Tjan calls MBA mentoring appointment an honour
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to Tony Tjan, from St. John’s, recently about the venture capitalist’s new book, Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck, but he was just as excited about a soon-to-be announced accomplishment: his appointment as Harvard Business School’s entrepreneur-in-residence. “They ask some people that have had entrepreneurial and operating experience,” he said from Boston, home of his Cue Ball venture capital firm, and added that he considers it a “meaningful honour.” His duties will include advising MBA students interested in starting companies, and will also work with the school’s faculty on research and course development.
•• • The North Atlantic Fish and Workboat Show is coming back to Newfoundland this fall. The third edition of the event will be held at Mile One Centre Nov. 30 to Dec. 1, bringing together representatives of companies involved in any way working on or around the water.
•• • Mount Pearl’s Take Note Music School is celebrating 20 years in business this month. The school, directed by Catherine Whelan, teaches 650 young children a year, and has been in operation long enough that graduates of its programs who are now attending Memorial University’s school of music come back to teach while being mentored.
•• • The Jack Byrne Arena in Torbay will be expanding its trade show and event capacity with $87,000 from the provincial government. The money will go towards a new 17,000-squarefoot ice covering, staging, pipes and drapery, as well as tables and chairs so the arena can host bigger events in the off-season.
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The Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Technology Industries is recruiting Newfoundland companies to take part in the Pan-Atlantic business mission to Brazil during Futurecom — Latin America’s largest telecommunications, information technology and Internet event — in October. Anyone interested should contact Natasha Hudson, the association’s business development co-ordinator, at natasha@nati.net.
•• • Correction: In my column last week, I incorrectly identified Pascan Airlines as a New Brunswick-based company. In fact, the airline’s main operational base is Saint-Hubert, Que. The airport is across the river from Montreal and was a Royal Canadian Air Force base during the Second World War. My apologies for the mistake, and many thanks to Doug Cudmore of Gander for the information.