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In Living Colour: Brian Wong, BCom 2009, takes Silicon Valley by storm

Brian Wong takes Silicon Valley by Storm

 

 

Brian Wong has been described as “a budding Bill Gates.”

To date, he has started 4 companies. He has worked in marketing, developed an iPhone app, created a widely successful online social media tool, and most recently a mobile advertising platform bridging advertising and gaming, called \"kiip\" (pronounced wii-style \"keep\").

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Sauder students help Kenyans turn dreams into business

SE 101

“Before SE101, I was running my bar and restaurant the way other businesses were run, and I was struggling. After SE101, I took a different turn and started running my business the way my customers would appreciate,” says Sammy Masheti.

Masheti is one of about 225 impoverished, but entrepreneurial, Kenyan youths who have received training in business planning, thanks to Sauder’s Social Entrepreneurship 101: Africa initiative. Project development started in 2005, with the first training session held in 2006. Nancy Langton, Associate Professor, Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Division, has led the project since the beginning.

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