Entrepreneurship
Sobey School's mission states that we prepare citizens of the world to lead sustainable and entrepreneurial communities and businesses. We offer education, research and program support for Nova Scotia's start up community and for our global network of students and alumni.
Entrepreneurship Programs
- BComm Major in Entrepreneurship (BA is available too)
- Master of Technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- MBA focused in Entrepreneurship, Social Enterprise and Sustainability
Arthur L. Irving Entrepreneurship Centre
The new Arthur L. Irving Entrepreneurship Centre at Saint Mary's offers training, consulting, events, student projects and skill development programs that help build our entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Student Groups and Opportunities
- Enactus Saint Mary's
- Venture Grade
- Work at The Shelf, a retail research project of the David Sobey Retailing Centre
- Pitch and other Competitions
- Open Innovation
- Student Consulting Projects (MBA and undergraduate) are managed at the Arthur L. Irving Entrepreneurship Centre
Other facilities
- The Spark Zone - A sandbox designed to foster innovation, founded by the province and operated by the Arthur L. Irving Entrepreneurship Centre
- Volta Labs - Halifax's Tech Super Hub, an incubator for technology startups
- COVE (Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship) - A new incubator tied to the Oceans Supercluster in Halifax.
- Invest Nova Scotia - Early-stage venture capital
Research
Centre for Leadership Excellence - The ImpactLab and other projects of the CLE are based around social entrepreneurship and social innovation.
Entrepreneurial Ecosystems - Ellen Farrell has been a pioneer in mapping the Atlantic region's entrepreneurial ecosystems. Her findings have revealed that although we are well-connected, we are not leveraging those connections to boost startup productivity and success.
Examples of alumni businesses
The following is a sample of some of the businesses that have been started by, or are headed by, our alumni (sometimes in partnership with others)
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