Waterloo Engineering students and alumni are invited to participate in an exclusive virtual Office Hour "Should I Start a Business or Get a Job?" sponsored by Ten Thousand Coffees.
Let the great debate begin! On July 15th, join us for our most controversial Office Hour yet: deciding if you should stake out and create your own venture or accept that job offer. If you’re still navigating your next steps as a fresh graduate or if you've ever thought about starting your own business but didn’t know if it was the right move, this is the event for you!
Dave Wilkin (BSc 2011), an entrepreneur and CEO of Ten Thousand Coffees, will host three esteemed guests: an entrepreneur, a venture capitalist, and an early career leader for their take on a question they’ve often had to answer: Should I Start a Business or Get a Job? RSVP to receive the Cisco Webex link to join. Bring your questions and get ready for a fun panel discussion!
Join the Waterloo Engineering Hub (powered by Ten Thousand Coffees) to gain access to this Office Hour. If you are already a member of the Waterloo Engineering Hub, please sign in to RSVP.
Panel
Speakers:
Trang
Trinh
Trang
Trinh
is
the
Founding
Director
&
CEO
of
TREC
Brands,
a
recreational
cannabis
brand
house
that
developed
and
manages
WINK,
Blissed,
and
Thumbs
Up
brands.
Trang
obtained
her
Chartered
Accountant
designation
at
PricewaterhouseCoopers
and
expanded
out
into
industry
at
Loblaw
Companies
and
Joe
Fresh.
Trang
also
worked
at
Deloitte
Canada’s
Women
Initiative
Network
national
chair
working
to
recruit,
develop
and
retain
top
talent
women
at
the
firm.
Trang is a champion for diversity and inclusion. She is a mentor to many and continues to pursue her mission of equality and values-based foundation at TREC Brands, a company who believes that values drive profits, not the other way around. TREC Brands won Employer of the Year at the Canadian Cannabis Awards in 2019.
Isabel
Hazan
Isabel
works
as
an
investment
analyst
at
Leaders
Fund,
a
venture
capital
firm
based
in
Toronto
investing
in
early
stage
technology
companies
across
North
America
and
Israel.
Before
joining
Leaders
Fund,
she
worked
at
iGan
Partners,
a
healthcare-focused
venture
capital
firm,
and
at
an
early
stage
startup
in
Singapore
as
one
of
15
students
selected
for
the
Cansbridge
Fellowship.
Isabel earned the Schulich Leaders Scholarship to complete her degree in Applied Mathematics and Mechanical Engineering at Queen's University (Class of 2020), where she managed a student-run coffee shop alongside her studies.
Brien
Convery
Brien
is
the
voice
and
advocate
of
diversity,
inclusion,
and
belonging
as
the
National
Director,
Early
Talent
Communities
and
Inclusive
Recruitment
at
RBC,
engineering
people-centric
recruitment
strategies
and
plans
focused
on
the
attraction
and
engagement
of
early
talent
and
inclusive
recruitment.
Brien is a multi-award winning student experience maker, published thought leader, speaker and podcaster and has been featured in several magazines and conferences in North America.