You think you have an entrepreneurial idea?

Compete in the third annual Bright Ideas Competition. Get your team together and complete the application form and submit it online.

This year's prize pool is $1500 (cash + professional services).

The application is MINIMAL! Just answer a few questions related to your idea. Teams are restricted to 4 or less members, consisting of undergraduate students only. Students from all post-secondary institutions are welcome to participate.

****Submission deadline is March 27, 2010 at 11:59pm. Submit application to Anna: anna.an@vsea.ca

The top 6 teams will present in the Final Round of the Bright Ideas Competition on April 8th, 2010.

The Rules and Application form are included.

Remember to get your applications in.

VSEA open meeting

Looking to get involved with student entrepreneurship or simply want to check out what we do? Come check out the VSEA open meeting on Monday. You will get the chance to meet our VSEA exec team prior to the meeting, and following the meeting is an optional workshop on "networking & approaching organizations for partnership". So come early, there will be plenty of food! Please rsvp with Anna at anna.an@vsea.ca.

Date: Monday, January 25
Time: 5:45pm for food, 6:00pm meeting start time.
Optional Workshop: 6:45pm to 7:15pm
Location: Hebb 12

Our featured speaker is David Helliwell, CEO of Pulse Energy, Inc. Trained as a GeoPhysicist at Harvard and received his MBA at the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, Mr. Helliwell is presently dedicating his full effort in marrying innovative technologies and creative mathematical analysis to help companies and institutions, such as UBC, to reduce as much as 30% of their existing energy consumption. In the upcoming seminar, titled “How to build a Clean Tech company in 4,295 Easy Steps,” he will share with us his insights on using powerful economical and financial incentives reduce 30% of world’s environmental problems.

Come join us next Friday, and learn the best ways to tie economics to our environment!

Date: Friday January 15, 2010
Time: 5pm - 6pm, followed by a networking session and reception
Location: UBC Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, RM 182 (included map)
Cost: Free, Refreshment will be provided

UPDATE: SOLD OUT!!! For those who have signed up and can't make it please let winnie.lai@vsea.ca know immediately. Others who want to come can sign up on the waiting list.

An interactive workshop on priority management and optimizing your exam performance.

We're all to busy. This is the event that ends before it starts. Learn to manage your time to maximize your exam results.

These are the type of entrepreneurial skills which are prudent for success in entrepreneurship but are also invaluable for students of any sort.

This workshop is hosted by the Vancouver Student Entrepreneurship Association, and it is free and dinner will be provided. Check out www.vsea.ca for more details and register here: http://vsea28hours.eventbrite.com/

Leading the workshop will be Mr. Brad Copes, General Manager of College Pro for British Columbia. Brad, a UBC Alumnus, has offered to share his time and knowledge to help us improve our time management skills.

VSEA is hosting a workshop with Colin Bussiere from Freedom 55 Financials! You can check out more about him at http://colinbussiere.com/

This is an amazing opportunity to:
Better understand what financial security means to you by reviewing your current situation and defining goals
Identify and discuss any roadblocks to achieving your goals and analyse your situation
Identify any gaps and build a plan to help you achieve your short- and long-term goals and dreams
Review and monitor your financial security plan regularly to help ensure it continues to meet your changing needs

And it is completely free!

EDIT: This event has been postponed to January of 2010.