Nobody ever told Stephanie Yong she might not get a job after studying what she loved. After graduating with a degree in political science, Yong did what many others do and left her home town.
“I went overseas for 7 years and travelled the world,” said Yong. “I saw as much of the world as I possibly could before coming back, which really opened up my eyes to so many different things. I travelled back to Saskatoon and started my MBA and started a business shortly after.”
Yong is the director at the University of Saskatchewan’s Brett Wilson Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning and a Startup Canada Saskatoon Community Leader. She’s also an an intrapraneur who has been instrumental to the development of Saskatchewan’s startup entrepreneurship and campus community.
On this week’s #StartupPodcast, we get the low-down on the Saskatoon startup scene, building entrepreneurial campuses and intra-preneurship.
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