13 | Building Future Leaders Through The Cansbridge Fellowship

In this episode of The Inflection Point, I dive into an amazing conversation with William. William is the founder and principal benefactor of the  Fellowship of amazing young talented people from major Canadian universities since 2011. Adding approx. 25-30 Fellows every year from all disciplines of study: engineering, economics, businesses, political science, life & social sciences with the objective of creating and fostering leaders of tomorrow.  Over 215 Fellows (as of 2023) are enjoying much accelerated challenging and rewarding careers around the world, including running their own startups. Cansbridge Fellowship has been self-administered by Fellows since 2014 with an acceptance rate of about 2.4% - 3.5% . The Fellowship is supported and sponsored by University of Alberta, McGill University, Queen's University, University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, Western University, University of Waterloo, McMaster University, Simon Fraser University and the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Hit that play button and dive right into our conversation to learn more about William and his ambitions with The Cansbridge Fellowship! We hope you enjoy this episode of The Inflection Point! There are  a lot of exciting episodes coming up as I dive into  deep conversations around starting a company from an entrepreneur's point of view and the ups and downs that come along with it in the process. Please leave us a comment with your thoughts and you can send your questions to [email protected] so that I can ask those questions to our guests and spark insightful conversations around entrepreneurship. You can also follow us on instagram @theinflectionpointwithshaan and if you leave today with one message, I hope it's this - “Change is inevitable, Embrace it if you can”. See you all next week!