March 1, 2011
Sheridan Faculty of Business students help Mayor McCallion celebrate her 90th birthday
A group of Sheridan Faculty of Business students were on hand to help celebrate Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion’s 90th birthday at the recent gala event. More than a 1000 guests including local, provincial and federal dignitaries joined Mayor McCallion at the $350 per plate black-tie event held at the Mississauga Conference Centre.
Mayor McCallion requested that the proceeds of the event go to assist funding Sheridan College’s new Mississauga City Centre campus – now gratefully named The Hazel McCallion Campus. The new campus will be home to Sheridan’s Faculty of Business and will eventually accommodate nearly 5000 students in undergraduate, graduate certificate and degree business programs.
Sheridan students were invited to attend Mayor McCallion’s birthday event courtesy of the generosity of Randy Pilon, President & CEO of Virox Technologies Inc. Mr. Pilon is a generous benefactor, a graduate of the Sheridan Faculty of Business, and a member of the Sheridan Faculty of Business Hall of Fame, and the creator and sponsor of the annual Virox Future Forum which brings top business students together with influential business speakers.
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February 19, 2011
Sheridan Faculty of Business students
Demographics and Entrepreneurship were the main focus of the recent Virox Future Forum 2011 hosted by the Sheridan Faculty of Business and created and sponsored by Randy Pilon, President & CEO, Virox Technologies Inc. This year’s Virox Future Forum featured two diverse speakers - Sean Wise and David Foot who collectively brought a message of a future that will demand graduates to create their own new jobs and develop new markets that do not currently exist. All of which will require business graduates to learn new skills of corporate self-awareness and sustainability, a keen sense of demographics, to be practiced with a large dose of the daring and an entrepreneurial spirit.
Trevor Bodogh
Business Administration – Finance graduate and extreme athlete, Trevor Bodogh, a Bike Trials professional, brought his unique style to the Virox Future Forum with a dash of extreme sports mixed with a message of entrepreneurial spirit as he demonstrated his skills on a Trials bike and as a business speaker. This was Bodogh’s third appearance at the Virox Future Forum. During the first Future Forum, Trevor Bodogh was a student in the audience and by the time the Forum had ended he had successfully planned an audition with the Dragon’s Den and solidified plans to further his business with personal appearances at several extreme athletic events in Canada and the United States.
Lou Schizas
Master of Ceremonies, AM640 Broadcaster and Sheridan Faculty of Business professor, Lou Schizas brought his Happy Capitalism message to the student audience, underscoring the need for new business graduates to be aware of opportunities for growth and development in the marketplace. Lou Schizas is also known as the Money Guy on the John Oakley show on AM640
David Foot
Featured speaker David K. Foot, author of Boom Bust and Echo spoke to a rapt and attentive business student group about the use of demographics, with particular emphasis on rising and falling birth rates, to accurately predict the demographic group who can most influence sales of current and new products. More
Sean Wise, author of How to be a Business Superhero, a successful venture capitalist, a driving force behind Vencorps: Community Powered Capital, and a behind the scenes
Sean Wise
“Keeper of the Dragons” on the popular CBC Television series Dragons Den, spoke at length on strategies to successfully seek capital funding as an entrepreneur and the function of the entrepreneur in future business. Wise spoke to Sheridan business students about how to make an “elevator pitch” - a pitch of your business venture of no more than 2 minutes capturing all the essential information including what you will do and what you need from a venture capitalist.
David Foot, Randy Pilon and Sean Wise take questions from the audience.
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February 19, 2011
Trevor Bodogh takes to the air in a demonstration of Bike Trials at the Virox Future Forum 2011
Sheridan Business Administration- Finance graduate and extreme athlete, Trevor Bodogh, a Bike Trials professional, brought his unique style to the 2011 Virox Future Forum hosted by Sheridan College with a heaping dash of extreme sports mixed with his message of entrepreneurial spirit as he demonstrated his skills both on a Trials bike and as a business speaker.
This was Bodogh’s third appearance at the Virox Future Forum. During the first Future Forum Trevor Bodogh was an invited third year student in the audience and by the time the Forum had ended he had successfully pitched an audition with the Dragon’s Den and solidified plans to further his business with personal appearances at several extreme athletic events in Canada and the United States.
