The inaugural entrepreneurship@ UBC Immersion Week (September 28 - October 2, 2020) featured more than 75 founders, CEOs and innovators, and spanned a range of industries — including climate solutions, patient care, investment, marketing and human resources —with the intent to demystify entrepreneurship in the innovation economy and further the community’s venture building journeys.
Between sessions, the event also announced e@ UBC’s new collaboration with Foresight — to energize the growth of BC’s cleantech ecosystem — which came on the heels of the Climate Venture Studios stream launch.
Top 7 conference takeaways:
- Diversity and inclusion benefit your organization in every way
- The importance of individuals in advancing corporate culture and teams
- Overnight successes don’t really exist
- We must take climate action, to create a better future
- The importance of communicating the value of your solution to your customers and investors
- The importance of finding a great network and using it
- The realities of starting a company and what it means to be an entrepreneur
Eager to know more? Read the full e@ UBC event recap, and stay tuned for season two of e@ UBC’s podcast evolution, which will feature sessions from the event.