Entrepreneurship at UBC
Graham Lee Innovation Centre in the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre, 6163 University Boulevard V6T 1Z1 Vancouver, BC, Canada

...and that's a wrap on our first Climate Venture Studio event! Thank you so much to our community and of course, Brad Liski, Co-founder and CEO of Tru Earth for a fantastic fireside chat on the climate emergency, how we can make a difference and sharing Tru Earth's impact building a movement of change-makers. We are incredibly inspired by our ecosystem's enthusiasm and are looking forward to building this momentum at future Climate Venture Studio (CVS) events! Subscribe to ...our CVS newsletter to not miss out on events and updates, here: https://bit.ly/3pYUAXf Interested in joining the Climate Venture Studio stream? Apply for our foundational CORE Venture Building program! As part of the CORE program, eligible ventures are able to take part in the Climate Venture Studio stream that acts as an additional layer of programming, industry mentorship and community to help build breakthrough climate solutions. Applications close December 10th. Apply through the link in the comments! #UBCentrepreneur #climatesolutions #TruEarth #CORE #changemakers

Happy #WomensEntrepreneurshipDay! Entrepreneurs play a huge role in shaping the future of our world, and female entrepreneurs are a crucial part of this using their voices, experience and expertise to mold what entrepreneurialism and leadership looks like in today’s society. Read our recent Female Founder AMA for a glimpse into 9 founder's experience building ventures with impact: http://ow.ly/bHmc50CoMH3 FLIK: Female Laboratory of Innovative Knowledge EmkaoFoods TasteAdvisor Zennea Technologies Deepnd #CuprousPharmaceuticals #WECreateBC #femalefounders #UBCentrepreneur

Last week marked the final session for our CORE phase 2 cohort - congratulations to the teams for all of your exceptional work and the strides made to advance your ventures! We couldn't do this without our incredible fleet of mentors who dedicate their time, knowledge and expertise to furthering our ecosystem's venture building journeys - thank you! Feeling inspired? Applications for our Winter 2021 CORE cohort are open until December 10th! Find out more and apply here: http...://ow.ly/ImOp50CtMgH #UBCentrepreneur #CORE #venturebuilding

Simbi is the definition of global impact. Founded by Aaron Friedland and Alex Gillis, the social venture has transformed the edtech landscape through their innovative technology helping tens of thousands of learners improve their literacy around the world. Moreso, they've expanded the use of their tech to perserve languages, compounding their impact. Find out more about #Simbi in our piece from the summer, here http://ow.ly/pI2x50Cmls3 #UBCentrepreneur #globalentrepreneurshipweek #GEW2020

Don't miss Part 1 of our Demystifying Cybersecurity event series presented by Scotiabank this upcoming Monday, November 2nd! Join us as we explore a variety of information security roles and responsibilities with 5 experts who work in cybersecurity to understand the different areas of focus in the industry and learn how to best position yourself for a future in cybersecurity. RSVP today! http://ow.ly/U0Uz50C5y3s... #UBCentrepreneur #cybersecurity

Congrats to Nava Ventures for being selected as a finalist for Startup Canada's Sustainable Development Goal Competition! Nava was founded to help eliminate the stress caused by money, aiming to empower their generation by helping them with their finances. They will be competing against 3 other teams across Canada with winners being chosen through community and judge voting! ... Voting takes place today, from 1-130 PST, in the categories SDG 1: Poverty Reduction and SDG 5: Gender Equality, here: https://bit.ly/3kXh2w5 Well done #Nava, we are rooting for you!

Join us for our First Climate Venture Studio Community Event with Brad Liski, CEO and Co-founder, Tru Earth for an inspiring discussion on building a company that is movement based. In this session, we will uncover the value of building a movement that will create a positive impact on the environment. As well, hear from Brad himself, on how he was able to successfully establish Tru Earth as a mission driven company that is helping consumers make a significant behavioural shi...ft that will have greater sustainable influence on the world. Registration is now live, RSVP here! https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/129358573977 #UBCentrepreneur

"The long-term goal, Eberwein says, is the creation of a whole new activewear category called supportive apparel where Stoko would an industry leader." Read about #HATCHAccelerator alumni Stoko Design Inc. and Founder & CEO Zack Eberwein in BCBusiness! #Stoko recently went to market with their first product: the K1, a game changing knee support system that has completely reimagined how we deal with knee injuries. Read more:... https://www.bcbusiness.ca/Activewear-company-Stoko-blazes-t #UBCentrepreneur

