Student Activities

3 + 5 Dinners
IBK Capital Business Plan Competition (graduate)
Wes Nicol Business Plan Competition (undergraduate)
LEADER Project
Entrepreneurship Clubs

What’s 3 + 5 ? A lot more than you may think!

The Pierre L. Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship has created a unique opportunity for Ivey HBA and MBA students to meet with and learn from several of the School’s most succesful entrepreneurial alumni.

3+5 Dinners create the opportunity for three established entrepreneurs with a common area of expertise to have dinner with five dynamic Ivey students who are passionate about entrepreneurship.

This table of eight will discuss one of any number of topics relating to entrepreneurship such as:

Start Ups: Assessing Opportunities
Preparing to Meet a Financial Leader
Private Equity: Flow Generation, Deal Making, Closing, Portfolio Management & the Exit
Launching a Financial Service or Money Management Business
International Trade: Opportunities and Challenges
Venture Capital
How to Manage your Board of Directors

...to name but a few.

Participation is limited to HBA and MBA students actively engaged in entrepreneurial courses and initiatives at Ivey. Dinners are hosted by the entrepreneurs at a restaurant or club of their choice. Entrepreneur and student bios are circulated to the participants in advance of the dinner.

If you are interested in hosting a 3+5 Dinner or would like more information about this or other entrepreneurial initiatives offered by the Institute, please contact Deanna Bond, Initiative Coordinator, Phone: 519.661.3530

IBK Capital - Ivey Business Plan Competition

The IBK Capital - Ivey Business Plan Competition is Canada’s premiere student business plan competition. With entrepreneurial teams drawn from universities throughout North America, the Competition offers graduate students an opportunity to present innovative new ventures to potential investors, while providing investors with an advance look at up-and-coming entrepreneurs.

Organized by student volunteers and funded by private sponsorship, the winner receives automatic entry to the Venture Labs Investment Competition at the University of Texas at Austin, to compete for over $100,000 in cash and prizes.

View Competition pictures here.

Wes Nicol Business Plan Competition

Launched in 1997, The Nicol Award is a national program designed to generate and reward interest in entrepreneurship on the part of undergraduate students in any faculty or field of study at participating universities across Canada.

At Ivey, the West Nicol Business Plan Competition invites HBA students to pitch their new venture for a chance to win cash and the opportunity to compete against Canada’s top undergraduate entrepreneurs for The Nicol Entrepreneurial Award, in our nation’s capital - Ottawa, Canada.

LEADER Project

Founded in 1991 by Ivey MBA students. LEADER - Leading Education and Development in Emerging Regions - deploys teams of Ivey students to international sites where they teach foundational business decision making and entrepreneurial skills over a 2 week period. This rich exchange of knowledge and culture benefits both the overseas students and Ivey volunteer instructors.

While LEADER’s primary mission is to provide a unique and valuable learning opportunity to eager students in eastern Europe and Russia, the program also challenges Ivey student instructors to find effective ways of adapting and conveying their knowledge and expertise to students who are often operating in substantially different business environments.

The Institute supports LEADER through funding and the development of curriculum designed to engage individuals with entrepreneurial talent and ambition in moving forward through their own invention.

Visit LEADER for more details.

Entrepreneurship Clubs

Entrepreneurship-minded HBA and MBA students lead and participate in Clubs dedicated to educating, encouraging and inspiring entrepreneurship among members.

The clubs provide opportunities for members to realize their goals through networking events, idea exchanges, and support from Ivey faculty and alumni. In addition, the Clubs have provided opportunities for students who want to work in an entrepreneurial environment, develop and hone entrepreneurial skills, or become global leaders, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists.