun Tesovic, co-founder of MetroLyrics.com, the most comprehensive database of music lyrics in the world, has been named one of BC Business’ 30 Under 30.More...
Beedie Group celebrates 60 years in business
Apr 4, 2014
Family that runs B.C.’s largest industrial property developer are also front-rank philanthropists.More...
BBA Chantelle Buffie wins national entrepreneurship competition
Mar 28, 2014
A new student venture that will provide a dedicated communications channel for residential property managers and tenants has won the Newcomers category at the National Business & Technology Conference entrepreneurship competition.More...