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On November 28th, the UBC Commerce class had the pleasure of hearing from two innovative, hardworking entrepreneurs Janice Cheam and Wade Larson. Janice talked about her experience and the product that she successfully launched in which they sell digital meters that indicate the consumption levels of energy along with the cost regarded to the amount of energy used; […]
The double threat of both increasing environmental threats as well as the economy steadily decreasing has posed huge threats towards societies all over the world. How does a company face these two huge problems to benefit consumers today. A common thought is that when companies go green or implement green strategies, the company will be less profitable. Implementing products or […]
Lara Galinsky, a senior vice president in a non-for profit organization known as Echoing Green, recently wrote a post regarding social entrepreneurs and the fact that not everyone should be a social entrepreneur. She mentions the vast array of interest people have as they want to change some of the huge problems around the world. People often mention […]
In a recent commerce class we had the pleasure of meeting a man by the name of Tom Dobrzanski. Tom was a recent Sauder graduate who visited UBC to tell us about his entrepreneurship in the music industry. Tom told us a simple story of finding a poster on the wall that was looking for a keyboardist […]
The exhilarating sound of the edges of skates ripping through the ice, the puck perfectly placed on the edge of the stick and the sound of rejoice and celebration as your favourite team nets the winning goal. Its nice to reminisce on Canadas favourite sport and pastime, I almost forgot what the sport was like due to long-lasting […]
I just finished reading Sean Listers Blog regarding the in-balance between work and leisure time. The article speaks of the general satisfaction or happiness the employees currently have in the workforce. The article hints some staggering facts regarding the current happiness of workers along with the amount of hours current employees are averaging per week. […]