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The University of Waterloo – Master of Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Program

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Entries from May 2007

Golden Horseshoe Business Challenge Tomorrow

May 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment

Big day for me and HealthSpoke tomorrow. Because we finished in 2nd place at the LaunchPad competition, we get to go on to compete in the Golden Horseshoe Business Challenge. The event is taking place in Rochester, NY, and the winner will take home a cool $100,000 in cash to start their business! The event […]

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WestJet – Building a Culture That Cares

May 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment

There was an interesting talk on campus today from an executive at WestJet. The company is starting service to Kitchener airport, so some people from the company were in town to mark the occasion. WestJet believes that ultimately, its success comes down to culture, and because culture is people, they need to empower people to […]

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HealthSpoke Takes 2nd Place at LaunchPad

May 11th, 2007 · 4 Comments

As mentioned in my last post, James and myself reached the finals of the LaunchPad $50k Venture Creation Competition, and presented our plan for HealthSpoke on Wednesday. We spent all our time yesterday at the Communitech Tech Leadership Conference anxiously awaiting the announcement at 3:30pm. Finally, we got through all the speakers and breakout sessions, […]

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HealthSpoke Reaches the LaunchPad Finals

May 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment

One of the things that James and I worked on during April was completing our business plan for HealthSpoke. First, this is a significant portion of our MBET practicum. Second, we were entering the plan in the LaunchPad $50k Venture Creation Competition, and entries were due in mid-April. While putting together the plan, I realized […]

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MBET – The Final Term Begins

May 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Alright, alright… it has been a while since my last post. Wow – almost a month!! Since then, we have finished up Term 2 of MBET, I took a vacation to Florida, and we are now starting the third and final term!! The end of Term 2 was not as bad as Term 1, though […]

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