Dragons’ Den – How to Make a Business Fly
As a business owner and an MBA student, you can imagine my joy when I was provided with the opportunity to volunteer at the Dragons’ Den auditions in Vancouver. Not[…]
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The First Few Months of Our Start-Up: You Gotta Love the Grind!
What an adventure. It all started with an agreement between my partner Nic and I to start a company without any idea what it would be. After a firm hand[…]
The Secret Weapon of Sustain-a-thon 2014
It’s 4:20 a.m. and my alarm is buzzing me awake from a tumultuous sleep that my body didn’t commit to in the first place. My half of the Toronto Hilton’s queen-sized bed[…]
MBA Games: Marketing Case Competition Experience
It was early…I had a small breakfast…and a super strong coffee. Time to get on the bus. We arrived at the campus for all the case competitions that day. Anil,[…]
The SFU MBA is Not the Hunger Games
Having prepared an application for the SFU MBA and being accepted brought the realization that I should probably prepare for the program. One error I will admit to immediately[…]
Telling a Story to Make the Greatest Impact: A Reflection on the 2013 Net Impact Conference
The Net Impact Conference is an annual conference that brings together academic and professional individuals that are interested in sustainability, corporate responsibility, social enterprise, and other similar initiatives. The 2013[…]
An MBA Student’s New Perspective on Networking
I’m sure I’m not the only student that panics, just a little, when the word “networking” comes up in a conversation. Questions like “What should I say?”, “Who should I[…]
Dr. Moore or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Economics
The iconic 1960s Cold War movie Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a film about the logic of mutually assured destruction as[…]
Being a mother in the MBA
The Adventures of a Young Mother in the Beedie MBA program: Being grateful to my classmates. This website needs to be renamed. I am going to call it “A few[…]
10 etiquette tips for informational & recruitment sessions
1. Don’t show up too early! There is something called too early. Fifteen minutes is adequate. Any earlier than that, the recruiters and hosts are usually still setting up or[…]
Thinking About America, Managerial Accounting, and the City of London
In the midst of the still pending American government shutdown, our MBA course on Managerial and Financial Accounting conducted a case study assignment looking at a small Canadian boutique jewelry[…]
Inspiration for Women Leaders
The International Women’s Forum (IWF) was founded in 1982 in the United Sates and since then has expanded across five continents and into 26 nations. The IWF works to advance[…]
Transitioning from the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration to the MBA program
Each year a strong contingent of Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (GDBA) students go on to gain admission into the SFU Beedie full-time MBA program (see below for details). Today[…]
Military Strategy and Managerial Accounting
The conclusion of Financial and Managerial Accounting wrapped up the first course for the 2014 full-time MBA cohort. Doug Hayhurst, who spends most of his time as a board member[…]
Initial Observations from a New International MBA Student
As a prospective international student, I didn’t have the luxury of first testing out Vancouver or strolling down to 500 Granville street and checking out the campus in person. But[…]