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Are you a business owner looking to improve your business efficiency by the way of technology?

Tuesday, August 28th, 2012

We’ve got just the right course for you. Our principal consultant, Sandy Huang, will be offering a course through UBC Continuing Studies this fall on various technologies she adopts when consulting with our clients. Here’s all the details on the course:

Innovative Tools for Aiding SME Business Efficiency

Are you a small- to medium-sized enterprise (SME) owner or manager? SME owners or managers often wear many hats and juggle multiple responsibilities. In this workshop, learn how to incorporate technology into your business to make it more efficient and effective by creating systems, building infrastructure and adopting technology. By focusing on the latest tools and techniques to streamline current business operations, SMEs can easily increase productivity, create room for new initiatives and be poised for growth. Methodologies, tools, systems and innovative technology, including apps, are introduced in this workshop to help achieve a business advantage and operational efficiency.

Wed, Oct 24-Nov 14, 6:30-9:30pm; UBC Robson Square. $355+tax

Hope to see you there!

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.

 

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.