Trevor Bodogh ready for Dragon's Den
Trevor is already a sought after extreme athlete who has appeared with the Research in Motion Blackberry Flip promotion which successfully toured across Canada to promote the Blackberry flip phone. He has appeared on extreme sports television programs and toured Bike Trial events across Canada and the United States.
Bodogh spoke to Sheridan Faculty of Business students about the need to cultivate the entrepreneurial spirit in career plans to enhance the potential graduates chances of being successful in business.
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February 7, 2011
More than 150 top Sheridan Faculty of Business students have been selected to attend the annual Virox Technologies Inc. Virox Future Forum hosted at Sheridan’s Trafalgar campus Friday February 11, 2011.
Randy Pilon, President and CEO, Virox Technologies Inc.
Randy Pilon, Virox Technologies Inc CEO helped create the Virox Future Forum in concert with Sheridan College and the Faculty of Business to help Sheridan business students cope with the reality of the rapidly changing workplace. The World Economic Forum believes that many new and exciting jobs will be created over the next 20 years which require new attitudes to support innovation, entrepreneurship, risk-taking, and creativity.
This year’s Virox Future Forum attendees will have the opportunity to explore the new workplace as seen through the minds of top business speakers Sean Wise and David K. Foot. In addition, attendees will have the opportunity to win one of three $1000 awards provided by Virox Technologies Inc. and 2 hours of coaching with entrepreneur, Virox President & CEO and Sheridan College business graduate Randy Pilon.
Sean Wise
Sean Wise has helped train more than 3500 entrepreneurs, specializing in emerging and high growth organizations. His latest book is How to Be a Business Superhero. Wise is also known as the Dragon’s Keeper for his on-going role as industry advisor to the CBC Television hit series Dragon’s Den.
David Foot
David Foot is an outspoken and controversial demographics expert who contends that demographics explain two thirds of everything whether the subject is business planning, marketing, human resources, career planning or social and global trends. Foot is best known for his best-selling books Boom, Bust & Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift, and Boom Bust & Echo: Profiting From the Demographic Shift in the 21st Century.
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February 7, 2011
Sheridan Faculty of Business Professor Lou Schizas again brings the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts to Sheridan College on Wednesday February 9, 2011 – 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Sheridan College, Trafalgar campus – Room J320 for their monthly meeting and seminar featuring stock analysis, and industry guest speakers.
Lou Schizas will be leading a segment of Live Analysis of a Stock where the group selects a stock and provides a work-up on it as a group activity, followed by Renan Cavero, who will be giving a presentation on Candle Sticks analysis.
The Canadian Society of Technical Analysts also offers their regular features, including forecasts of the TSX Composite and S&P 500, and a review of the group’s last month forecasts and selection of the winners of the closest forecasts.
Professor Schizas promises plenty of excitement, analysis and camaraderie during the monthly meeting Canadian Society of Technical Analysts.
Attendees are asked to confirm with Jim Ivey (jivey@cogeco.ca)
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January 2, 2011
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:
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About 3 million people visit the Taj Mahal every year. This blog was viewed about 25,000 times in 2010. If it were the Taj Mahal, it would take about 3 days for that many people to see it.
In 2010, there were 59 new posts – that’s more than one post per week, growing the total archive of this blog to 130 posts. There were 169 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 88mb. That’s about 3 pictures per week, about 3 for every post to the blog.
Sheridan School of Business - Gold cup winners OCMC 2010
The busiest day of the year was November 22nd with 800 views. The most popular post that day was Sheridan School of Business wins Gold at OCMC 2010.
Overall BrieflySpeakingBiz has racked up more than 44,ooo total views – 25,000 last year alone – that’s more than 2000 visits each month.
Where did they come from?
The top referring sites in 2010 were insider.sheridaninstitute.ca, facebook.com, sheridaninstitute.ca, mail.live.com, and sheridanc.on.ca.
Some visitors came searching, mostly for sheridan college mississauga, david schnarch, michael cloutier, trevor bodogh, and maurizio di maio.
