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Beedie students honoured at Surrey Board of Trade 25 Under 25 Awards

Apr 21, 2017

A total of 15 students and alumni of Simon Fraser University, including 12 from the Beedie School of Business, were named among the Surrey Board of Trade’s 25 Under 25 at a ceremony at the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel on April 20, 2017. At the event, the Surrey Board of Trade recognizes business and community minded people under the age of 25, either working in Surrey or working on a business or community related project […]

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Enactus SFU makes history at regional entrepreneurship competition

Mar 13, 2017

SFU became the first school to win all four categories at the Enactus Regional Exposition for Western Canada, a competition where teams of students present community outreach projects and business ventures to a judging panel of business leaders. This year’s Regional Exposition for Western Canada was held in Calgary from March 2-3, with 19 universities competing for the regional champion titles. Enactus is a community of student, academic and business leaders who are using entrepreneurial […]

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Novel, inexpensive hearing aid wins SFU’s Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize

Feb 22, 2017

A Simon Fraser University venture that is poised to disrupt the global hearing aid market has taken the best overall $30,000 prize at the University’s annual Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize competition.

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Traction on Demand’s Greg Malpass presented with award at BASS Banquet

Feb 9, 2017

Beedie School of Business BBA alumnus and founder of Traction on Demand, Greg Malpass was one of three winners of Impact Awards at the 16th annual BASS Banquet.

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Beedie’s Sarah Lubik interviewed on Roundhouse Radio’s Business in Vancouver show

Feb 1, 2017

This morning, Sarah Lubik, Director of Entrepreneurship for SFU and a lecturer in innovation and entrepreneurship at the Beedie School of Business, took part in an interview on the Business in Vancouver show on Roundhouse Radio. In the interview, Lubik discusses the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship, and her role as one of Canada’s ten Innovation Leaders who are helping the federal government develop Canada’s Innovation Agenda. To hear the interview in full, listen to the show on the Roundhouse […]

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Georgia Straight: SFU instructors show some entrepreneurial zeal as they reinvent business education in Canada

Jan 4, 2017

The following article was published by the Georgia Straight on November 9, 2016. By Charlie Smith. Shawn Smith didn’t follow a conventional path to becoming a business-education innovator. Growing up in White Rock, he took the B.C. secondary-school curriculum by correspondence while working full-time, starting at the age of 15.

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Beedie Hosts Scale Up Event with Leading Local Entrepreneurs

Dec 22, 2016

Canada has earned a reputation as offering a great environment for entrepreneurs taking their first steps into the world of enterprise. But how do you take a successful start-up business to the next level and grow it into a major, multi-million dollar company? That was the question behind Scaling Up: Growing Multi-Million Dollar Companies in Vancouver, an event presented by Discovery Foundation’s Mentoring and Catalyst Program, and hosted by Venture Connection in partnership with SFU’s […]

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Beedie students reach entrepreneurship award finals

Dec 12, 2016

Two Beedie School of Business students reached the final three in the Entrepreneur’s Organization (EO) Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) Regional Competition in Vancouver.

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New student awards created with $500,000 gift from Beedie family

Nov 24, 2016

By Ian Bryce A $500,000 gift from Simon Fraser University alumnus Ryan Beedie will support 25 new undergraduate awards for students in SFU’s Beedie School of Business. The generous gift marks five years since he and his family bestowed $22 million—the largest gift in SFU’s history—to establish the Beedie School of Business. “This wonderful gift will strengthen SFU’s commitment to engage the world,” says SFU President Andrew Petter. “These awards benefit the innovators and entrepreneurs of tomorrow and […]

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Beedie alumnus wins Tech Entrepreneur of the Year in the UK

Nov 15, 2016

Beedie School of Business alumnus, Parry Malm received Tech Entrepreneur of the Year and Best New Business at the inaugural UK Business awards on November 11 in London, UK. Malm is co-founder and CEO of artificial intelligence marketing technology company, Phrasee. Launched in 2015, Phrasee uses artificial intelligence to write marketing language by combining natural language generation and machine learning. In July 2016, Phrasee closed a £1m seed funding round, led by Next 15 PLC. It was the […]

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