Suburbia Advertising CEO Speaks to MBAs About Creativity

VICTORIA, BC – Suburbia Advertising is pleased to announce that its CEO, Mary-Lynn Bellamy-Willms recently spoke to a crowd of over 80 MBA students and mentors at an MBA Mentor Conference sponsored by the University of Victoria and held at the Victoria Technology Park.

Based on 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur, Mary-Lynn spoke about “Entrepreneurship as an Act of Creativity.” “Having an idea is a tiny part of entrepreneurship – taking risks and putting an idea into action is the heart of entrepreneurship and it requires a lot of creativity,” says Mary-Lynn.

Mary-Lynn is the Founder and CEO of Suburbia Advertising, a leading retail branding agency in Western Canada and one of BC’s top 10 ad agencies. She is also the Founder and CEO of FunctionFox – a web-based time tracking system for small to mid-sized creative companies.

Begun in 2000, today FunctionFox has 25,000 users worldwide and was recently voted the number one online time tracking system by Creative Business magazine.

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Contact: Jacquie Arnatt, General Manager
Suburbia Advertising
jacquiearnatt@suburbiaadvertising.com
www.suburbiaadvertising.com
(250) 744-1231 x 237