As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week, November 16th to 22nd, and as part of our larger Diversity & Inclusion campaign, we wanted to celebrate some of the ventures and innovators in our community who are pushing boundaries and creating a better future for everyone through entrepreneurialism and innovation. Showcasing the various pathways to entrepreneurship is crucial to creating a landscape of leaders reflective of our world and these entrepreneurs are going beyond global ...innovation to create impact within their own organizations. Meet (some of) the entrepreneurs a part of our ecosystem building the innovations of tomorrow while creating change today: http://ow.ly/MdX750CmjTK EmkaoFoods Nyoka The CODE Initiative Foundation #UBCentrepreneur

We are thrilled to announce our first set of Ventures presenting at entrepreneurship@UBC’s 2020 Venture Showcase, taking place December 10th 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (virtually of course!). This year’s showcase will feature three groups from our entrepreneurship@UBC startups: our newly minted Ones to Watch teams, a Sneak-a-Peek of our seasoned incubator teams and finally our Ready to Raise teams. Join us for the full day as we kick off with a soon to be announced Keynote session, or log on at your leisure to hear presentations from any of your preferred ventures. http://ow.ly/TPKH50CsFbu #UBCentrepreneur #VS2020

entrepreneurship@UBC is committed to creating opportunities for women entrepreneurs and innovators across our programs to further the number of female-led ventures and leaders in our ecosystem. This is why we are a proud Community Partner of #WEcreateBC, an initiative of Women's Enterprise Centre and Forum for Women Entrepreneurs - FWE which celebrates women entrepreneurs and their support community! Learn more at wecreatebc.ca

2 days left to register for entrepreneurship@UBC's Fireside Chat with Brad Liski, CEO & Co-founder of Tru Earth! Don't miss the opportunity to hear how Brad was able to successfully establish Tru Earth as a mission driven company that is creating a positive impact on our world. Register now! http://ow.ly/4ypW50CqI7E #UBCentrepreneur

Curious to learn more about building a venture based in disruption? RSVP for our upcoming Community Town Hall featuring 3DQue Systems and Skylab! Hear from #3DQue CEO Steph Sharp, #Skylab Co-founder TJ Rak and our own CORE Venture Activator Fraser Pogue in a CORE AMA. They'll be chatting about their entrepreneurial journey and experience as part of entrepreneurship@UBC. RSVP today! https://lnkd.in/eijHap4... #UBCentrepreneur

Today marks the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week! We are privileged to be working with so many incredible entrepreneurs and innovators across our UBC, Vancouver and regional ecosystem and want to use this week to highlight their work shaping trends and disrupting industries. As part of #GEW2020, we are launching a Diversity & Inclusion campaign to showcase the wide range of ventures and founders a part of our programs to continue growing our vibrant community of #UBCent...repreneurs. Make sure to follow our socials and subscribe to our newsletter to stay in the loop with this week's updates for all things #GEW2020, including a report on our community. https://bit.ly/3l3hmue #UBCentrepreneur

This fall, FLIK: Female Laboratory of Innovative Knowledge launched their Future of Female Founders Report. After surveying over 250 female founders, they were able to hear why 72% of pre-seed and seed stage female founders found themselves unsuccessful in fundraising this year, what they are now looking for, and their predictions for female founders in 2021. Founded by Ravina C Anand and Michelle Kwok, FLIK launched early 2020 and is making incredible traction in the space,... connecting and empowering womxn at all stages of the female founder pipeline. Check out the rest of their findings by downloading their report, here: https://weareflik.com/2020report #UBCentrepreneur

Building a pipeline of founders representative of both @UBC and Canada’s rich and diverse landscape is of the utmost importance to us at entrepreneurship@UBC. This fall, our team conducted an audit of the members in our ecosystem to understand who is in our community, the types of entrepreneurs and ventures we support and what gaps need to be addressed. As part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020 and on #WomensEntrepreneurshipDay, we wanted to share our findings to remain accountable to growing and evolving with diversity & inclusion at the helm. Read our report, here http://ow.ly/kOtj50CqPWC #GEW2020 #UBCentrepreneur

Are you curious about cybersecurity and what it is all about? Are you a technical/non-technical student that is interested in pursuing a career in cybersecurity and solving problems in the space? Join us for our 3 part event series, Demystifying Cybersecurity: Roles, Careers and the Evolving Threat Landscape presented by Scotiabank! Hear from experts and innovators in the field tackling some of the biggest issues faced today as we become more intertwined in our digital world.... RSVP here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/demystifying-cybersecurity-pres #UBCentrepreneur #cybersecurity

