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New Ivey podcast explores path to entrepreneurship

New Ivey podcast explores path to entrepreneurship

Are entrepreneurs born or made? A new podcast from the Ivey Business School, the Ivey Impact Podcast, explored that question with Eric Morse, executive director of the Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship, Powered by Ivey.   Morse, who is also sp …

Helfand: USC turning an eye toward entrepreneurship

Helfand: USC turning an eye toward entrepreneurship

The focus on the Student Entrepreneurship Centre at Western that spun off from BizInc is a great way to provide some profile to an amazing student service. (Centre to facilitate student entrepreneurship, Western News, Sept. 5) Turning BizInc, from its start as a...

New site aids grad students in leap into work

New site aids grad students in leap into work

Often too busy at work in labs, lecture halls and libraries to plot their career paths, graduate students now have a unique set of online training resources to help them make the leap into the work world and to succeed in any career. Recognizing the unique experiences...

Centre to facilitate student entrepreneurship

Centre to facilitate student entrepreneurship

While some details have yet to be hammered out, one thing’s for sure – the entrepreneurial climate on Western’s campus is going to look a lot different going forward. With new funding from the Ministry of Research and Innovation, the university has revamped and, this...

Western appoints Meister to Thompson Chair

Western appoints Meister to Thompson Chair

Ivey Business School professor Darren Meister has been appointed the inaugural holder of the John M. Thompson Chair in Engineering Leadership and Innovation for a five-year term, which started July 1. The Information Systems and General Management (Entrepreneurship)...

New programs target youth entrepreneurship

Five new programs launched by the province to foster entrepreneurship and employment opportunities for Ontario’s youth shouldn’t be viewed as tools to help students find a job, said Western President Amit Chakma.

Alumni don’t snooze on coffee idea

Credit Deland Jessop’s wife for helping brew up an idea that, by the year’s end, could rake in $1 million. The idea? Coffee that puts you to sleep.

Ten alumnae named among Top 100 Powerful Women

Ten alumnae named among Top 100 Powerful Women

Ten Western alumnae have been named to Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100 list, presented by the National Post and the Women’s Executive Network (WXN). The theme for this year’s Top 100 Awards was What Glass Ceiling? The newspaper wrote of the honoured Western community members, in part:

Helfand: USC turning an eye toward entrepreneurship

Helfand: USC turning an eye toward entrepreneurship

The focus on the Student Entrepreneurship Centre at Western that spun off from BizInc is a great way to provide some profile to an amazing student service. (Centre to facilitate student entrepreneurship, Western News, Sept. 5) Turning BizInc, from its start as a...

New site aids grad students in leap into work

New site aids grad students in leap into work

Often too busy at work in labs, lecture halls and libraries to plot their career paths, graduate students now have a unique set of online training resources to help them make the leap into the work world and to succeed in any career. Recognizing the unique experiences...

Centre to facilitate student entrepreneurship

Centre to facilitate student entrepreneurship

While some details have yet to be hammered out, one thing’s for sure – the entrepreneurial climate on Western’s campus is going to look a lot different going forward. With new funding from the Ministry of Research and Innovation, the university has revamped and, this...

Western appoints Meister to Thompson Chair

Western appoints Meister to Thompson Chair

Ivey Business School professor Darren Meister has been appointed the inaugural holder of the John M. Thompson Chair in Engineering Leadership and Innovation for a five-year term, which started July 1. The Information Systems and General Management (Entrepreneurship)...

New programs target youth entrepreneurship

Five new programs launched by the province to foster entrepreneurship and employment opportunities for Ontario’s youth shouldn’t be viewed as tools to help students find a job, said Western President Amit Chakma.

Alumni don’t snooze on coffee idea

Credit Deland Jessop’s wife for helping brew up an idea that, by the year’s end, could rake in $1 million. The idea? Coffee that puts you to sleep.

Ten alumnae named among Top 100 Powerful Women

Ten alumnae named among Top 100 Powerful Women

Ten Western alumnae have been named to Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100 list, presented by the National Post and the Women’s Executive Network (WXN). The theme for this year’s Top 100 Awards was What Glass Ceiling? The newspaper wrote of the honoured Western community members, in part: