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Creating a Buzz at U of T About Entrepreneurship

By Engineering|January 25, 2012
“I’m not going to try to tell you how to do business in the Middle Kingdom (China),” retired businessman Paul Ip told a crowd of budding entrepreneurs during a recent Engineering Entrepreneurship

Engineering student showcases business skills

By Engineering|August 31, 2011
When Oti Agbeyegbe (MIE 1T2) signed up for Impact Apprentice – a business competition based on Donald Trump’s famed Apprentice – he was excited. It wasn’t competing against peers from across

Meet Engineering’s 2011 Vanier Scholars

By Engineering|August 25, 2011
Four graduate students from the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering are among the 167 individuals named recipients of Canada’s prestigious Vanier Graduate Scholarship this year. The scholarships,

Being Your Own Boss Demands Discipline and Motivation

By Engineering|May 3, 2011
Working in pyjamas, avoiding a traffic-filled commute and not having to share a public washroom all seem like pretty good reasons to want to run a business from home. For 30-year-old entrepreneur

Note to Venture Capitalists: I Don’t Need Your Money

By Engineering|February 27, 2011
A few years ago Vincent Cheung, a doctoral candidate in ECE, created a software program called Shape Collage that automatically generates photo collages of any size and shape, starting it “as