studytrip 2011: vancouver

VancouverStudytrip Entrepreneurship 2011

Creative, intelligent, highly skilled people from all over the world. A welcoming, cosmopolitan lifestyle. A wealth of activities at your doorstep. A thriving, entrepreneurial business environment. This is Vancouver.

Why Vancouver?

As some of you might know, I (Barry) will go to Vancouver for a couple of months. While I‘m there I have enough time to set up some interesting activities in and around the city of Vancouver for our studytrip. I have never been to Vancouver before, but I‘m sure it‘s a wonderful city and with a little effort it should be possible to arrange a awesome studytrip for all of us!

Some opinions about Vancouver: "You’re gorgeous, baby, you’re sophisticated, you live well...Vancouver is Manhattan with mountains. It’s a liquid city, a tomorrow city, equal parts India, China, England, France and the Pacific Northwest. It’s the cool North American sibling." – The New York Times

"Vancouver is a city unlike any other. Wherever I look, I see water or mountains -- or both. And everyone looks so healthy." – The Daily Telegraph (UK)

"Vancouver is one of North America’s most under-rated tourist destinations. It is a modern, travel-friendly city with a unique mix of cultures. The relatively mild Pacific Northwest climate and an energetic restaurant and nightlife scene are other features that make this such an attractive city." – LowFares.com

What to do in Vancouver (as a tourist)

Visit the Olympic City of the Winter Games 2010We can go to Whistler and see if there is any snow left to go skiing or snowboarding. Or we can take a look at the Richmond Olympic Oval and see where it all went wrong for the Dutch world champion Sven Kramer on the 10k.

Check out the wonderful nature and do some outdoor activitiesWhat about bungee jumping, skydiving, whalewatching or rafting (this time on a real river :P)?

Visit downtown VancouverIn Vancouver you can enjoy world class shopping (girls save some extra money for this trip ;), go to sporting events, theatre, spectacular sights and attractions, and last but not least amazing nightlife!

Entrepreneurship & Vancouver

Vancouver is a magnet for intelligent, talented people from around the world. Creative, entrepreneurial citizens make Vancouver an innovation incubator – a place where new ideas, products and services are born.

Vancouver is closest to Asia of all major North American cities, Vancouver is a fast-growing, increasingly important gateway between North America and the booming economies of Asia Pacific

Businesses benefit from a diverse workforce: more than 40,000 people immigrate to British Columbia each year

Key sectors Digital Media - more than 600 digital media companies Film & Television production - Hollywood North ICT - more than 6,000 companies Sustainability - Vancouver companies accounted for almost half of Deloitte’s “Technology Green 15 Companies” Tourism - Nearly 9 million people visit Vancouver each year

What to do in Vancouver (as an Entrepreneurship student)

Visit start-ups in the Film industry

Check out the companies that emerged because of the Olympics

Visit universities in Vancouver and see how they teach EshipUBC, SFU and Quantlin University are all world class universities where entrepreneurship is being teached

Visit global companies and see why they are located in Vancouveri.e. Microsoft Corporation, Intel, IBM, Broadcom, 3M, Eastman Kodak Company, Harmon International Industries, Sophos, Oracle, Business Objects, Nokia, Honeywell International Raytheon and Seiko Epson.

Meet entrepreneurs who immigrated to Vancouver

Check out the opportunities for setting up your own company in Vancouver!

View from Stanely Park

Robson Street

China Town

Whistler

Ice Hockey: Canucks

Vancouver Facts & Studytrip themes

Facts

Population: 2.1 million people

City is named after the Dutch city Coevorden

Multicultural city

World most "livable city“

Possible themes:

Ethnic Entrepreneurship (1/3 of all inhabitants is Chinese)

Entrepreneurship in the film business

Olympics – Entrepreneurship & Sports

Want more?!

Check out this video to get a feeling about what the city is like:

Click here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqYrh6uTsb0

Questions?

?Any questions? Send me a message on Facebook!

Good luck studying everybody!

Barry