Join us November 3rd for our Community Town Hall featuring an AMA with 2 CORE ventures, 3DQue Systems and Skylab, moderated by CORE Venture Activator, Fraser Pogue! Hear from Steph Sharp, CEO of #3DQue and TJ Rak, Co-founder of #Skylab, on their venture building journeys as part of CORE, find out what is happening in our community and be the first to learn about our next marquee event, launching soon. RSVP here https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/entrepreneurshipubcs-november-3... #UBCentrepreneur #CORE

Congratulations to Yamila Franco and Nyoka for winning the startup category at Startup Canada's 2020 Canadian Export Challenge!! Nyoka Design Labs is reimagining the traditional plastic glow-stick and working towards empowering the next generation of eco-conscious entrepreneurs. Read more about the challenge and #Nyoka, here: ... https://www.startupcan.ca//startup-canada-announces-cxc-2/ #UBCentrepreneur #Lab2Launch

Congrats to 3DQue Systems on the launch of their new 3DQue Looping Kit! The 3DQue Print Looping Kit has everything you need to run a continuous series of prints without your supervision. The endless looping software runs every part of the print process from starting jobs and running the variable adhesion print bed, to delivering parts with the gravity-assisted delivery system.... Amazing work! #UBCentrepreneur Find out more: https://3dprint.com//3dque-launches-new-automated-3d-pri/

Are you a #UBCentrepreneur with an idea ready to take flight? Apply for our CORE Venture Building program! CORE works with entrepreneurs who are building solutions founded in tech and innovation, helping to develop their startup through practical business training and deep mentorship to launch ideas into thriving companies capable of shifting industries. Apply online by December 10th, here: https://www.start.entrepreneurship.ubc.ca/core... #CORE #Venturebuilding #BCtech #innovation

Congratulations to Miayan Yeremi of #BarrelWise, Mohammad Javad Shariatzadeh of #Daanaa and Patrick Boutet of #BanditLabs for being awarded the The Dr. Frank and Dr. Gordon Forward Commercialization Fellowship! These three #UBCentrepreneurs are pursuing commercial technologies data sensors for wine production, a chip-based wireless power transfer system and software for the analysis of customer feedback. Both Barrelwise and Daanaa are a part of the #HATCHAccelerator progr...am and BanditLabs is a part of entrepreneurship@UBC's Phase 3 venture building program. Congratulations! Read more, here https://apsc.ubc.ca//global-steel-innovator-helps-forge-st

Congratulations to Neupeak Robotics who received $100K from the NRC and Innovate BC's Fast Pilot Program! #NeupeakRobotics offers an on-demand strawberry picking service for growers. They will use the grant to demonstrate the impact and measure the value of autonomous robotic fruit pickers for growers in Canada and the U.S. Amazing work! Read more from Techcouver: https://techcouver.com//neupeak-robotics-autonomous-fruit/

When we set out to organize our first-ever entrepreneurship@UBC Immersion Week (EIW), we aimed to create an extension of our programming to further our community’s venture building journeys. Quickly, EIW took on a life of its own, transforming into a 5 day event featuring 75+ founders, CEOs and innovators across 3 tracks of content and 26 sessions. Here are our top 7 takeaways from #EIW2020: https://www.start.entrepreneurship.ubc.ca//our-top-7-takea Stay tuned for our next... endeavour - our Nov 3rd Community Town Hall! RSVP coming soon. #UBCentrepreneur

5 days, 75+ speakers and 25+ sessionswe couldn’t imagine a better way of ending our first-ever entrepreneurship@UBC Immersion Week than with a CEO Fireside Chat with Carl Hansen, Founding CEO of AbCellera and Gail Murphy, the University of British Columbia's VP Research and Innovation! We were also privileged to have industrial designer, (and an entrepreneurship@UBC mentor )Todd Wood deliver an exceptional workshop on Design Thinking and Doing. All around, an outstanding w...eek! Thank you to our entire ecosystem who came together to share in and inspire entrepreneurship and innovation in our community. We learned that entrepreneurialism is a journey, a mindset and a constant state of growth. That you need to leverage, engage and build up those around you. Most importantly, there are no overnight successes! Thank you again for a fantastic 5 days. We will see you next year! #EIW2020

#EIW2020: We are ending entrepreneurship@UBC Immersion Week on a (very) high note with our CEO Fireside Chat featuring Carl Hansen, Founding CEO of AbCellera and UBC's VP Research & Innovation, Professor Gail Murphy! Tomorrow at 9 am - this is the event you do not want to miss!