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Entries from September 2006

Gala Opening of Entrepreneur Week

September 30th, 2006 · Comments Off on Gala Opening of Entrepreneur Week

Tonight I was very fortunate to attend the Gala Opening of Entrepreneur Week at Bingeman’s in Kitchener. Entrepreneur Week is “North America’s Largest Innovation Festival Dedicated to Entrepreneurial Spirit”. Through CBET, a number of tickets were made available to students in the class for tonight’s opening gala, and I was one of the lucky recipients! […]

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KW Chamber of Commerce Breakfast

September 21st, 2006 · 1 Comment

I just got home from a breakfast networking event hosted by the Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber of Commerce. Part of the whole MBET experience is getting out there and networking, and it is a skill that I really want to work on developing. Part of our BET 611 course mark is based on how well we get […]

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Week 2 Begins

September 18th, 2006 · 1 Comment

The 2nd official week of MBET has begun, and already things are starting to get busier. At about 6pm last night, I finally got around to checking online for what needed to be done in preparation for Marketing class today. I was thinking it would just be a couple readings, seeing how we hadn’t had […]

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Lawyers…

September 12th, 2006 · Comments Off on Lawyers…

Yesterday we had Eric Schneider from Miller Thompson in to go over our MBET class non-dislcosure agreement. He handed out a form, and asked everyone to sign it before we got started. Someone asked if we could read it first, and he said, “Well, alright, go ahead”. I need to learn that there are tricks […]

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Ignition Week Summary

September 11th, 2006 · Comments Off on Ignition Week Summary

Well, it’s getting late on Sunday night and I’m finally sitting down to write about the rest of Ignition Week. I had meant to keep up with things as we went along, but the week was jam-packed with activities, and I haven’t had a chance to sit down until now. Day 1: Tuesday, September 5, […]

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MBET – Day 1

September 6th, 2006 · 3 Comments

Wow – what a day! It’s late and I’m a little tired right now, so this is going to be a little short, but the first day was great. Like any student on the first day of school, my biggest concern this morning was what to wear. “Business casual” were the instructions we were given. […]

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Why MBET?

September 4th, 2006 · Comments Off on Why MBET?

Over the past few days, I have been asked by many of my friends what I hope to get from the MBET program, and where I see myself heading once the next year is over. To be completely honest, at this point in time, I am still unsure what sort of career path I will […]

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