Թ News - Alex Kalil /channels/news_feeds/all/term/Alex%20Kalil/rss en Why this serial entrepreneur finally went back to school /channels/channels/news/why-serial-entrepreneur-finally-went-back-school-256901 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Nicholas Reichenbach believes in letting the ideas flow.</p> <p><span>Similarly, <strong>Alexander Kalil</strong>, a former portfolio manager in his 70s who teaches at Թ’s Desautels Faculty of Management in Montreal, encourages MBA students to take an open-minded approach to business creation.</span></p> <p><span>Read full article: <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/business-education/why-this-serial-entrepreneur-finally-went-back-to-school/article27282049/" target="_blank">The Globe and Mail</a>, November 16, 2015</span></p> <p> </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">20 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:41:54 +0000 webfull 114158 at /channels Business schools work to bridge the gap between academia and industry /channels/news/business-schools-work-bridge-gap-between-academia-and-industry-239555 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>There’s a story Julian Barlow likes to tell people when he’s making a presentation.</p> <p>In 1995 he was teaching a transformational leadership course when a student asked if Barlow would lead a training session for his staff.</p> <p>... <span><strong>Alex Kalil</strong>, professor at <strong>Թ’s Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies</strong> in Montreal, has been a long-standing proponent for injecting industry experience into the classroom. That’s because he has had a decades-long history conversing with students within and outside a campus environment.</span></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">16 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2014</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:06:14 +0000 webfull 105925 at /channels Going Off on Your Own (or Not): MBA Electives in Entrepreneurship /channels/news/going-your-own-or-not-mba-electives-entrepreneurship-237643 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><span>From Richard Branson to Steve Jobs, entrepreneurs might be considered the defining business leaders of this generation.</span></p> <p><span>... “When they come into the class, 90 percent of them don't know what they're going to do,” says </span><strong>Alex Kalil</strong><span>, who teaches on two entrepreneurship courses at Թ's Desautels Faculty of Management. </span><br /><br /><span>Read full article: </span><a href="http://www.find-mba.com/article/942/going-off-on-your-own-or-not-mba-electives-in-entrepreneurship" target="_blank">Find MBA</a></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">24 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2014</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 24 Jul 2014 17:30:34 +0000 webfull 103699 at /channels