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Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship News Archive

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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A woman, Catherine David, is smiling for her headshot wearing a red shirt and black blazer.

Asper School of Business

Asper alum co-founds a one-stop space for mothers to access supports

May 6, 2022 — 
"When women come together, great things happen, but when moms come together to support each other, brilliance happens. It truly is MomBrilliant," says Catherine David. After completing her Master of Business Administration at the Asper School of Business, Catherine David [BEd/07, MBA/18] and Co-founder Mel Klos began creating MomBrilliant, a one-stop space to educate and support mothers through a network of certified pediatric and parenting practitioners. 

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Asper School of Business

Stu Clark New Venture Championships welcomes competitors from across North America

March 23, 2022 — 
The 2022 New Venture Championships were hosted virtually this past weekend and did not disappoint. This year, the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship (SCCE) went big. We combined the graduate and undergraduate competitions and expanded the undergraduate event to be open to students from around the world. With this new combination it certainly made for an exciting whirlwind three days of celebrating entrepreneurship and student innovation.

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Asper student Graham Taylor smiling with a dark beige suit jacket and blue shirt on.

Asper School of Business

Asper student, Graham Taylor, wins Stu Clark New Venture Championships

March 21, 2022 — 
For the first time in 14 years, a UM student has placed first in graduate edition of competition

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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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Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship staff

Asper School of Business

Fanning the flame of entrepreneurship

April 26, 2021 — 
On April 16 and 17, 20201, The Stu Clark New Venture Championships: Undergraduate Edition brought together students from various faculties and post-secondary schools across Manitoba to compete for over $20,000 in cash prizes.

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Stu Clark New Venture Gift Box

Asper School of Business

Stu Clark New Venture Championships: Graduate Edition

March 18, 2021 — 
This year the Stu Clark New Venture Championships – Graduate Edition went virtual for the first time.

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Acting Dean of Law, David Asper, Q.C., welcomes law students to the first class of the revamped L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic now operating entirely online.

Faculty of Law

Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic goes virtual

February 1, 2021 — 
At the start of winter term, the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law launched a virtual version of its L. Kerry Vickar Business Law Clinic. This new incarnation of the Faculty’s experiential learning course for third-year law students is now operating entirely online as well as collaborating on initiatives with the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship at the Asper School of Business and other organizations.

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Graphic for Virtual Pitch Competition

Asper School of Business

Exploring the Entrepreneurial Spirit – Virtually

November 11, 2020 — 
On October 29, the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship (SCCE) hosted its first virtual business plan pitch competition as part of its core Asper entrepreneurship course ENTR 2030 and the parallel ENTR 2020 course for non-Asper students.

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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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