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ThresholdImpact founder to keynote BioAlberta event

BioAlberta is launching a monthly speaker series on January 27, 2015 and is pleased to welcome ThresholdImpact founder Dr. Ray Muzyka as the inaugural keynote of the event. Dr. Muzyka will be speaking on leadership and entrepreneurship, from the perspective of his experiences running and growing BioWare from a basement videogame startup to a division […]

ThresholdImpact founder at Startup Grind Las Vegas July 21st

(updated) Dr. Ray Muzyka spoke at Startup Grind’s event for entrepreneurs the evening of July 21st at the InNEVation Center in Las Vegas. Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs, hosting monthly events in more than 50 cities and 20 countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and […]

Ray Muzyka to speak at Atlantic Venture Forum

Threshold Impact founder Dr. Ray Muzyka will speak at the Atlantic Venture Forum, June 17-18th, 2014 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Ray will join Paul Singh from 500 Startups and Dawn Umlah from InnovaCorp in the panel “Crossing the Desert – Getting from Seed to the Elusive A-round.” More information about the panel and the […]

ThresholdImpact founder featured in New Trail magazine

Dr. Ray Muzyka is featured in this month’s New Trail magazine, in the story entitled “Ray Muzyka’s Next Chapter,” focused on his work in sustainable, profitable impact investing around disruptive information technology, new media and medical innovations, with passionate, capable social entrepreneurs. The story is available in print as well as online, here. http://newtrail.ualberta.ca/spring2014/features/ray-muzyka-next-chapter

Capital Ideas: How do you make mentorship work for you?

Threshold Impact founder Ray Muzyka will speak at the upcoming Capital Ideas lunch series for entrepreneurs, joining the panel focused on how entrepreneurs and mentors alike can maximize the potential of their mentorship relationships: How do you make mentorship work for you? For more information and to register, check out the event registration site or […]

Persistence, Decisions, Disruption and Exits

This post continues the Conversation on Entrepreneurship series from the last few blog posts.  In this blog, I’ll talk about life as an entrepreneur, why focusing entirely on an exit isn’t the best way to grow a company or create enduring value, some things to keep in mind when making decisions, and how to successfully […]

Teamwork and Culture

This post continues the conversation on entrepreneurship series of the last two blog posts. In this blog I’ll talk about the importance of hiring and retaining a great team to succeed in entrepreneurial endeavors, about structures, systems and people and how they help form your culture, and the importance of clear communication for entrepreneurs. The […]

Core Values and Vision

How did BioWare achieve the steady growth over two decades that I described in the last post in this blog series, a Conversation on Entrepreneurship? Throughout, we focused on our core values. I think this is one of the most enduring attributes of great companies. Entrepreneurs need to have brutal clarity on what they consider […]