{"id":6590,"date":"2024-03-01T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T16:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/?p=6590"},"modified":"2025-03-03T14:16:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:16:31","slug":"shannon-ryan-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/2024\/shannon-ryan-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Lunch &#038; Learn with Shannon Ryan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Lunch &#038; Learn with Shannon Ryan\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>On Friday, March 1st, 2024 the Innovation Hub hosted a Lunch and Learn with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/shannonryanvaltech\/\">Shannon Ryan<\/a>, the Executive Vice President \u2013 North America, at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valtech.com\/en-ca\/\">Valtech<\/a>. Shannon Ryan is an entrepreneur with almost 25 years in the world of digital and has experience both starting and selling companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students across all faculties were invited to bring their lunch, a laptop or notebook, and any questions they wanted to ask our guest speaker. Shannon led an informative talk centered around the topic of buying and selling a business, receiving funding for early stage businesses, and digitization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He advised the students to work in a partnership when finding business partners, and ensure their business partners have trust, are not obsessed with money, want to build a more inclusive team, and find long-term alignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still curious about entrepreneurship? Be sure to check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/events\/\">Events &amp; Community Networking<\/a> page for more events and learning opportunities!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/Shannon-Ryan-lunch-and-learn-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Shannon Ryan lunch and learn\" class=\"wp-image-6608\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, March 1st, 2024 the Innovation Hub hosted a Lunch and Learn with Shannon Ryan, the Executive Vice President \u2013 North America, at Valtech. Shannon Ryan is an entrepreneur with almost 25 years in the world of digital and has experience both starting and selling companies. 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