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Engineering Entrepreneurship Series

Have you ever thought of starting your own company, but wondered where to begin? Do you have a great idea but don’t know how to get funding? We engineers often make great entrepreneurs and many do well in business — over 25% of all Canadian CEOs are engineers. One thing missing from the engineering curriculum is a “culture” of entrepreneurism — that making a company happen is just what people do! The goal of this series is to have real entrepreneurs come in and tell the stories of their companies and share their experiences. Our goal is to bring in recent graduates as well as a variety of entrepreneurs for you to learn from. We believe if you hear these stories you may be inspired to start your own company. The one-hour talks begin at 5 p.m., and are usually held in room 1105 of the Sandford Fleming Building, 10 King’s College Road, U of T. The talks are followed by an informal dinner with the speaker. To learn more about each speaker and their topic, click on their name. For more information on the series and dinners, please email susan.grant@utoronto.ca.

 

2012-2013 Speakrs

September:  TBA

October 16:  George Konrad

October 22:  David Oxtoby & Antonio Antonopoulos

November 7:  Sanjay Malaviya

November 27:  Mike Montgomery

January 17:  Ray Sharma

February 5:  Raif Barbaros

 

2011-2012 Speakers

Som Seif
Sept 22, 2011

Raj Jaswa
Oct 4, 2011

John Paul Morgan
Nov 3, 2011

Zak Homuth
Nov 23, 2011

Paul Ip
Jan 17, 2012

 Yuri Sagalov
Jan 23, 2012

 Chris Ouslis
Feb 2, 2012

 Brian Mergelas
Feb 15, 2012

 Ryan Gilliam
Mar 8, 2012

 

 

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