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November 10, 2010
Sheridan Marketing Committee from left Nabila Qaisar, Patricia Rosart, Shaun Paradies, Michele Walkes, Karen Stoneman.
The Sheridan Marketing Committee, composed of Sheridan School of Business Marketing students, recently held a BBQ fund-raiser to create the financing for a monthly business speaker series. The first of the Speakers Series is to be held in the Trafalgar Student Union Boardroom on December 7 from 11:00am to 12:00.
Also on the list of their new projects, the SMC has put out a call to all designers to create a logo for the organization. The contest runs for one more week and will close on Friday November 12, 2010. Entrants should design a logo that is original only and must contain the letters SMC. More information can be found by emailing SMC@sheridanc.on.ca
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September 28, 2010
Broadcaster Lou Schizas and Randy Pilon CEO Virox Technologies Inc.
The third annual Virox Technologies Inc. Virox Future Forum is scheduled for Friday, February 11, 2011 at Sheridan College, Trafalgar campus in the SCAET Lecture Hall.
Broadcaster Lou Schizas has agreed to act as Master of Ceremonies and The Virox Future Forum confirmed speakers are Sean Wise and David Foot.
David Foot
One of the nation’s most outspoken and consistently controversial demographic experts, Professor David K. Foot has the distinction of being one of the few who can make the study of of the aging of society relevant to any specific interest group.
David K. Foot, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Toronto, is the author of the best-selling books Boom Bust & Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift and the updated paperback, Boom Bust & Echo: Profiting from the Demographic Shift in the 21st Century. These books are based on his research on the economic impacts of demographic change and on the resulting implications for both private and public policies. His books have sold over 300,000 copies in Canada and were on the Canadian best-seller lists for over 3 years.
Sean Wise
Sean Wise brings experience and expertise to the Ted Rogers School of Management. Before receiving his Law and MBA degrees at the University of Ottawa, Wise studied Engineering and Economics at Carleton University. He is dedicated to training entrepreneurs and has succeeded in training more than 3000 people who have collectively raised more than $2.1 billion from different investment sources. Currently, Wise sits on the Boards of several young technology companies, as well as the Banff Venture Forum and the Toronto Venture Group. He helped found Ernst and Young’s Venture Capital Advisory Group and now undertakes selective engagements from young companies looking for strategic guidance on capital raising and growth through the person consultancy, Wise Mentor Capital.
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June 14, 2010
Business Administration students proceed into Hammerson Hall at Sheridan College Convocation 2010
Families, friends, and guests watched with pride as more than 1000 Sheridan School of Business students graduated from their programs in two ceremonies at Convocation 2010 Sheridan College. Hammerson Hall at the Mississauga Living Arts Centre was the site of the recent Sheridan College convocations with graduates from 27 Business programs in the annual graduation event.
Dr. Jeff Zabudsky confers Human Resource graduate Alix Rust with her diploma while Board of Governors Vice-Chair, Bob Kaye looks on.
Graduates from the Business Administration programs were conferred with their diploma at the morning ceremony, while graduates of Advertising, Office Administration, Court and Tribunal Agent, Paralegal, and Tourism and Travel programs and the graduate certificate programs including Financial Planning, Business Process Management, and Project Management received their diploma in the afternoon ceremony.
Convocation speaker Craig Worden, Pollara Strategic Insights
The Sheridan Business convocations featured speakers Craig Worden, Senior Vice-president and Managing Director – Public Affairs Pollara Strategic Insights, and Ginny Dybenko, Dean, School of Business and Economics, Wilfred Laurier University, who each shared their particular insights into making connections in the current business milieu.
Alumni speakers, Seth Stover, Marketing 2009 and Rosana Filipe, Human Resources 2008 each brought greetings to the new graduates of their recent journeys along the career path. Valedictory addresses were delivered by Lindsay Sherry, Advertising 2010, and Laurie Bouchard, Accounting 2010.
2010 Sheridan School of Business graduates
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April 26, 2010
Lou Schizas, financial analyst, broadcaster and Professor of Finance, Sheridan School of Business
Lou Schizas, a well known financial analyst, educator and broadcaster, will host the 2010 Sheridan School of Business Academic Awards Event. The annual Academic Awards Event features more than 100 academic awards valued in excess of $50,000 presented to more than 100 Sheridan School of Business students. The School of Business academic awards are funded by faculty and sponsors and include donors from more than 40 national and local organizations.
