2009/2010 Organizing Committee

Field of Study: Bachelor of Tourism Management/Events and Conventions Management
Year: Third
Career Interest: Special Events Coordinator
Position on TBIE Organizing Committee: Project Manager
Why TBIE is valuable to you? TBIE is beneficial for students from all over North America because it is a unique and innovative way for them, as developing entrepreneurs, to test the viability of their business ideas. This project also provides hands-on planning experience for the TBIE 2010 Organizing Committee, helping them realize their skills as well as the opportunity to give back to the student body. I am privileged to be a part of both SIFE TRU and TBIE 2010 and am gaining valuable work experience through the projects that we run together.

Field of Study: BBA Finance Major
Year: Fourth
Career Interest: Financial Analyst
Position on TBIE Organizing Committee: Co-Project Manager
Why TBIE is valuable to you? TBIE is designed to provide aspiring entrepreneurs a unique portal to present and get their business ideas critiqued by a panel of business leaders in a competitive environment. Being the project manager, I am getting a chance to be part of a cutting edge business plan competition from the ground up.

Field of Study: Bachelor of Business Administration
Year: First
Career Interest: Marketing, Website Design, Media Production
Position on TBIE Organizing Committee: Website development, Video-Conference assistance
Why TBIE is valuable to you? TBIE is a cutting edge online competition that provides students with a chance to gain real world knowledge and hands on experience. It allows me to use the skills that I have learned and gained to help the TBIE team host an online competition. Being a student in Computing Science I feel this program is the best fit, as I am very technology prone. TBIE gives me encouragement and makes me feel good being part of an environment friendly online competition.

Field of Study: Computing Science/Business Administration
Year: Second
Career Interest: Entrepreneurship/Project Manager in a dynamic company
Position on TBIE Organizing Committee: Web-site development, Video-conference assistance
Why TBIE is valuable to you? TBIE is a chance to get hands-on experience and apply my knowledge and skills in real life. It also gives me an opportunity to network and work with great people. TBIE increases my self-esteem and charges me with positive energy.

Field of Study:Bachelor of Business Administration/ Economics Major
Year: Third
Career Interest: Corporate Law
Position on TBIE Organizing Committee:: Judges Liaison / Sponsorship
Why TBIE is valuable to you? The Tony Brower Innovation Exposition is important to me because it provides a unique platform for young entrepreneurial minds to conceive, present, grow, and potentially be rewarded for their business plans and ideas. In addition, I believe the competition provides young innovators with the occasion to begin a business, thereby making a substantial impact in their communities. Furthermore, I believe that the competition provides a tremendous opportunity for the SIFE TRU students to expand the reputation not only of SIFE TRU, but the university as a whole, by reason of the competition’s innovative platform and its potential to expand.

Field of Study: Bachelor of Business Administration
Year: First
Career Interest: Marketing for a Canadian Snowboard Company
Position on TBIE Organizing Committee: Promotions Coordinator
Why TBIE is valuable to you? This project is valuable to me because I think it is a great opportunity for students to create new business ideas in their community. Also, it is an awesome opportunity for me to broaden my business knowledge skills, so one day I can be successful.

Field of Study: Bachelor of Business Administration
Year: First
Career Interest: Financial Analyst
Position on TBIE Organizing Committee: Sponsorship
Why TBIE is valuable to you? TBIE is a valuable competition in many respects. For me personally, I am really happy about the fact that I’m able to network, meeting people not only within my school, but also within the business world. It’s also a great opportunity for undergraduate students to get their business ideas out there, and help develop their presentation skills. With the right tools, and the desire to be successful, I hope that I, as well as the rest of my teammates, can make this competition bigger, better, and more renowned in years to come.

Field of Study: Business
Year: First
Career Interest: Entrepreneurialism
Position on TBIE Organizing Committee: Sponsorship
Why TBIE is valuable to you? The reason TBIE is valuable to me is the challenge of getting a new project going that was just an idea at the beginning of the semester. In a sense we are starting a company if you’re a business student, the project has all the sectors that a business would need to operate. TBIE is also really promoting “green” business practices by doing this project all online essentially, as well as the elimination of travel costs and that’s a great aspect that I like. Last but not least I have made a lot of friends in the process and we have lots of fun doing this project.

Field of Study: BBA Marketing Major
Year: Third
Career Interest: My career interests are in any entrepreneurial and creative activity that may arise at any point in time.
Position on TBIE Organizing Committee: Sponsorship
Why TBIE is valuable to you? TBIE is valuable to me because it gives me a forum to apply what I have learned in both school and in the business world. It is valuable because it gives me insight into the process of running a Nation wide recognized event with national coverage. In working with TBIE I will understanding the entire flow of event planning - from the creative process to the actual carrying out of the event.

Field of Study: Bachelor of Tourism Management
Year: First
Career Interest: Ski Resort Management
Position on TBIE Organizing Committee: Sponsorship
Why TBIE is valuable to you? TBIE is an incredible organization put together by 14 brilliant students. The relationships that are being built in this organizing committee are ones that will last for many years to come. The business opportunities in TBIE are endless, the networks formed will benefit everyone in the future, and I feel very privileged to be a part of this team.

Field of Study: Liberal Arts, Journalism major
Year: First
Career Interest: Broadcast Journalist
Position on TBIE Organizing Committee: Editor Of Communications
Why TBIE is valuable to you? TBIE gives me the opportunity to improve and showcase my abilities in the medium of formal writing and reporting. The networking and business aspect of this group will be very beneficial to me as well. An immersion into the world of promoting, networking, and initiating business plans will be detrimental to my developing a strong awareness in this field, this will no doubt be very useful in the future.

Field of Study: Finance
Year: First
Position on TBIE Organizing Committee: Active Member
Why TBIE is valuable to you? Working on the TBIE project means working side by side with highly motivated people, full of energy and ideas who contribute their time, efforts and soul to this project. And that is really inspiring! It is a wonderful chance to increase my network experience working in a team on a project development. Besides it is an opportunity to see how knowledge we get in class can be applied to a real project. And of course, participating in this, I can meet people from different business areas, entrepreneurs, business students from other schools that will be very helpful in my future career.

Field of Study: Degree of Business Administration
Year: Third
Career Interest: Business Owner
Position on TBIE Organizing Committee: Marketing Director
Why TBIE is valuable to you? TBIE is valuable to me because it gives me a chance to gain real-world business experience. I believe it is an innovated program geared towards business students who have a vision and need a place to show it, and this is the perfect opportunity for them. The competition is bringing teams together from all over North America while maintaining green-friendly practices. I’m very excited to be a part of this project!

Field of Study: BBA, Marketing Major
Year: Third
Career Interest: Sales, Law, Marketing
Position on TBIE Organizing Committee: Inter-school Liaison
Why TBIE is valuable to you? As we work towards our first ever TBIE business plan competition, I’m excited to be a part of this team. TBIE has given me wonderful learning, networking and skill-building opportunities. Furthermore, it allows me to apply classroom knowledge to real scenarios. I’m eager to contribute to our inaugural competition, and help build a foundation that will grow for years.

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