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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. […]
I just finished reading Brianna Mussatto’s blog post about bringing your nightmare to life. The post described a business that is in the starting process. The premise of the business centered around a horror themed paintball match. The game is, essentially 12 people thrown into a map while evil zombies are trying to chase them down. […]
Picking a future job can be an extremely nerve racking, unsettling process and with different offers and choices, how does one know which job to pick? It’s not an easy question, the fear of being stuck in an unsatisfying career, or the fear of being rejected and being unemployed both have huge threats. Millions of […]
Over 1 billion dollars was charged to Samsung mobile for illegally copying from their top competitor, Apple. With Samsung being charged and their competitors reaching a market high of $700 per share, it would appear that Samsung Mobile has really “missed the ball” in the last few weeks; however, contrary to what would most likely be perceived, Samsung has […]
Women’s role in the work force has drastically increased in the duration of the last 15 years, however; they can’t seem to climb the economic ladder to reach the top of companies today. Is it a matter of sexism, the fact that too few women study computing maths or sciences, are they more emotional beings, […]