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Beedie students to host North American hub for global PR conference
Apr 20, 2012
Submitted by Salina Siu, National Director of Communications, AIESEC Canada VANCOUVER– Students around the world will be putting business theories into practice during AIESEC’s Global Public Relations Conference held on April 23 to 26, 2012. The international conference will be hosted in eight different countries, with AIESEC SFU being the host for North America. The event takes place in downtown Vancouver at SFU’s Segal Graduate School, sponsored by the Beedie School of Business at Simon more »More...
Beedie School set to host leading global social capital and entrepreneurship scholars
Apr 16, 2012
The Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University is hosting some of the world’s foremost experts in the areas of entrepreneurship and social capital at the Segal Graduate School in downtown Vancouver this week at a special academic conference. Entitled Social Capital and Entrepreneurship: Catalyst or Retardant?, the two-day event takes place on April 20 and 21, bringing together outstanding international and Canadian scholars. They will workshop a series of interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed manuscripts on the relationship between various form of social capital and entrepreneurial activity in commercial, social and cultural contexts.More...
Opportunity Fest winners highlight innovation at Beedie
Apr 13, 2012
A hot tub water care system, an employee wellness solution for companies and a sustainable recycling initiative aimed at helping Vancouver achieve its goal of zero waste for 2020 were the big winners at a Beedie School of Business social entrepreneurship competition. Opportunity Fest 2012 gave SFU business undergrads the opportunity to showcase their class-produced ventures to judges from industry, academia and the wider business community. Held at SFU’s Surrey campus on April 11, more »More...
What Does a B.C. MBA Look Like: Craig Ryomoto
Apr 13, 2012
The following article was published by BC Business Magazine on April 2, 2012 as part of their MBA guide. BY KRISTEN HILDERMAN, BC BUSINESS MAGAZINE Craig Ryomoto, Director, Online Customer Acquisition | HootSuite Media, Inc. @craigryomoto hootsuite.com Where did you get your MBA? SFU Beedie School of Business What year did you graduate? 2010 Why did you want to get your MBA? I chose to pursue an MBA because I was looking for a career more »More...
Student internationalizes Beedie experience with AIESEC
Apr 12, 2012
The following article was submitted by Beedie School of Business graduate Esther Chang: As you learn in any introduction to economics course, life has a lot of tradeoffs. So if your goals are to travel around the world to get a deeper appreciation of life and culture, you will most likely have to trade off a lot time from developing your career. By participating in an international internship with AIESEC, however, you can make the more »More...
What Does a B.C. MBA Look Like: Mike Underell
Apr 12, 2012
The following article was published by BC Business Magazine on April 2, 2012 as part of their MBA guide. BY KRISTEN HILDERMAN, BC BUSINESS MAGAZINE Mike Underell, Account Manager | 6S Marketing @mikeunderell 6smarketing.com Where did you get your MBA? SFU Beedie School of Business What year did you graduate? 2009 Why did you want to get your MBA? To better prepare myself for more demanding job roles and/or higher responsibility. What do you think more »More...
BBA captures unfiltered spirit of SFU on viral video
Apr 12, 2012
by Joanne Leung “Uh huh, you know what it is. Simon Fraser, Simon Fraser, Simon Fraser, Simon Fraser.” It’s the mantra that has morphed into Simon Fraser University’s unofficial and irreverent refrain over the past two months. And right along with it, Beedie School of Business undergraduate student Matthew Tse, one of the creators of the immensely popular “Sh*t SFU Says” video, has been along for the viral video ride. His YouTube video garnered 50,000 more »More...
The School of Social Media
Apr 12, 2012
The following article was published by BC Business Magazine on April 2, 2012 as part of their MBA guide. BY LANA MADOR, BC BUSINESS MAGAZINE The compelling tweets of SFU MBA professor Ian McCarthy earned him a spot on OnlineMBA’s international list: “50 Business Professors You Should Follow on Twitter.” Business professor Ian McCarthy started out as a techie, working for several years as a manufacturing engineer before earning a PhD in operations strategy from more »More...
What Does a B.C. MBA Look Like: Jessica Oman
Apr 11, 2012
The following article was published by BC Business Magazine on April 2, 2012 as part of their MBA guide. BY KRISTEN HILDERMAN, BC BUSINESS MAGAZINE Jessica Oman, Owner | Write Ahead Consulting @writeahead writeahead.ca Where did you get your MBA? SFU Beedie School of Business What year did you graduate? 2009 Why did you want to get your MBA? I felt I needed a graduate degree to move my career forward. I had been working more »More...
B.C. MBAs Go Global With BRIC Partnerships
Apr 11, 2012
The following article was published by BC Business Magazine on April 2, 2012 as part of their MBA guide. BY REBECCA TAY, BC BUSINESS MAGAZINE Local schools broaden their international focus to include Brazil, Russia, India and China. Say “BRIC” to any economist, analyst or politician and the response will almost invariably be that the countries represented by the acronym – Brazil, Russia, India and China – will dominate the global economic landscape in coming more »More...