This year’s host Lou Schizas is a life long investor and entrepreneur who defines success as having the resources needed to satisfy your needs and to build on your dreams. Lou bought his first stocks at age 11 and started his first business at age 15.
Schizas has served as the business analyst for AM 640 Toronto Radio since 2001, and is a proud advocate of capitalism. From 1999 to 2007 Lou was the Senior On-Air Equities Analyst for Business News Network whose popular “Lou’s Mailbag” feature analyzed over 16,000 stocks for viewers. Lou has also appeared on CTV NewsNet, CTV’s Canada AM, and CBC’s Business News.
Mr. Schizas is a Professor of Finance at Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Oakville, Ontario where he helps his students get the most out of their investment in education.
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March 26, 2010
The Davis Business Council Expose Group
Sheridan School of Business students recently got connected with business at the first Annual Business Expose hosted by the Davis Business Council and the Davis Business Club. The Expose featured product presentations from Rim/Blackberry on the future of wireless, Sony presented a gaming competition and its range of products from e-book to computers, Clothier, Suzy Sheir delivered a mini-fashion Show on “Dressing for Success” in your Career, and the Small Business Enterprise Center spoke about their Summer Company Program.
Trevor Bodogh, 2009 Sheridan Finance graduate and top-rated extreme athlete, shared his Elevator Pitch from the CBC-TV hit series Dragon’s Den and did Cycling Tricks – jumping over Jordan Leblanc, Sheridan marketing student, and Emcee of the event.
Muay Thai martial arts demonstration
The Business Expose featured company booths and presentations in the Rec Room pub, a Speaker Hall on “The Future of Business” and a Muay Thai (Martial Arts) Demonstration in the Athletic Center. Students could feel the passion and creativity that business has to offer especially during the many door prizes that were given away, including more than $250 in gift certificates donated by local sponsors.
“It is our pride to lead Sheridan’s business students by always keeping them aware of the future of business,” said Armando Toossi and Micheaux Spencer of the Business Council. You can catch the Business Council at: www.sbcouncil.2ya.com/
“The buzz and excitement from Business Expose has inspired students to be passionate about the business world and its possibilities,” said John MacRae, faculty advisor for the Davis Business Council.
This year’s success has encouraged the Business Council to plan a bigger and better Expose next year and for years to come. Professor MacRae thanked all the Business Council and Business Club members, businesses and sponsors (see web site for list of companies involved) for their contribution to making the student experience at Sheridan a more rewarding one.
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March 8, 2010
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March 6, 2010
From Left, Sheridan President and CEO, Jeff Zabudsky and Randy Pilon, President and CEO, Virox Technologies, congratulate student award winners Sonia Jenkins, Renee Harty, and Sara Laurencic
Randy Pilon, President and CEO, Virox Technologies Inc. awarded three Sheridan School of Business students $1000.00 each in a random draw conducted at the recent Virox Future Forum 2010 held at the Trafalgar Campus, Sheridan College.
Sheridan School of Business student leaders Renee Harty, Year 2 Office Adminstration – Executive option, Davis Campus; Sara Laurencic Year 3 Human Resources program, Oakville Campus; and Sonya Jenkins, International Business, graduate certificate program at the Oakville Campus; each were awarded $1000.00 compliments of Virox Technologies Inc. just for being part of the Virox Future Forum 2010.
The Virox Future Forum2010 included top business speakers Lee-Anne McAlear, Ian Portsmouth, and Sean Wise and featured entrepreneur Scott Stratten as master of ceremonies, and special guest, extreme athlete, and Dragon’s Den competitor, Trevor Bodogh.
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March 4, 2010
Centre, Office Administration Coordinator, Nancy Barrington, and Associate Dean, Cindy Gillette are surrounded by Sheridan School of Business students who participated in the recent Mississauga Works - Mayor's Job Summit.
