President's Dream Colloquium on Entrepreneurship

This colloquium is no longer running. You can view recorded web streams and read more about previous public lectures on this page.

Spring 2014

The translation of knowledge, experience and opportunity into the discovery, evaluation and implementation of novel business or social enterprises is at the core of entrepreneurship.

It is the means by which people in diverse social settings empower themselves creatively, socially and economically to improve their own circumstances as well as those of their families and communities. Entrepreneurship turns ideas and vision into ventures that survive and thrive given the right conditions, motivation and knowledge.

We invite you to join us in the Spring 2014 President's Dream Colloquium on Entrepreneurship, entitled "Looking for Entrepreneurial Opportunities in All the Usual (and Some Unusual) Places."

The series of free public lectures will create an interdisciplinary forum for dialogue between faculty members, students and diverse community groups.

Current President Dream's Colloquium

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Learn about the Public Lectures starting January 25

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All President's Dream Colloquiums

Past Public Lectures

January 14, 2014

Entrepreneurship in and Around Universities

Speaker: Mike Wright
Professor, Entrepreneurship, Imperial College Business School, London
Director, Centre for Management Buy-out Research

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January 31, 2014

Entrepreneurial Strategy:  A New Agenda for Start-Up Innovation

Speaker: Scott Stern
Chair, Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management Group, MIT Sloan School of Management

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February 21, 2014

Early Stage Finance, an Entrepreneur's Perspective

Speaker: Andrew Harries
Founding President and CEO, Zeugma Systems
Co-founder, Sierra Wireless, Inc.

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March 7, 2014

What Makes Social Entrepreneurship Social?

Speaker: Jonathan Lewis
Founder and President, Opportunity Collaboration
Founder and Board Chair, MicroCredit Enterprises

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March 21, 2014

Good Work? Rethinking Cultural Entrepreneurship

Speaker: Kate Oakley
Professor, Cultural Policy; Director of Research, Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds

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April 4, 2014

The Role of Entrepreneurship in Achieving Sovereignty for Indigenous Peoples

Speaker: Robert Miller
Professor, Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School

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BMO Public Lecture
February 20, 2014

National Contexts: What makes different entrepreneurs thrive?

Speaker: Saul Estrin
Professor, Management; Head of the Department of Management, London School of Economics and Political Science

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Sponsors

The President's Dream Colloquium on [Colloquium Title] is generously funded by:

 
  • BMO Bank of Montreal Lecture Series Endowment Fund
  • Beedie Family Visiting Fellows Endowment Fund

Thank you to Graduate Studies for the administrative work. 

Questions

If you have any questions about the Colloquium administration, please email Graduate Studies.

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