

Investing in Experience: 40 Years of Lessons and Innovation
Coffee with Kyle - Lazaridis School Podcast Series by Lazaridis School of Business & Economics
S2 · E8
Dec 11, 2025
33:21
Episode notes
Episode 08 features Professor of Finance, Brian Smith.
Join Dean Kyle Murray and Brian Smith for a candid discussion on Brian’s experience as a finance professor at WLU for nearly 40 years. Reflecting on his career, Brian recounts his favourite stories of alumni, how business education has evolved, and his experience supervising both the Lazaridis Student Investment Fund and Start Up Fund.
The two also discuss the importance of experiential learning and how it has evolved alongside technology, the passion for teaching in post-secondary, and Brian’s plans and advice for retirement.
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