“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.
“If entrepreneurship were a season, it would have to be spring – the season of new growth, new beginnings, and endless possibilities.” Ivey Entrepreneur - Championing Entrepreneurship in Canada
“I am consistently impressed by the capacity of our entrepreneurial students, alumni and supporters to create value not only for the advancement of their own new venture interests, but also in support of the broader community of entrepreneurs throughout the world.” Ivey Entrepreneur - Championing Entrepreneurship in Canada
Much of the activity of the 2008-2009 academic year was inspired by change,providing a unique opportunity to review the aspirations and core values of the Pierre L. Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship.