Photos from the event are now available on our Photo Gallery. We are also uploading more pictures onto our Flickr page.

Enjoy!

Congratulations to everyone who made this year’s SFU Student Entrepreneur of the Year a success. Held on November 14, 2009, the day featured a workshop by host Stewart Marshall (CMA) and Jim Derbyshire (SFU Mentor-in-Residence) and panelists Mike Tan (TeamPages), Milun Tesovic (MetroLeap), Brad Palmer (Jostle), and Maryam Mahdaviani.

The workshop was followed by the competition, where Colleen Collins (SFU Associate Dean of Business), and Phil Holland (SFU Entrepreneur-in-Residence) joined as the judges.

We are glad to announce Benjamin Brown-Bentley of Adrenaline Productions as the 2009 Student Entrepreneur of the Year, and Ammar Sultan of International Student Connections (ISC) as the 2009 Best New Student Entrepreneur of the Year.

The other competition finalists were, for Student Entrepreneur of the Year, Nigel Tunnacliffe (GE-Free Solutions) and Glen Chua (Moonlite Productions), and for Best New Student of the Year, Manuel Pineault (Webinar Stock).

Applications are now CLOSED for this year’s competition, Thank you very much to all of the applicants who applied for either the SFU Student Entrepreneur of the Year and Best New Student Entrepreneur.

We look forward to reviewing the applications, all finalists will be notified on November 7th, 2009.

Entrepreneurs! The deadline for the SFU Student Entrepreneur of the Year and Best new Student Entrepreneur is approaching, so PLEASE answer the 4 questions located here for your chance to get out and expose your brand, receive feedback on how you’re doing things, and more importantly WIN $$ FOR YOUR BUSINESS! Applications for the competitions will be closed on November 4th, 2009. Good Luck to everyone!

Also, there is more information developing regarding the workshop, so stay tuned!

Learn even more about what’s happening on the competition date with our new pages: Itinerary and Watching the Competition. We’ve cleaned up the website a bit, and the media section will be online soon!

Registration for the SEY Workshop & Discussion Panel are now open! Come out to a 2 hour workshop held on November 14th before the competition and learn from successful student entrepreneurs about starting your own venture.

Registration is free, but there is very limited seating! Please sign up as soon as possible to avoid any disappointment.

Sign up today at this page!

The applications for the SEY 2009 and Best New Student Entrepreneur are now open! Check out our “Apply Now!” Page for more information on how you can be a part of the competition.

The applications for this year’s Student Entrepreneur of the Year and Best New Entrepreneur will be open on September 28, 2009. Check back on the website that day for details on how you can be a part of this competition.

SFU’s Student Entrepreneurship of the Year 2009 is based on the idea that competition fuels innovation, motivation equals perspiration, and risk provides an even sweeter reward. SEY will put the students of Simon Fraser University to the test in a high-stakes environment like no other.