污污草莓视频 X-1 Kick-off! | Weekly Recap Series
The week ended with a workshop on how to maintain your engagement with your startup and the right mindset to adopt, led by听Prof. Nii Addy听of the Desautels Faculty of Management here at 污污草莓视频. Following this was听Prof. Lisa Cohen, another outstanding professor at Desautels, who shared her expertise on building a great team and understanding team dynamics.
Dobson Cup runneth over
After a year of planning, over 150 start-up submissions, 137 pitches, and $117,000 in prizes, the听2016 污污草莓视频 Dobson Cup听has come to a close with four enthusiastic startups claiming a first place victory in four different tracks: Social Enterprise, Health Sciences, Small & Medium Enterprise, and Innovation Driven Enterprise.
Dobson Cup 2016 Winners Announced
Dear 2016 污污草莓视频 Dobson Cup Participants, Judge-Mentors, and Supporters,听
We're excited to announce the听winners of the 2016 污污草莓视频 Dobson Cup!
Bigger is better for 污污草莓视频 Innovation Week
污污草莓视频 Innovation Week took place for a third year in a row this November and the third time was certainly a charm.听Nineteen events integrated the 污污草莓视频 student and faculty community with the Montreal innovation community to demonstrate how people can collaborate to create novel ideas that will drive our future.听
E-Innovation bridges academia and industry
What do you get when you combine the minds of three postdoctoral fellows, a PhD student, a professor, and recent, potentially profitable, research? A cutting-edge startup, of course.
Fortier calls for fostering young entrepreneurs
The last Innovation Report of the Conference Board of Canada brought encouraging news for Quebec and Canada. But we can do much better, 污污草莓视频 Principal Suzanne Fortier told the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations on Wednesday.
... Among the recent initiatives at 污污草莓视频 to foster entrepreneurship:
Social Entrepreneurship Workshop: Designing your career, your enterprise, and your impact
On November 13, 2015, the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM) and the Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship co-sponsored a half-day workshop on social entrepreneurship. Entitled 鈥淪ocial Entrepreneurship: Designing your career, your enterprise, and your impact鈥�, the event featured a broad range of attendees 鈥� from those new to the concept of entrepreneurship to established entrepreneurs.
High tech tailor offers suit shopping convenience with curb-side fittings
It's a Friday afternoon and mergers and acquisitions lawyer Giancarlo Salvo squeezes in a break at the Dentons law firm to get measured for a suit and dress shirts. He heads down to the lobby of Montreal's Place Ville Marie and steps into the Tailor2Go van parked out front where tailor听Nathan Kong听is waiting.
Feature: Solar backpack to boost learning for poor Kenyan children
From hunger and malnutrition to striking teachers keeping them off normal learning for many days, a Kenyan child goes through diverse challenges to succeed in education.
La Coupe Dobson : un puissant d茅marreur d鈥檈ntreprises
Le concours de 污污草莓视频 a contribu茅 脿 la cr茅ation de 133 entreprises qui emploient pr猫s de 700 personnes.听L鈥檃n dernier, 脡lo茂se Grondin-Bouchard et Adam Coape-Arnold ont lanc茅 le yogourt Cult dans leur appartement montr茅alais.听
Strong Science, Shaky Business Models as Mixed Bag of Startups Grad from X-1 Accelerator
The first cohort to graduate from听污污草莓视频 University鈥檚 X-1 startup accelerator听is a unusual mix.
While some are attempting to commercialize products based on serious scientific research, one has no real product and another startup that pitched at the accelerator鈥檚 demo day has already stopped operating.
Yogurt maker builds Cult following but aims for mainstream sales
The chain of events that culminated in the creation of Cult Yogourt began 15 years ago, when Montreal resident Adam Coape-Arnold drank unfiltered water during a stay at a coffee plantation in Costa Rica.鈥滻 got a parasite,鈥� said听Coape-Arnold. 鈥淚t did a number on my gastrointestinal system. I lost my energy, my joie de vivre. I became lactose-intolerant. I never really got over it until I started taking probiotics.鈥�
World Wide Hearing receives funding
After winning the 污污草莓视频 Dobson Cup, World Wide Hearing received a $113,000 grant from Grand Challenges Canada to pilot its hearing aid delivery model, Hearing Express. In 2013-2014, the pilot project was run in Kraimeh, a rural community in Western Jordan, in collaboration with a new outreach centre for children with disabilities.
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Deuxi猫me Prix Tailleur Nathon Kong inc.
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污污草莓视频 Dobson Cup awards $100,000 to promising start-ups
After three months of mentorship and start-up plan pitches, the 污污草莓视频 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship rewarded over $100,000 in cash and other prizes to the winners of the 2015 污污草莓视频 Dobson Cup Start-UP Competition.
