1. ENT Major/Minor Session
Dr. Dave Valliere, Chair of Entrepreneurship & Strategy

2. Agenda
• What we’re about
• What our program does
• Who we’re looking for
Majors Session
Neil Wolff
The Entrepreneurship program
isn’t for just anybody.

3. You Have Alternatives
Majors Session

4. Entrepreneurs Are
• Independent, autonomous
• Innovators, creators of new worlds
• Risk-takers, non-conformist
• Self-motivated, achievement oriented
• Source of economic wealth
• Employers of the other Majors
Majors Session

5. What We Teach
• How to think for yourself
– See things that others miss
• How to decide if it’s worth it
– Thinking big enough
• Planning and exploiting it
– Creating new, not copying old
• Getting the resources you’ll need
– Especially OPM
Majors Session

6. Where it Leads
• Independent entrepreneur
• Family business leader
• Corporate intrapreneur
• Business development strategist
• Manager with independent vision
Majors Session

7. Our Courses
Majors Session
Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
ENT526 Intro
ENT601 Opp
MGT401 Ops
FIN300 Mgt 1
FIN401 Mgt 2
CMN279 Biz Com
LAW122 Biz Law
ENT527 Thinking
ENT726 BizPlg
ENT511 Ent Fin
MGT450 Proj Mgt
ENT725 Innov
ENT78
BUS800
1 PR
1 LS
1 Prof Elec
3 PR
2 LS
1 Prof Elec
4 PR
1 LS
Prof Elect
ENT501 Family
ENT505 Sm Biz
ENT633 Corp Gov
ENT727 Indep
MKT730 NPI
MKT731 Ind Anl

8. • Extensive industry and
international expertise
• Top-rated teachers, high-
quality researchers
• Proven entrepreneurs and
investors and techies
• Passionate about
entrepreneurship
Neil Wolff
Dr Phil Walsh
David Schlanger
Dr Mary Han
Dr Sean Wise
Knud Jensen
(not exactly as pictured)
Dr Ken Grant
Dr Dave Valliere
Dr Steve Gedeon
ENT Ryerson
Dr Kim Bates
Our Faculty Members
Dr Alison Kemper

9. Our Culture
• We’re the best in Canada
– And we never stop improving
• We dream huge
– Way beyond what seems possible
• We don’t ask permission
– And we take no prisoners
• We don’t follow crowds
– Crowds follow us
• We’re the people who do things
Majors Session

10. Example Stuff
• $50k Business Plan Competition
• Enactus Ryerson
• REI – StartMeUp program
• Digital Media Zone, CUE, etc.
• Ryerson Angel Network
• New programs in tech commercialization
Majors Session

11. Useful Combinations
• Consider mixing your major and minor
choices to leverage both
– ENT + MKT
– ENT + FIN
– ENT + GMS
Majors Session

12. Do You Have What it Takes?
• Neil was right
– We aren’t looking for “just anybody”
• Do you want to change the world?
– You’ll know it in your gut
Majors Session
Your home for the next 40 years?

13. Questions/Comments?
Majors Session
• Ask now, or ask later
– Dept Assistant, Kelly McHale
• kmchale@ryerson.ca, x2046, TRS 1-022
– Dept Chair, Dave Valliere
• valliere@ryerson.ca, x7603, TRS 1-087