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Business advice from Matt Mickiewicz who turned his hobby into multi-million dollar businesses

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

by Sandy Huang, originally published by the Vancouver Observer on March 24, 2012.

Matt Mickiewicz has valuable business advice. To say that he experienced success in a short time would be an understatement. At 27, he co-owns three multi-million-dollar internet companies: Sitepoint99designs, and Flippa. Mickiewicz’s history of success began in the late ‘90s when, as a high school student, he started creating websites as a hobby.There was a lack of readily available  information about internet design and Mickiewicz saw an opportunity to turn his knowledge into a business. Read more…

Business advice from a pro: Matt Mickiewicz, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Sitepoint, 99designs and Flippa. Photo courtesy of Matt Mickiewicz.

 

Building Business Success with Collective Wisdom: Karen Flavelle of Purdy’s Chocolates

Friday, January 27th, 2012

by Sandy Huang, originally published in the Vancouver Observer on January 23, 2012.

Even for a successful woman and business leader, Karen Flavelle has an enviable track record. The president of Purdy’s Chocolates, a fixture of households in Western Canada since 1907, Flavelle was a finalist for Business in Vancouver’s 2005 Influential Women in Business award… read more

The Next Step: Getting Down to Business

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

It’s difficult to make the shift from being a student focused on academics to finding one’s place in the working world. Our principal, Sandy Huang, has been invited to be one of the panelists at the UBC Alumni Affairs’ The Next Step: Getting Down to Business event. If you’re a UBC alumni, come and hear about the best ways to bridge the gaps between the student life and the business world.