The Entrepreneurship Training Program (ETP) Inspiration - Summer 2025 (June 5 - July 31, 2025) is a certificate ETP program which includes 8 weekly special topic sessions (hybrid mode, 2-3 pm every Thursday), post-session reflections (online) and an optional part titled one-on-one or group entrepreneurship advice and support meetups. ETP participants, including both new students and ETP alumni, can learn about guest speakers' entrepreneurial journeys, business ideas, targeted customers, startups, ventures and how they deal with challenges. The ETP Inspiration program also transfers invaluable experiences from the entrepreneurs to the ETP Discover and Develop Program graduates to take their next steps. It simultaneously provides the basic knowledge needed in entrepreneurship, such as start-up versus small business and entrepreneurial mindset development.

This program inspires participants to learn about entrepreneurship, even if they have no business experience and have never done or thought they would become entrepreneurs. The main content of this program will be "Share from and Talk with Entrepreneurs." The majority of speakers will be MUN alumni who are currently successful entrepreneurs.

ETP participants can learn about guest speakers' entrepreneurial journeys, business ideas, targeted customers, startups, and how they dealt with challenges. It also transfers invaluable experiences from the entrepreneurs to the ETP Discover and Develop Program graduates to take their next steps. Besides, this program aims to provide the basic knowledge needed in entrepreneurship, such as start-up versus small business, and entrepreneurial mindset development.  Moreover, ETP participants can network and gather to talk about their business ideas.

Guest speakers

The School of Graduate Studies is very proud to have excellent guest speakers present for the ETP Inspiration - Summer 2025:

• Dr. Calos Bazan, Associate Professor, Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Research,Faculty of Business Administration, MUN
• Lilija Spiglazovaite, Client Partner at Meta
• Kyle Hickey, Ph.D., Startup Coach, PropelICT
• Heather Elliott, Maritime Researcher, Original Shipster
• Brian Hurley, Business Manager and President, Iron Rock Brewing Co.
• Wanda Cuff Young, CEO, White Rock Consulting| President, Atlantic Trading Corporation| Vice President of Operations, Work Global Canada Inc.
• Suren Margaryan, Co-Founder and COO, CakeyHand
• Mackenzie Warford , President - Canadian Hydroponic Association,  Papa's Farm   

The  Program outline, benefits, session schedule, requirements and attendance of the ETP Inspiration - Summer 2025 can be reviewed here: ETP Inspiration Handbook

The application for the ETP Inspiration - Summer 2025  is now open!