2018 Manitoba New Venture Championships

April 5, 2018 —

University level entrepreneurs will vie for over $10,000 in prizes at the Manitoba New Venture Championships (MNVC) on Saturday, April 7, 2018. The MNVC is hosted by the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship at the Asper School of Business.

The MNVC is a one-day competition that gives undergraduate students from across Manitoba the opportunity to compete based on new business ideas they have created. This year the MNVC welcomes students from Brandon University, Red River College and the University of Manitoba.

Students will compete in an idea pitch, a logo competition and a formal business plan presentation with a first place prize of $5,000.

Judges of the MNVC include 20 local business professionals from a broad range of public and private sector organizations. These judges give valuable feedback and advice to students based on their experiences in the workforce.

Manitoba New Venture Championships
Saturday, April 7, 2018

Idea Pitch & Logo Competition
10:35 AM – 11:40 AM (Room 343, Drake Centre, University of Manitoba)
Championship Round
12:45 PM – 2:40 PM (Room 343, Drake Centre, University of Manitoba)

Asper School of Business, Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship

Associates Fellow in finance explores race, gender and neurodivergence and financial outcomes

Asper associate professor and The Associates Fellow in Finance, Chi Liao is an expert in behavioural finance, engaging with datasets and psychology, sociology and other social sciences to tackle these questions. She seeks to understand how broader social phenomena affect individual behaviours in financial decision-making and ultimately financial outcomes.