UBC Immersion Week - The Entrepreneurial Journey: Getting Started with entrepreneurship@UBC
TICKET: Please note that the event is part of the entrepreneurship@UBC Immersion Week. Check out the rest of the events on the agenda. To enter the event, you MUST to purchase the ticket at https://entrepreneurship.ubc.ca/register-immersion-week-2023 to attend.
Location
Please note this event is at UBC Point Grey Campus
About the Event
In this session, you will hear from UBC founders about how they took their idea to impact. In the early stages of company building, these entrepreneurs will share what it took for them to get their ideas off the ground, what supports and resources have made the difference in getting them to where they are today, and what were some of their key learning moments along the way.
Moderator: Michele Wallcraft, Entrepreneur in Residence, entrepreneurship@UBC
Speakers:
Alexander Dungate, Founder & CEO, OnDeck Fisheries
Negin Farivar, Co-Founder & COO, SnapCyte
About Immersion Week
Entrepreneurship Immersion Week (EIW) brings together storytellers and movement builders from across our ecosystem, to share their insights on the strategies and tactics that helped them transform their ideas to impact.
Entrepreneurship Immersion Week 2023 will take place September 26-28 across UBC Point Grey and Robson Square (and online) packed with keynotes, panels, workshops, our Regional Ecosystem Showcase and more!
This year, our theme is “Climate and the Public Health Crisis: Systems Changes and Actions Needed”. Let’s take action together! Learn more about this year’s conference theme.
About entrepreneurship@UBC
entrepreneurship@UBC provides UBC students, researchers, faculty members, alumni and staff with the resources, networks, and funding they need to succeed. As one of the world’s top 40 research universities with 80,000 students, faculty and staff and over $730 million in annual research funding, UBC has long been a catalyst for innovation. Part of the Innovation UBC network, entrepreneurship@UBC supports UBC ventures and entrepreneurs to generate social and economic impacts in B.C. and around the world.
