Entrepreneurship at Ivey has been very active in the news - see below for some of our featured articles.
“Family business governance is crucial to their success. If the family gets that right, the business is likely to last longer and be more successful than other types of business over the long run. But if they get it wrong, it can create a very bad situation.” David Simpson
Pierre L. Morrissette, President, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Pelmorex Media Inc., will receive an honorary degree at The University of Western Ontario’s Master of Business Administration (MBA) Convocation on Friday, August 27.
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.