Sheridan College School of Business students and Deans played key roles as scribes and facilitators at Mayor Hazel McCallion’s Mississauga Works – Mayor’s Job Summit held recently at the Living Arts Centre. Keynote speakers at the event included David Crane, Writer/Analyst on Innovation Policy, Dr. Warren Jestin, Chief Economist, Scotiabank, and John Tory, Chair, Toronto City Summit Alliance. Keynote addresses focused on the current economic situation in the GTA, what cities can and must do, and what cities and business leaders can do together.
Sheridan College President, Dr. Jeff Zabudsky, participated in a panel of speakers which included leaders from government, labour, and business located in the Mississauga area. The Sheridan School of Business Deans acted as facilitators to spark the round-table discussions of 150 top Mississauga employers from business, labour, government, education, and non-profit organizations gathered to brainstorm ideas on how to create employment in Mississauga.
“The Mississauga Works – Mayor’s Job Summit was a unique experiential learning opportunity for the 14 students in the Sheridan School of Business Office Administration program. Sheridan students showcased their excellent skills by capturing key points from the round-table discussions using their laptops and then synthesized the ‘big ideas’ into PowerPoint slides for later use in the plenary session”, said Nancy Barrington, Coordinator, Office Administration programs.
The Mississauga Works – Mayor’s Job Summit was sponsored by GE – Imagination at Work, GSK GlaxoSmithKline, Scotiabank, and Bell Canada.
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February 27, 2010
Sheridan School of Business students Sonya Jenkins, Renee Harty and Sara Laurencic join Randy Pilon, right, and Dr. Jeff Zabudsky left, for the dedication of the Virox Technologies Inc Theatre.
Sheridan’s SCAET theatre was re-named the Virox Technologies Inc Theatre in recognition of Randy Pilon’s great contributions to Sheridan College and the Sheridan School of Business. Pilon, President, and CEO of Virox Technologies Inc, is a Sheridan School of Business graduate and a 2006 Hall of Fame inductee.
Pilon was the driving force and major contributor to The Virox Future Forum, designed to bring Sheridan School of Business student leaders and powerful business personalities together to discuss the future needs of employment, and to help Sheridan graduates make plans for successful careers in business.
Sheridan’s new president Dr. Jeff Zabudsky praised Pilon’s contributions to Sheridan College and The School of Business saying that it was donors like Randy Pilon and Virox Technologies Inc that help Sheridan students to “Shine Brighter”.
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February 19, 2010
Lee-Anne McAlear
The top 10 in-demand jobs in 2010 didn’t even exist in 2004 – that’s the mantra of the 2010 Virox Future Forum, designed to prepare Sheridan School of Business student leaders for a new world of work. The Virox Future Forum offers Sheridan School of Business students the opportunity to hear tips from successful business people about how to thrive in the new business world, how to launch their career, and how to be successful in a marketplace that’s always changing.
Ian Portsmouth
“The 2010 Forum promises to be another exceptional event that will, no doubt refine the course of thinking of most, if not all, the students selected to attend with respect to the future economy, and what career choices are more likely to be sustainable in such a dynamic world,” said Randy Pilon, President, and CEO of Virox Technologies Inc.
Sean Wise
The second annual Virox Future Forum, sponsored by Virox Technologies Inc., will feature top speakers and trend spotters in the business world. Sheridan School of Business students will also get an opportunity to visit booths by Virox Technologies Inc. recruiters, Canadian Business Youth Foundation, and Sheridan’s Alumni department. In addition, three students will each receive a $1000 award from Virox Technologies Inc.
“This event will be something to reflect upon, years from now, and I suspect one will look back fondly upon the guidance given by these esteemed guest speakers,” said Pilon.
This year’s featured business speakers include Lee-Anne McAlear, Ian Portsmouth, and Sean Wise.
Lee-Anne McAlear is Program Director of Schulich’s Centre of Excellence in Innovation Management at York University and president of the Toronto based innovation house, CURRENT. McAlear is a highly regarded consultant, facilitator, speaker and training specialist. For over 20 years, Lee-Anne has worked globally with Fortune 500 and high growth entrepreneurial firms to help formulate strategy and enhance individual, team and organizational performance.
