Innovation Anthology #639:
Innovation and entrepreneurship go hand in hand. But Canada needs more people, especially the next generation, to take up the challenge.
That’s the driver behind Calgary entrepreneur and former Dragon Den’s investor, W. Brett Wilson.
And that’s why today he lends his expertise and passion to the W.Brett Wilson Centre for Entrepreneurial Excellence at the University of Saskatchewan.
W.BRETT WILSON: I wanted to excite the entrepreneurial spirit in the students, coming out of law or engineering or vet, med or business. It didn’t matter. I wanted a Centre of Excellence for the the entrepreneurial spirit. he first thing I describe is the opportunity for collisions, which is meeting like minded people, because that’s inspirational in itself, when you start to hang with people who are going, how can I change the world with my own business? That’s entrepreneurship. And then, of course, they provide a forum for education and learning experiences, and there’s competitions. I do an annual event where I talk, as I do often, about my vision of where the world could go with an entrepreneurial mindset.
W.Brett Wilson’s next move to foster the entrepreneurial spirit on a grand scale is prizing – giving an economic reward like the X-Prize.
Hear the full interview with W.Brett Wilson at InnovationAnthology.com
I’M CHERYL CROUCHER
PITCH PARTY 2014 November 18, 2014
Celebrate the success of Saskatoon’s entrepreneurs with a night of great food, networking opportunities, pitches from up and coming startups, and dynamic speakers including W. Brett Wilson
Get your tickets early
More info at www.usask.ca/pitchparty
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Program Date: 2014-09-23