The MBET Experience

Today I had a great opportunity to present HealthSpoke(TM) at a Communitech luncheon. The event featured guest speaker Mike Pascoe of Meriton Networks, who has been a part of growing and selling a few high-tech, networking companies. As part of these networking lunch events, Communitech provides the opportunity for early stage tech companies to give […]

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Today in finance class we are having a great discussion with Gary Bengier, the former CFO of eBay. Gary was a key part of the company during its early formative years, from 1997 to 2001. He was deeply involved in the company’s strategy, and led the company’s initial and secondary public offerings. The class has […]

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As I mentioned in my last post, James and I had the exciting opportunity to travel to Rochester, NY, to take part in the Golden Horseshoe Business Challenge. After crunching the numbers, the staff at CBET determined that instead of making the 4-hour drive the evening before and staying in a hotel, it would be […]

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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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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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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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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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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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Alright everyone… spring is here, The Master’s was played over the weekend, and I’m sure the snow will stop soon! All of which means that golf season is upon us!! In the spirit of giving back to the community, a number of MBET students have teamed up to organize Swing 2 Cure, the first annual […]

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We wrapped up the Capstone business simulation a couple weeks ago. Our company, Chester, continued its dominance of the sensor industry. We fell just short of half a billion in sales, and with our stock price soaring to $233, we had a market cap of just over $1 billion!! Our cumulative profits were $280 million, […]

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