Andrea Belvedere, a fourth-year student at Ryerson’s Ted Rogers School of Management, is technically not an entrepreneur, but she is being featured because she may have done more for youth entrepreneurship than any other student or recent grad in Canada.

Andrea Belvedere, a fourth-year Ted Rogers School of Management student who has been highly involved on campus throughout her time at Ryerson, explains the benefits of getting involved with on-campus student-run organizations.

What makes a successful student or young professional? Recent grad Derrick Fung says, “Having an early start allows students find what they really like as well as give themselves a competitive advantage.”

The best time to learn all there is to know and grow into a true professional at what you do is when you’re fresh out of school. Focus on earning later!

As the band’s manager for four years, I learned how to be a leader, work with a large group of people, design, balance finances, web design, promotion and, more recently, copyrights, grants and legalities surrounding making music in Canada. All of these are skills I can take to another job.

With practice, calls became an enjoyable conversation between two people with a shared university experience. In fact, majority of the alumni that I speak with provide helpful advice on programs or courses that helped them during their time at McMaster.

After finishing my BAH in Canada, I ended up in London doing an MSc at the London School of Economics. In Economic History.
Did it help my career?
The answer is Yes, but not in the way you might expect.
The education itself was useful. In fact I would say it was useful in the exact same way [...]