Tag archive for ‘entrepreneurship’
UNBers dominate 2013 KIRA finalist list (Comments Off)
4/18/13 •
The KIRA Organizing Committee recently announced the 2013 KIRA finalists and among the list of 18 individuals or groups recognized, seven are UNB-affiliated. UNB finalists who made the list are administrators being recognized for their contribution [...]
UNB hosts 2013 Student Pitch Competition (Comments Off)
3/25/13 •
Entrepreneurship is an important part of Atlantic Canada’s economic growth and the University of New Brunswick has worked hard to create countless opportunities for students to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. Many of New Brunswick’s most creative [...]
UNB key organizer in first ever East Coast Startup Week (Comments Off)
3/11/13 •
UNB’s Pond-Deshpande Centre (PDC) and J.Herbert Smith Centre are co-organizing New Brunswick’s first East Coast Startup Week alongside PropelICT/Launch 36, User Events, the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation and Startup Kitchen. Taking place March 20-24, the East [...]
Time to vote for UNB Breakthru teams (Comments Off)
2/28/13 •
Online voting for the CBC Viewers’ Choice award for the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation’s (NBIF) Breakthru competition is now open. UNB is showing its research and entrepreneurial strengths at this year’s Breakthru competition with four of [...]
Rivers Corbett named UNB’s entrepreneur in residence (Comments Off)
1/08/13 •
UNB’s Dr. J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology Management and Entrepreneurship (TME) welcomes award-winning business guru Rivers Corbett as the new Entrepreneur in Residence. The Fredericton-based UNB alumnus is the co-owner of Relish Gourmet Burgers and [...]
Computer science students connect with local IT experts (Comments Off)
11/26/12 •
The UNB faculty of computer science, in collaboration with the New Brunswick Information Technology Council (NBITC), hosted a panel discussion last week featuring five high-profile New Brunswick entrepreneurs and leaders in the information technology industry. Chris [...]
UNB participates in global entrepreneurship week (Comments Off)
11/22/12 •
UNB’s Dr. J. Herbert Smith Centre brought in a host of well-known guest speakers during last week’s Global Entrepreneurship Week. The topic of discussion was The entrepreneurial journey and supporting the ecosystem. Among the speakers were: [...]
UNB’s centre for entrepreneurship ready to spread its wings (Comments Off)
9/20/12 •
FREDERICTON – Ever since its launch on the University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus, the Pond-Deshpande Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship has had a lofty ambition; modeled on a similar centre at MIT, the PDC aims [...]
UNB and Shad Valley renew partnership (Comments Off)
5/07/12 •
The University of New Brunswick and Shad Valley have renewed their partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding recently. UNB, in partnership with the provincial government, has committed to supporting students who attend the [...]
From the Maritimes, game developer builds bridge to Silicon Valley (Comments Off)
4/02/12 •
George Donovan, owner of Gogii Games Corp., a Moncton-based developer of interactive games, knew that the choice of location for his company was one challenge that would never change. Disruptive technologies had changed the way the video-gaming [...]
MBA students get hands-on experience with social entrepreneurship (Comments Off)
3/22/12 •
Master of Business Administration students at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton have organized a unique dinner event that aims to raise funds and awareness for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
UNB grad aims to found the Google of health care – Telegraph-Journal (Comments Off)
1/17/11 •
Todd Murphy isn’t kidding when he says he wants his company to become the Google of health care.
