UBC & Entrepreneurship
The drive to foster entrepreneurship at UBC starts with the President’s office. There is so much talent and so many innovative ideas on campus, it is exciting to see them being translated into thriving businesses and social ventures.
1. Educational leadership for entrepreneurship at UBC lies with the Sauder School of Business. There, we have courses like ‘e101’ – aka Comm 280 – that are available cross-faculties. Sauder also has an Entrepreneurship option available to its business students.
http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Programs/Bachelor_of_Commerce/Current_Students/Options/Entrepreneurship
Sauder is also home to a diverse group of Entrepreneurship & Innovation Faculty
http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Faculty/People/Faculty_by_Division#Entrepreneurshi
2. e@ubc is the vibrant hub for all of the diverse entrepreneurial initiatives happening across the campus. The e@ubc mission is to create viable, innovative ventures.
http://entrepreneurship.ubc.ca/about/
3. The Coast Capital Savings Innovation Hub is a centre for social ventures at UBC. This is both a centre for research and a place where selected start-ups can work on their social and environmental initiatives with the support of mentors and experts.
http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Faculty/Research_Centres/ISIS/Programs/Coast_Capital_Savings_Innovation_Hub
Here’s a UBC-wide social innovation map produced by Sauder’s ISIS research centre.
4. The Business Family Centre at Sauder is a great resource for case studies, research and resources around running a family business. Here, you’ll find a wealth of articles and information along with links to The Canadian Association of Family Enterprise and the Institute of Family Enterprise Advisors.
http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Programs/Business_Families_Centre/Resources