TEC has become an AMS club!

TEC is proud to inform you that we are officially an AMS Club. Starting in Term 2, TEC will be offering memberships at $3 for UBC students and $5 for everyone else.

Membership benefits includes:

- Exclusive email newsletters about the latest news and events in the entrepreneurial community at UBC and in Vancouver, profiles of start-up businesses, and interesting tips and facts about entrepreneurship

- Free pizza and free admission to TEC seminars and movie nights

- Exclusive discount on tickets for Bright Ideas Competition and for TEC Young Entrepreneurs Dinner

- Special deal on TEC Business Plan Workshops

- Invitation to info sessions and visit sessions hosted by sponsoring companies

- Participation in resume and business plan portfolios for sponsoring companies

- Valuable connections with professionals in the industry

Detailed membership benefits are listed here. TEC values your continuous support and hopes to bring you better learning opportunities in the upcoming term.

November 18, 2008

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Recruitment for VP Administration

Job Description:
- manage emails
- write bi-weekly newsletters
- manage memberships

Criteria:
- checks email regularly
- good communicator
- excellent writing skills
- passionate about entrepreneurship.
- able to commit time

The application form can be found here and applications are due on Tuesday November 25, at 11:59pm. Please send your application to . We look forward to hearing from you!

November 18, 2008

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Mailing List

If you have any questions regarding our club, please contact us at

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Movie Night #1: Pirates of the Silicon Valley

Pirates of Silicon Valley is a 1999 film based on the book Fire in the Valley: The Making of The Personal Computer by Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine. It is an unauthorized made-for-television docudrama written and directed by Martyn Burke which documents the rise of the home computer (personal computer) through the rivalry between Apple Computer and Microsoft.

GEW Site Launched

Please visit the site to see all the events planned during this year's Global Entrepreneurship Week Canada.

November 13, 2008

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Seminar #2 speaker: Jenny Yang

Jenny Yang, most recently a Venture Capitalist at the Business Development Bank of Canada, will share her experience on what she looks for when funding a start-up. During her time as a VC, Jenny has seen thousands of business plans, heard hundreds of pitches, invested in nine technology startups, and had three successful exits. Jenny will talk about some of the key elements you need to get a company off the ground at the seed stage and the common traits shared by those companies that were successful in raising money.

Here is the presentation from the seminar.

October 20, 2008

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Seminar #1 speaker: Alex Read

The speaker for our first seminar of the year has been determined.

Alex Read, founder and CEO of "The Entrepreneurial Growth Hub" will be speaking. As a seasoned entrepreneur, and recipient of the Business In Vancouver "40 Under 40" award for 2007, Alex owns several successful businesses across North America. These include a number of hyper-growth franchises with 1-800-GOT-JUNK? in the New Jersey area and the fast growing entrepreneurial success toolkit "Make Anything Work".

For more information on the speaker, please visit www.askalexread.com.

September 15, 2008

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