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۲ݮƵ Food Startups Connecting with Montreal’s Food and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

By Joëlle Rondeau, Research Assistant, ۲ݮƵ Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics

On the evening of March 21, 2018, ۲ݮƵ students and entrepreneurs from diverse horizons gathered at Esplanade, a collaborative space dedicated to entrepreneurship and social innovation in Montreal’s Mile-Ex neighbourhood.

Published: 27 Apr 2018

Dobson Cup 2018 finalist CandyCutlery offers advice on founding a startup

The Dobson Chronicles interviews Daniel Van Acker, member of the Dobson Cup finalist startup CandyCutlery, about what motivated him to become an entrepreneur and what it takes to succeed. For Van Acker, the recipe for success includes a lot of hard work; “there are no shortcuts”, as he says.

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Published: 2 Mar 2018

Dean Bajeux on the ۲ݮƵ Dobson Centre

In a recent interview with Radio Canada International, Desautels Dean Isabelle Bajeux comments on the impact that the ۲ݮƵ Dobson Centre has had to date and on what its ranking by UBI Global means to the Faculty.

Published: 2 Mar 2018

Marketing Campaign: Who's behind Desautels?

How can food help narrow the social divide in our cities?

Learn more about how Desautels students are behind some of the most meaningful social enterprises.

Published: 25 Jan 2018

Dobson opens new space to propel entrepreneurship

The ۲ݮƵ Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship has inaugurated a collaborative space where members of ۲ݮƵ’s startup ecosystem can come together and work on their early stage projects.

Located at 3430 McTavish, the space is available on a drop-in basis every weekday between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm.

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Published: 29 Nov 2017

Who commercialized the world’s first electric snowmobile?

Desautels is behind some of the country’s most innovative startups

Taiga Motors, founded by ۲ݮƵ graduates Gabriel Bernatchez (Beng'16), Sam Bruneau (Beng'15) and Paul Achard (Beng'14), have developed the world’s first electric snowmobile, eliciting interest and enthusiasm from local and international snowmobilers and investors alike.

Published: 25 Oct 2017

Dobson Centre explores the future and emergent technologies

On October 18, the ۲ݮƵ Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship hosted its third workshop of the fall season, which focused on the technological innovations that are shaking up the business world.

The two invited guest speakers were Matthew Boerum from Audible Reality, winner of the 2017 ۲ݮƵ Dobson Cup, and Yves Guillaume A. Messy, founder of insurance startup QGS Technologies Ltd.

Published: 25 Oct 2017

۲ݮƵ-Notman partnership takes ۲ݮƵ startups one step further

Established under the ۲ݮƵ Innovation Collective, the ۲ݮƵ-Notman partnership offers short-term residencies to startup cofounders affiliated with ۲ݮƵ either as students, alumni, or as staff or researchers.

Published: 11 Oct 2017

Dobson Demo Days take ۲ݮƵ innovations on the road

This year’s ۲ݮƵ X-1 Accelerator program has culminated with a series of Demo Days designed to give participants the opportunity to deliver their refined business pitches to ۲ݮƵ alumni and potential investors. In addition to Montreal, ۲ݮƵ’s budding entrepreneurs have made their way to Boston and San Francisco, with additional Demo Days planned for Toronto and New York in October.

Published: 26 Sep 2017

۲ݮƵ Dobson Centre Associate Director interviewed on PNR podcast

۲ݮƵ Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship Associate Director Renjie Butalid appeared on the PNR podcast to talk about his development as an entrepreneur, and how it led to his current position.

Published: 7 Sep 2017

۲ݮƵ Dobson Cup participants win Next Canada award for their insomnia solution

With their revolutionary earplugs, Kristina Pearkes (BEng’17) and Sean Kaiser (BEng’17) aim to end insomnia without medication. The duo is the brains behind Orbityl, the company that just received Next Canada’s Outstanding Next 36 Venture Award. The Next 36 is a young-entrepreneur accelerator run by Next Canada, which offers seed capital as well as mentorship opportunities.

Published: 17 Aug 2017

۲ݮƵ X-1 Accelerator: seventh week at a glance

Week seven of the ۲ݮƵ X-1 Accelerator was all about two things: Announcing a transformative $2 million gift from the John Dobson Foundation, and setting up for the upcoming Demo Days.

Published: 2 Aug 2017

John Dobson Foundation donates $2 million to support entrepreneurship at ۲ݮƵ

Montreal, Quebec, July 18, 2017 - The John Dobson Foundation has announced a donation of $2 million – its largest gift to ۲ݮƵ yet – to fund the ۲ݮƵ X-1 Accelerator program run by the ۲ݮƵ Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship. The gift will support the X-1 program, now in its third year, as it grows to support and promote entrepreneurship across ۲ݮƵ.

Published: 18 Jul 2017

۲ݮƵ X-1 Accelerator: fifth week at a glance

Product Development was the overall theme for week five of the ۲ݮƵ X-1 Accelerator. On the agenda was a talk by GrandeSlam Product VP Saad Benryane on adopting a customer-centric approach, followed by a networking talk by Desautels Director of Advancement Alexander King.

Published: 18 Jul 2017

A conversation with ۲ݮƵ Dobson judge Alexandra Conliffe

Alexandra Conliffe was a judge for the semi-final round of the 2017 ۲ݮƵ Dobson Cup’s Social Enterprise track. She is the Policy Innovation Director for the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship, and used to be VP Operations for Engineers Without Borders Canada.

Published: 11 Jul 2017

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