03-01 Entrepreneurship in our Education System
It seemed so noble and exciting to develop a plan to bring the teaching of entrepreneurship into the Canadian education system, but when I introduced a plan to create the Canadian Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies in partnership with Ryerson (now a University), the reality was that I did not believe the Canadian Federation of Independent…
03-02 The World Comes to Toronto
The 1st International Research Conference on EntrepreneurshipThe Canadian Centre for Entrepreneurship Studies was rolling in 1973 and on a suggestion from our guru, Professor Al Shapiro of Ohio State University, we organized the first international conference on Entrepreneurship Research. It would be a dry run for a huge conference planned for 1974 in Manilla.A dozen…
03-03 Secret Sources
The Non-Institutional Equity MarketIt was general knowledge that most small firms receive the equity capital they need in their businesses from family and friends, a source of capital that is not recorded anywhere. It is generally referred to as the non-institutional equity market. And if we really want to stimulate small business growth, we want…
03-04 Making Entrepreneurship Psychologically Credible
When the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) started to take off in the Fall of 1973, I had to close the Canadian Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies (CCES) at Ryerson. It was a painful decisio, but the Board of CFIB encouraged me to continue my efforts to promote entrepreneurship and new venture formation through a…