ENT Major/Minor Session Dr. Dave Valliere, Chair of Entrepreneurship & Strategy

Agenda

• What we’re about • What our program does • Who we’re looking for

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Neil Wolff

The Entrepreneurship program isn’t for just anybody.

You Have Alternatives

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Entrepreneurs Are

• Independent, autonomous • Innovators, creators of new worlds • Risk-takers, non-conformist • Self-motivated, achievement oriented • Source of economic wealth • Employers of the other Majors

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What We Teach

• How to think for yourself – See things that others miss

• How to decide if it’s worth it – Thinking big enough

• Planning and exploiting it – Creating new, not copying old

• Getting the resources you’ll need – Especially OPM

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Where it Leads

• Independent entrepreneur • Family business leader • Corporate intrapreneur • Business development strategist • Manager with independent vision

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Our Courses

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Year 2 Year 3 Year 4

ENT526 Intro ENT601 Opp

MGT401 Ops FIN300 Mgt 1 FIN401 Mgt 2

CMN279 Biz Com LAW122 Biz Law

ENT527 Thinking ENT726 BizPlg ENT511 Ent Fin

MGT450 Proj Mgt

ENT725 Innov ENT78

BUS800

1 PR 1 LS

1 Prof Elec 3 PR 2 LS

1 Prof Elec 4 PR 1 LS

Prof Elect

ENT501 Family ENT505 Sm Biz

ENT633 Corp Gov ENT727 Indep MKT730 NPI

MKT731 Ind Anl

• Extensive industry and international expertise

• Top-rated teachers, high-quality researchers

• Proven entrepreneurs and investors and techies

• Passionate about entrepreneurship

Neil Wolff

Dr Phil Walsh David Schlanger

Dr Mary Han

Dr Sean Wise Knud Jensen (not exactly as pictured)

Dr Ken Grant

Dr Dave Valliere

Dr Steve Gedeon

ENT Ryerson

Dr Kim Bates

Our Faculty Members

Dr Alison Kemper

Our Culture

• We’re the best in Canada – And we never stop improving

• We dream huge – Way beyond what seems possible

• We don’t ask permission – And we take no prisoners

• We don’t follow crowds – Crowds follow us

• We’re the people who do things

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Example Stuff

• $50k Business Plan Competition • Enactus Ryerson • REI – StartMeUp program • Digital Media Zone, CUE, etc. • Ryerson Angel Network • New programs in tech commercialization

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Useful Combinations

• Consider mixing your major and minor choices to leverage both – ENT + MKT – ENT + FIN – ENT + GMS

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Do You Have What it Takes?

• Neil was right – We aren’t looking for “just anybody”

• Do you want to change the world? – You’ll know it in your gut

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Questions/Comments?

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• Ask now, or ask later – Dept Assistant, Kelly McHale

• kmchale@ryerson.ca, x2046, TRS 1-022 – Dept Chair, Dave Valliere

• valliere@ryerson.ca, x7603, TRS 1-087