Neil Wolff

Neil Wolff (Bcomm, MBA)

Biographical Sketch

Neil Wolff is the Program Director of Entrepreneurship and Strategy at Ryerson University. He is also currently a PhD candidate in Policy and Entrepreneurial Studies at the Schulich School of Business (York University) in Toronto, Canada. Neil earned a MBA from Clarkson University and a B. Comm. from Ryerson University. Neil has been involved in many business start-ups and consulting endeavors. His research interests feature entrepreneurship, opportunity identification in business development and self-employment. He currently sits on a loan approval committee for the Canadian Youth Business Foundation and actively mentors young nascent entrepreneurs.

Research

Papers in refereed conference proceedings

Wolff, N., “The story of Entrepreneurship Program and Ryerson: Past, Present and Future” Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Regina. Canada, November 11-13, 2004.
Wolff, N., “Earning Equity: A Comparative Study of Changing Gender Earning Differentials Between Wage Earners and Self-employed”, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC), Halifax. Canada,, 2003.
Wolff, N., “Does Compensation Really Matter: A Study of Venture Capital Returns In Canada”, Babson’s Research Conference, June 2002.
Wolff, N., “Managing the Downside While Maximizing the Upside: Real Options Reasoning to Entrepreneurial Learning”, Babson’s Entrepreneurship Conference, 2001.

Teaching

Professor Wolff teaches the following courses:
ENT 601- Identifying Opportunities
ENT 726- Creating a Business Plan