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Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship News Archive

Asper School of Business

Business, with a Twist

December 4, 2025 — 
At the Rod Senft Family Business Conference, leaders shared their ideas about how to merge the emotional landscape of family with business.

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Asper School of Business

Unlocking Innovation with the Startup Coach Program

November 24, 2025 — 
Startup Coach Ben Isakov at the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship has guided more than 250 students find clarity, confidence, and a sense of community through their startup business.

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Faculty of Law

Law students deliver Stu Clark webinar on business startup law for entrepreneurs

November 14, 2025 — 
On November 7, 2024, law students from the Faculty of Law’s L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic, Travis Dech (3L) [BA/23], Sparsh Kohli (3L) [BSc./22 U Western Ontario], and Gilad Stitz (3L) [B. Comm. (Hons.)/23], hosted a webinar in collaboration with the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship entitled Startup Law 2.0: Law for Entrepreneurs.

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Left to right: Gilad Stitz (3L), Travis Dech (3L), Vlasta Shevchenko (first-year Asper student), Yuliana Tepliakova (first-year Asper student), Vanessa Smith (3L), and Serena Bevilacqua (3L).

Faculty of Law

Business Law pop-up clinic brings law, business students together

November 14, 2025 — 
On November 5, 2025, the L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic collaborated with the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship to bring a Legal *Pop-Up* Clinic to the Asper School of Business, to deliver legal education directly to student entrepreneurs on campus, as part of a joint kick-off UM Entrepreneurship and Innovative Thinking Month.

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SHAD participants during the Chemistry activity.

Faculty of Science

The transformative power of the Shad Manitoba experience

October 29, 2025 — 
In July 2025, 35 high school students from across Canada joined Shad Manitoba at the University of Manitoba to build their skills, shape their mindset, and gain confidence for an ever-changing world. Shad is a transformational summer program and a launchpad for young innovators, now returning to UM for the third year in a row.

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Three students standing in a hallway talking.

Asper School of Business

Global News: Side Hustle 101

October 28, 2025 — 
The University of Manitoba is launching a free six-week online course in the winter term to teach students, alumni, and staff how to start a side hustle, addressing the increasing need for supplemental income due to workplace volatility

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Three students smiling and having a conversation on the UM campus.

Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

November is the 3rd Annual Entrepreneurship and Innovative Thinking Month

October 14, 2025 — 
2025 marks our third annual Entrepreneurship and Innovative Thinking month at the University of Manitoba.

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Asper School of Business

Turning a passion project into a side hustle business

September 5, 2025 — 
With help from the Stu Clark Centre’s Side Hustle Course, UM alum Emily Thoroski turned her passion for science and music into The Environmental Musician.

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Wenlong Yuan

Asper School of Business

The Free Press: Bell MTS Smart Home service offloaded in alarm deal

August 11, 2025 — 
BELL MTS’s parent company is selling its home security and monitored alarm branches to an Ontario firm.

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Debra Jonasson-Young, director of the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship.

Asper School of Business

CTV Winnipeg: How to start a side hustle

August 11, 2025 — 
How to start a side hustle

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