{"id":38132,"date":"2016-03-17T09:54:21","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T13:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=38132"},"modified":"2016-03-17T09:54:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T13:54:21","slug":"bruce-croxon-and-jim-treliving-return-to-brock-to-talk-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2016\/03\/bruce-croxon-and-jim-treliving-return-to-brock-to-talk-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Croxon and Jim Treliving return to Brock to talk innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some big names in business will be joining the Goodman School of Business on March 22.<\/p>\n<p>The public is invited to attend Innovation Matters, a panel discussion featuring Jim Treliving, one of five judges on CBC\u2019s Dragons\u2019 Den and chairman and owner of Boston Pizza International Inc., Bruce Croxon, co-host of BNN\u2019s The Disruptors and CEO of Round 13, Deborah Rosati, corporate director and co-founder of Women Get On Board, and Jason Sparaga, co-founder and co-CEO of Spark Power Corp. and founder of Spara Capital Partners.<\/p>\n<p>The four business experts know a thing or two about entrepreneurship, all having successfully started at least one business over the course of their careers, and are passionate about sharing their expertise with future leaders.<\/p>\n<p>They will talk openly about the issues and opportunities present in today\u2019s ever-changing business world.<\/p>\n<p>Barry Wright, Interim Dean of the Goodman School of Business, describes the panel as a candid look at the business of innovation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInnovation and entrepreneurship matter to the world of business, perhaps more than ever before,\u201d says Wright, who will moderate the panel.<\/p>\n<p>Second in a series of annual presentations offered by the Goodman School of Business, this event promises to be both engaging and enlightening.<\/p>\n<p>The event is open to the public and will be held on Tuesday, March 22 from 11 a.m. to noon at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre\u2019s Robertson Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets cost $10 and can be purchased online through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstontariopac.ca\/Online\/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=EventArticle_15R44_Innovation_Matters&amp;BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=\" target=\"_blank\">FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Box Office<\/a>. All proceeds will be donated to Junior Achievement, a non-profit organization that supports youth business education<strong>.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This event is followed by Monster Pitch, a closed-door, invitation-only student event where shortlisted student entrepreneurs will pitch their business ideas before a panel of judges for a chance to win a funding and startup services package. Monster Pitch is hosted by the Brock Innovation Group in partnership with the Goodman School of Business and sponsored by Spara Capital Partners.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some big names in business will be joining the Goodman School of Business on March 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":38133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,3319,1],"tags":[3592,3946,1642,594,3945,1641,1639,1638],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38134,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38132\/revisions\/38134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}