SFU MBA Student Experience – Vancouver 2010 Secondment
As we continue to follow Lindsay Angelo in her career as an MBA graduate from SFU Business, this post comes to you with a more playful tone. If you’ve been[…]
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SFU Vancouver MBA Admission Criteria – “Compensatory Model”
The admission’s department at SFU’s Segal School of Graduate Business calls it “recruiting”, but I call it helping out someone in the same position as I was once in –[…]
Alumnae Interview
Why I Chose an MBA in Vancouver – SFU
Why I Chose an MBA in Vancouver – SFU
Here at A Few Good Minds Student MBA Blog we are aware that success is subjective, so we love hearing alumni success stories. In our opinion there’s nothing more impressive[…]
Vancouver Winter Climate – Doing Your MBA in a “Mediterranean” City
Until recently, when the Vancouver 2010 Olympics showed the world that Vancouver weather is capable of 10°-15° C in February, Canada was thought of globally as a “cold place”. In[…]
Money Well Spent: 3 Cheap Essentials Online for MBAs
Let’s face it – an MBA is an expensive thing to do. And once you’re into an MBA program, one of the first lessons you’ll learn is that money is money. Cutting $100 from your costs is just the same as adding $100 to your profit. Here are some ways to get great value on some of the essentials you’ll appreciate as an MBA student.
Graduate Business MBA and Your Personal Brand – Authenticity
This post is part-one of a multi-part series from the international branding expert Christof Appel. Christof was born and raised in South Africa, and has been consulting with individuals and[…]
BC Hydro MPID Program – Lindsay’s Second Management Rotation
A crucial element to the MPID program is the field rotation, a rotation that exposes you to the bare bones of BC Hydro, which is of course the generation of[…]
BC Hydro MPID Program – Lindsay’s 1st Management Rotation
Having worked in business for the majority of my career and as a newcomer to BC Hydro, I was unsure what to expect entering a rotation in Engineering, Aboriginal Relations[…]
A Quick Guide to MBA-Friendly Web Links
Every MBA student can use a helping hand once in a while. Here are a few tried, tested and true links that can give you a leg up in SFU’s[…]
MBA Mentor in Residence – SFU’s Entrepreneurial Resource
It’s opportunities to meet business people like Jim Derbyshire, Mentor-in-Residence, that truly define the power and depth of the SFU community. Vancouver is often thought of as a small town,[…]
MBA Class Project – Social Media in Information Systems
I’ve been asked to provide some commentary as to how this video was created, marketed and received. Oh, and I’m supposed to answer the ever-important question as to WHY I[…]
Introducing the School… in Mandarin!
As a part of the YouTube project for the Information Systems class, a team of SFU Graduate Business students from China in the Full-time MBA program created a short video[…]
Master of Technology Semester in Review: Leadership
Every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. – Homer Simpson It’s a brand new semester here at SFU’s Segal Business School, which[…]
Two Great Tools for MBA Job Seekers
Have you ever wondered how some folks manage to keep on top of so much current news and so many blogs? Google Reader is a handy tool that’s a real[…]
What to Expect?
Michael Underell (MBA, ’10) is telling it like it is! This MBA alumnus with an (un)healthy obsession for YouTube and all things “VLOG” is prepping students for what they can[…]