In Issue 5 of the Spring 2014 Iron Warrior I wrote an article entitled “Entrepreneurship: An Option.” I would like to officially retract this article, which does not provide a complete and accurate representation of the attributes of the entrepreneurship option provided by Waterloo Engineering and the Conrad Centre, and make clear that the opinions presented in the article were solely my own and did not represent the stances of the Iron Warrior or the Engineering Society.
The opinion in the article was written solely based on the limited information found in the online engineering course calendar, regrettably without input from the Conrad Centre at all.
To clarify, the entrepreneurship option is equally well suited for students in all engineering programs, because it is flexible and provides two streams for students to develop entrepreneurially: within existing, large organizations as well as startups.
There are two paths to to choose from when completing the option: Venture Creation Emphasis or Corporate Entrepreneurship Emphasis. Students taking the entrepreneurship option are required to complete courses in Economics (ECON 220), and Business, Entrepreneurship & Technology (BET 300, 320, & 400), as well as technical courses related to the experience, and other courses specific to the path chosen.
If you would like to find out more about the entrepreneurship option, visit the Conrad Centre’s webpage at uwaterloo.ca/conrad-
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