This week our section (103) had the chance to hear from three guest speakers who were Sauder graduates that pursued their dreams through entrepreneurship
and now have successful businesses. Tom Dobrzanski from the Zolas, Jenny Duffy choreographer for BC Lions, and Paul Davidescu creator of Tangoo, all three in industries ranging from music to dance and even hospitality!

I found the selection we were fortunate to hear from absolutely perfect as coincidentally a few weeks before I had just published a blog on Tangoo’s success of reconstructing their company’s business model. To hear they were going forward strong and even appearing on Dragon’s Den soon was definitely exciting news. This was quite easily my favourite class yet as not only was it extremely interesting but fascinating as well to see Sauder alumni and what they were doing down the road.

Tom’s story was especially inspiring because he had graduated with a specialization in accounting but decided to pursue his dreams with music. For someone like myself who isn’t entirely sure yet which direction in business I want to go in I found it reassuring when Tom said his skills learned from Sauder were still tremendously helpful towards his company which is in such a different field. I’m really glad we were able to see such a variety in the three speakers because it enriched the experience to see how post Sauder graduates can go off into a range of work fields not necessarily limited to Wall Street and still be extremely successful.

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