Ian Portsmouth is the editor of PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success. PROFIT magazine has served Canada’s entrepreneurial community for over 20 years. Portsmouth has won several awards or his business writing, and is a frequent media commentator on the management issues and best practices of Canadian growth companies.
A self-confessed entrepreneur from the age of 13, Sean Wise has helped train over 3,500 entrepreneurs. He specializes in helping emerging and high growth potential organizations raise funds, turn a profit and be successful. A successful author, Wise’s latest book is How to be a Business Superhero. Wise is also known as the “Dragon’s Keeper” for his ongoing role as host and industry advisor of CBC television’s hit business reality show, “Dragon’s Den”.
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March 16, 2009
The Virox Future Forum 2009, the first of four, by invitation only, Virox Technologies sponsored forums for Sheridan School of Business students targeting the future of employment in emerging areas is to be hosted at the Sheridan School of Business at Sheridan College, in the SCAET Theatre on Thursday, April 2, 2009.
Randy Pilon, President and CEO of Virox Technologies, and a Sheridan School of Business Alumnus.
The Virox Future Forum will focus on future skills, career trends, and opportunities that may yet emerge, stimulating educational options, and entrepreneurial opportunities beyond what current students may see as possible. This, by invitation only, student-centred conference series was created as a result of a generous donation by Virox Technologies CEO, and Sheridan School of Business alumnus, Randy Pilon who has funded this opportunity for Sheridan School of Business students to have access to exciting speakers and new ideas. Speakers will include Rick Spence, Ian Portsmouth, and Sean Wise.
RICK SPENCE
Rick Spence is a Toronto-based writer, speaker and marketing consultant who specializes in helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses. His clients include government and economic-development agencies, professional service companies, marketing firms, manufacturers and software developers.
Rick Spence, writer, speaker, and marketing consultant.
Spence is the long-time former editor and publisher of PROFIT, The Magazine for Canadian Entrepreneurs. He currently writes regular columns on entrepreneurship and related issues for the National Post, PROFIT, and MoneySense magazines.
Spence has taught “New Venture Start-up” at the undergraduate level and currently sits on the board of directors of a Toronto-based geophysical software company. His weblog, Canadian Entrepreneur, is must reading for Canadian business owners.
IAN PORTSMOUTH
Ian Portsmouth is the editor of PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success. Profit magazine has been serving Canada’s entrepreneurial business community for over 20 years Portsmouth has won several awards for his business writing, including three National Magazine Award nominations. He is also the editor of Marketing Masters: The Best Ideas of Canada’s Savviest Marketers
Ian Portsmouth, editor, Profit magazine
and is a frequent media commentator on the management issues and best practices of Canadian growth companies.
As a keynote speaker, Portsmouth’s presentations draw on the annual PROFIT 100 ranking of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies and other research to reveal strategies for business success. Using real-life examples and anecdotes, he delivers practical and proven ideas for improving your products, processes and profits.
SEAN WISE
Entrepreneurial evangelist, lawyer, professor and business mentor, Sean Wise – MBA, helps make entrepreneurial dreams come true. Wise specializes in helping emerging and high growth potential organizations raise funds, turn a profit and be successful. His intense, entertaining and direct approach has earned him a loyal following of disciples who swear by his lessons and best practices for business success.
Sean Wise, lawyer, professor, and business mentor.
In September 2008 his newest book will be released in the US by Penguin Publishing (NYC) titled: How to Be a Business Superhero. Sean’s first book, Wise Words: Lessons in Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship, is now in its second printing. Wise also writes a popular national online column on Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship for the Globe and Mail, and his blogs and podcasts can be found online at Sean Wise.com. The Journal of Private Equity, for March 2008, features Sean’s academic research on Secondary Variables that impact M&A Pricing.
Sean Wise has been dubbed the “Dragons’ Keeper”, for his recurring role as Online Host and Industry Advisor for CBC television’s hit business reality show, Dragons’ Den, now going into its 3rd season. Dragons’ Den originated in Japan and is an international success, including in the UK on the BBC. On the show, aspiring entrepreneurs pitch their business concepts and products to a panel of business moguls who have the cash and the know-how make it happen.
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