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John Jackson wearing a suit behind a desk chair

Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

College of Nursing PhD student meets community needs through entrepreneurship

April 27, 2023 — 
John Jackson, a PhD student in the College of Nursing, noticed a gap during the pandemic in the availability of accessible, low barrier training opportunities for people who wanted to work in mental health and addiction settings. He discussed the issue with his community and found that employers also struggled to find candidates who had suitable education or training.

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Headshot of Farzana Ebrahim

Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

Farzana Ebrahim finds ways to be entrepreneurial as a staff member at UM

March 30, 2023 — 
Farzana Ebrahim is an excellent example of intrapreneurship, a way for employees of organizations to bring entrepreneurial thinking to their work.

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Director Debra Jonaason-Young with Graduate team winners.

Asper School of Business

Stu Clark New Venture Championships returns in-person for high-caliber competition

March 16, 2023 — 
The 2023 Stu Clark New Venture Championships welcomed student entrepreneurs from across North America to compete for the opportunity to kickstart their unique and diverse ventures.

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President Michael Benarroch with crossed arms and a smile

Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

President Benarroch invites you to think differently about entrepreneurship

March 6, 2023 — 
President Benarroch talked about his non-traditional view of entrepreneurship and why entrepreneurship is more about ideas and impact than dollars and cents.

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Donor Stu Clark wearing a black suit smiling and talking to Asper MBA students.

Supporting entrepreneurial dreams for 25 years

October 14, 2022 — 
The Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship (SCCE) at the Asper School of Business is celebrating 25 years of supporting the entrepreneurial dreams of University of Manitoba students. With 500+ Venture Coach meetings, more than $750,000 in prize money given to student ventures, and with 1250+ students from all over North America having participated in SCCE competitions – there's lots to celebrate.

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Every organization needs a Business Analyst (BA), and everyone is looking for a good one.

Faculty of Science

Entrepreneurship course inspires innovation and business training at Faculty of Science

January 28, 2022 — 
The course was piloted in May 2021 and developed in collaboration with the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship at the Asper School of Business. It challenged students to generate ideas and address “Why” their ideas might succeed. It also covered the “How-to” with an introduction to business planning, market validation, and HR considerations, concluding in a group pitch event.

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Work from home desk set up

Asper School of Business

Stu Clark Centre Learn From Home Competition

September 15, 2020 — 
Entrepreneurship is about being your own boss, something students across the University of Manitoba will be required to master this upcoming year. Working and learning from home means students will have to take control of their environment to be set up for success.

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Alexandre Lazarow standing on beach

Asper School of Business

Out-Innovate: Doing more with less

May 7, 2020 — 
In Alexandre Lazarow’s (BComm(Hons)/06) new book Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs - from Delhi to Detroit - Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley he outlines where entrepreneurs outside the most-developed start-up ecosystems, are out-innovating their Silicon Valley counterparts.

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A group of aspiring entrepreneurs presenting at the ENTR Pitch Competition in Fall 2019.

Asper School of Business

Supports in place for entrepreneurs during COVID-19

March 31, 2020 — 
The Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub has compiled a list of the many supports that are in place for all entrepreneurs, including women, in response to COVID-19.

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(Left to right): Marlee McMillan, Owner/Operator of Centered Care Inc., Noah Palansky, Co-Founder and CEO at TaiV, Giovanna Minenna, Founder and CEO at Brows by G., and Chris Schmidt, Co-Founder and CEO at Pluto Ventures.

Asper School of Business

Innovative location inspires collaboration at CEO Manitoba’s first Kick-off to Entrepreneurship event

September 30, 2019 — 
A space designed to stimulate innovative thinking was the ideal location to inspire Manitoba’s future entrepreneurs at the first-ever Kick-off to Entrepreneurship event, hosted by Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (CEO) Manitoba, an international student organization based out of the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship.

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