Entrepreneurship at Ivey has been very active in the news - see below for some of our featured articles.
Ivey Entrepreneur alumni Rahim Madhavji, President and co-founder of Knightsbridge Foreign Exchange in downtown Toronto discusses his new business with the Toronto Star. “Suppose you plan to invest $200,000 in a U.S. property. You call to book a rate, then wire Canadian funds to the firm. It wires back U.S. funds within a day through BMO, with which it has a banking relationship.”
“Summer is an odd time to be at a university. Although a few courses, including Ivey’s MBA program, run year round, the UWO campus is eerily quiet and empty.” Ivey Entrepreneur - Championing Entrepreneurship in Canada
The benefits of being your own boss are plain to see. But why do so many entrepreneurs continue to work well beyond their late 60s when they could be spending their golden years with family and friends? “Because they can,” says Stewart Thornhill, executive director of the Pierre L. Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship at the Richard Ivey School of Business.
Carol Stephenson is one of the few women B-school deans around the globe. She has been the dean of the Richard Ivey School of Business in Canada since 2003. Stephenson shares Ivey’s India plans with BW Online’s Chetna Mehra and speaks about women in leadership roles and the great future for woman entrepreneurs in Canada and the world. Excerpts.
The key to building a successful small business is the same as building a lasting marriage: Careful planning, a flexible strategy for growth and good communication skills are all important, but without a passionate devotion both endeavors are doomed.“One of the first things I talk to my students about is passion and pursuing what they’re passionate about,” said Robert Mitchell, professor of entrepreneurship at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario.