Will Fraser – Co-Founder & CEO
“The introduction to business thought and practices in the three entrepreneurial classes was great. We got to interact with people who thought differently than us and that helped us to learn to think differently. It was a little disappointing to discover that there really was no magic pill that they could give us to be great at business. However, I think we received many tools to be better prepared to start learning about creating businesses.”
Logan Volkers – Co-Founder & COO
“The classes took me out of the crowd of engineers that I understood and placed me in a foreign land. I have friends and colleagues that worked and studied in business, but I was still out of my element when placed in a business classroom. I guess that working and studying directly with someone forms a much more intimate relationship than one forged from casual conversations such as from the hallways of my former workplaces. The result of this intimate relationship is a better understanding of the way of thinking and speaking that businessmen (and women) use. Being able to relate to others, regardless of professional discipline, will be an invaluable skill in starting this company.”
Torben Werner – Co-Founder & CTO
“(Engineering Entrepreneurship@UVic) is a great way to become a well-rounded engineer. It has challenged me to improve in areas outside my comfort zone and allowed me to excel in those areas. The business aspect of the program is an example of one such area where I had little to no experience, but was challenged to succeed at. I believe that having an exposure to such a diverse set of skills will prove to be invaluable in my future career.”
Jeff Crowe
“…I certainly felt a bit out of my element in the MBA classes. The environment was very different from what I have gotten used to in my engineering courses. They are highly ‘class discussion’ oriented and I was a bit surprised to find that I tended to learn more from my peers in the class than I did from the professor. The projects were quite useful and it was nice that they built up upon each other, but I got frustrated by the huge overlap and outright copy and pasting that was needed between reports for the same class and for other classes.”