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2011 in Review

As 2011 comes to a close, I wanted to re-cap the year with my family and friends, old and new. The theme of the year it seems was that of transition and development. January 2011 – Spent New Years with Cyprian in Cuba – on New Years eve, our resort was set ablaze due to an accident with fireworks getting blown into trees and buildings with the windy evening January 2011 – Visited...

iCUE 2012 Global Summit An...

April 25-26, 2012, London, United Kingdom     The  2012 iCUE Global Summit will convene leaders of youth entrepreneurship organizations from over 20 countries and takes place over two days. Highlights include: Rigorous TEDx style global best practice sharing sessions VIP Mentorship Dinners with global mentors from the UN, World Economic Forum, TiE, Kauffman and the European...

ICUE’s New Look

This week the International Consortium of University Entrepreneurs (iCUE) launched its new branding and website. The new website not only contains information about iCUE and its more than 17 member organizations, but it also features an interactive World Map, a Global Events Calendar, a video message from the Chair and much more. Click here to see the official release announcement. Also check out our...

NACUE and University Enter...

Tuesday 15th November Government to boost young enterprise and encourage a new wave of student entrepreneurs with significant investment in university enterprise societies Innovation fund will award individual university enterprise societies up to £8,000 to kick-start entrepreneurial activity on campus National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs becomes National Association of College &...

Re-engineering Canada̵...

Published in CME 20/20 – Click here to read the entire article.  Canadians like to think of themselves as great collaborators. The label Team Canada is used both within diplomatic circles and as a sports metaphor to describe our national character as collegial competitors. But in the realm of business and enterprise, Team Canada falls...

Silicon Valley Comes to th...

In 2008, when President of Oxford Entrepreneurs, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to dine with some of the top entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley at the Oxford Castle – Biz Stone (Twitter), Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Philip Rosedale (SecondLife), Elon Musk (SpaceX) and Joe DiNucci among others – as part of Silicon Valley Comes to Oxford. Throughout the dinner and three-day program (which...

Innovation 2011 Registrati...

INNOVATION 2011 – Canada’s R&D Partnership Conference will take place November 20-22 at the Hilton Hotel in Montreal, PQ. INNOVATION 2011 is a networking and professional development conference that draws from the global community of technology transfer and industry engagement practitioners from academia, industry and government as well as venture investors and other managers of Canada’s...

The Best City in Canada to...

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to visit beautiful Saskatoon for the Growing Saskatchewan Conference thanks to the support of Community Futures Saskatchewan and Western Economic Diversification Canada. Over 200 enterprise support professionals from all sectors and regions of the province came together to connect, learn and move the economic development agenda forward. During the conference I had...