The New Year is always off to an exciting, fast start at Ivey Entrepreneurship.
At the end of January, we hosted our 21st and 3rd editions of the Ivey MBA and HBA Business Plan Competitions, which brought together 18 teams from 10 universities across Canada and the United States.
With ideas ranging from bone tape to digital platforms for painting, it was an exciting weekend for students as well as alums, who make up our excellent judging panel. The competition is a great opportunity to re-engage with Ivey Entrepreneurship, and we welcome you to join us for the 2020 competition.
We are also thankful to Ian Aitken, MBA ’87, for sponsoring the Pembroke Management Prize in Social Enterprise, which was won by a team from Babson College.
This year, we also gave out a record of more than $170,000 in scholarships to our students. We mark the occasion each year with a Scholarship Dinner in Toronto, to recognize and thank our donors, and celebrate our exemplary student recipients.
I also wanted to take a moment to especially thank our new donors, who are helping us build entrepreneurship at Ivey and Western.
Steve Suske, MBA ’77, has given a generous gift to significantly enhance our New Venture Project/Entrepreneur-In-Residence programs that form the foundation for our entrepreneurship education.
We are starting a series of new podcasts to promote and support entrepreneurs, an initiative supported by Connie Clerici, QS ’08 and Closing the Gap Healthcare Group, Inc.
Lastly, I would like to once again thank Nancy Clark, and the late-Ron Clark, for their generous donation that included my Chair-in-Entrepreneurship at the Institute.
What we do at Ivey Entrepreneurship for our students and alums, would not be possible without your support.