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We're at the Youth Entrepreneurship Summit today - stay tuned here for live updates.
David Stewart Patterson introducing the day's agenda at the Youth Entrepreneurship Summit (hosted by CYBF)
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twitpic.com - The scene at the Youth Entrepreneurship Summit at the Carlu in Toronto
Emerging Entrepreneurs panel up now at the #YES - @SarahPrevette from @Sprouter, Colin Davison of Stealth Acoustical...
Saskia Stille of The English School of Canada, Razor Suleman of I Love Rewards, Harry Chemko of Elastic Path, Ronnen Harary of Spin Master
Sprouter's @SarahPrevette says mentorship and building her network was key when she was starting out as a young entrepreneur.
Saskia Stille talking about how CYBF pushed her team beyond what they could've done on their own. Able to perform a head taller than you are
Razor Suleman grew up in an entrepreneurial family. Says education system isn't geared to encourage entrepreneurship.
"I'm a product of great mentors. Fail fast, and hopefully it doesn't break you. Ask for help." - Razor Suleman
Harry Chemko's parents were both small business owners - it was one of the only options for him growing up.
Ronnen Harary says bringing people in to help early is key to business success (whether it's family, friends or employees).
"You don't know what you don't know" - you should be able to go to successful entrepreneurs to ask questions. - @SarahPrevette
twitpic.com - The Emerging Entrepreneurs panel at the Youth Entrepreneurship Summit #gewcanada
"You need great people to grow a great company" - Razor Suleman of I Love Rewards #gewcanada
Harry Chemko says attracting good people to Vancouver has always been a challenge, and attracting people from large companies to a startup
"Today we see a lot of companies trying to bootstrap their startups instead of taking outside financing" - Harry Chemko from Elastic Path
Do you love building startups, or do you love building long-term businesses? - Ronnen Harary from Spin Master
Create a board of advisors for your company, so you have expertise when you encounter new stages of your business - @SarahPrevette
Visibility is a huge deal for startups - you need to connect with funders, partners, and other startups, & get speaking opps & media.
5 more hours to go till the big night at George Brown College. Still spots to go for registration at
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"Entrepreneurship is falling down, getting back up, and doing it again" - Razor Suleman #gewcanada
"Knew from age of 5 that I wanted to be in business for myself. It's reaching ppl who don't know they want to be entrepreneurs"Ronnen Harary
Alex Gill from Mendicant Group is up talking about the Industry Canada entrepreneurship discussion paper.
@FusionPoint We'll see what we can do :)
80% of entrepreneurs worldwide say they have never received any formal training in entrepreneurship - Industry Canada report
"We have a bias towards formal education - it's not the only solution we should consider" - Alex Gill
is emailing a reminder to all registered guests of tonights proceedings at George Brown College.
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Next up at the Youth Entrepreneurship Summit - panel including David Aisenstat, President/CEO of Keg Restaurant & Bar...
Tin Kane, a Senior Fellow at the Kauffman Foundation, Vivian Prokop, CEO of the CYBF, and Catherine Swift of the CFIB.
Thoughts on formal vs informal entrepreneurship education? Howard Armitage, University of Waterloo Centre for Business giving his thoughts.
@FusionPoint Nope, just thoughts on entrepreneurship - just as good :)
director is taking a power-nap for tonights proceedings, ONCONTACT withanEntrepreneur 09
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Tim Kane of Kauffman Foundation says what he's learned as a scholar is you can track the rate of entrepreneurship vs. level of development
As the level of development increases, the rate of entrepreneurship decreases - Tim Kane from Kauffman Foundation
Entrepreneurship in history was necessity entrepreneurship (hunter), now it's a desire to innovate that drives entrepreneurs.
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