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With the small business trend on the rise, entrepreneurship training is more important then ever. More and more people are coming up with brilliant ideas and starting their own companies, and in turn helping to jump start our economy. The majority of people coming up with innovative ideas and starting their own companies are young adults and students, such as those from UNB.
More and more companies recognize the value of having employees with entrepreneurial skills because of their ability to think innovatively and plan strategically in launching new projects and managing risk during times of uncertainty.
Because of this the International Business and Entrepreneurship Centre (IBEC) at UNB focused on UNB students and their ideas, as it kicked off its first ever week of entrepreneurship this past March.
This annual event is designed to bring community business leaders together to generate and foster fresh innovative ideas.
Entrepreneurs and business leaders from all over the region came to UNB to give presentations and share their knowledge with current business students. The week of entrepreneurship was a huge success, giving not only business students, but also students from other faculties, the opportunity to network with key members of the business community.
Some of those who attended the week long event include Keith Ashfield, the federal minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Greg Byrne, the provincial minister of Business New Brunswick, Terry Malley, CEO of Malley Industries Inc., Trudy Gallagher, owner and operator of Bejewel, and Chris Neville, president and CEO of Life of Sports.com.
To launch this new annual event, IBEC developed a new credo for the Centre that celebrates the spirit of entrepreneurship: “Be inspired. Take charge. Change your world.”
The credo is an important message to students explained Karen Murdock, the director of IBEC, "We wanted to really bring our students to the forefront and encourage them to go out and take charge of their own future. You can't go out there and think you are going to change the entire world, but you can change the world around you and today we wanted the students to come and speak to the ministers and talk to them about how they intend to change the region once they are through with university." |
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John McLaughlin, president of UNB; Keith Ashfield ; Greg Byrne; Students Liz McCleave and Matieu Daigle; and Daniel Coleman professor and dean of the faculty of business administration. |
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