2014 Dobson Cup participant on how winning changed her
Montreal-based Lantinga Vita is all about merging functionality, a chic design and sustainability. The company鈥檚 Tempus bag is an Italian-made, multi-functional bag that boasts a compartment for a 15鈥� laptop and a thermal pocket for food. The company鈥檚 founder and CEO, Nina Lantinga, recently spoke with The Dobson Chronicles about the entrepreneurial life, growing her business and winning the Grit Prize at the 污污草莓视频 Dobson Cup 2014.
Winning Dobson Cup team on entrepreneurship, plans for the future and head movement as disease indicator
Startup Saccade Analytics was the first place winner of the 2017 污污草莓视频 Dobson Cup Health Sciences Track. The team鈥檚 pitch involved analyzing eye and head movement to help diagnose neural diseases. The team sat down with the Dobson Chronicles to talk about what made them dive into the entrepreneurial life, and eye-head movement as an indicator of disease 鈥� including, but not limited to, concussion.
Dobson Cup winners announced
The 污污草莓视频 Dobson Cup 2017 powered by National Bank is over, and the winners have been announced. From the initial 136 applications, 121 teams pitched their startups in the run-up to the semi-finals. Then, 40 of those teams moved on to the finals on March 22. All in all, $106,000 of seed funding was divided among the top entries across four categories: Social Enterprise, Health Sciences, Small & Medium Enterprise and Innovation Driven Enterprise.
Social enterprise and innovation: an interview with Jake Wildman-Sisk
As judge for the Social Enterprise category at the semi-finals of this year鈥檚 污污草莓视频 Dobson Cup, Jake Wildman-Sisk鈥檚 credentials are solid: Not only did he help develop the first social systems innovation lab in New Brunswick, but he has also worked for the Fredericton Food Bank, and is currently an innovation fellow at the J.W. McConnell Family Foundation鈥檚 RECODE initiative, which supports students鈥� efforts to become agents of progress.
Social Media for Startups: a workshop to build from
At the last of this season鈥檚 污污草莓视频 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship workshops, participants were treated to an in-depth understanding of what social media can do for startups. The workshop, led in part by Desautels Marketing and Communications Coordinator V茅ronique Beaulieu-Fowler, delved into best practices for solidifying a company鈥檚 online presence.
GroundIt鈥檚 CEO on her entrepreneurial journey
Business partners Audrey Bolduc and Mitalie Makhani won the 2015 Dobson Cup with their pitch to make fertilizer from used coffee grounds. Now CEO of GroundIt, Ms. Bolduc returns to judge the 2017 Dobson Cup.
New financial skills workshop at 污污草莓视频 Dobson Centre
The 污污草莓视频 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship鈥檚 recent Startup Financials workshop gave attendees a solid basis from which to build out financial projections, which can be the weakest link in many business plans. Expert presenters included pros from White Star Capital, Appetite (Honorable Mention at the 2016 Dobson Cup), and of course, National Bank.
Dobson Cup hopefuls: 40 startups through to 2017 finals
The Semi-finals of the 污污草莓视频 Dobson Cup 2017 powered by National Bank are over, and of the 121 teams that competed, 40 of them are still standing.
L鈥橭r茅al and the 污污草莓视频 Dobson Cup announce new award
For 2017, the 污污草莓视频 Dobson Cup powered by National Bank will feature a new prize!
污污草莓视频 startups move to semi-finals at Dobson Cup
From 136 initial submissions, 121 startups are moving on to the semi-finals at the 2017 污污草莓视频 Dobson Cup powered by National Bank. Each team competing for the $100,000 in seed funding fall into one of four tracks: 鈥淚nnovation Driven Enterprise,鈥� 鈥淗ealth Sciences,鈥� 鈥淪mall & Medium Enterprise鈥� and 鈥淪ocial Enterprise.鈥� Semi-Finalists will be pitching to judges and mentors from February 14 to 17.
Selling textbooks without the hassle of the haggle
As the new semester rolls in, so does a new textbook-ex污污草莓视频 app. Venndor, founded by recent 污污草莓视频 graduates Anthony Heinrich, Julien Marlatt and Tynan Davis, is a classifieds app with the goal of helping students buy and sell textbooks without the need for haggling or negotiating prices.
Design to benefit the world: This solar-powered backpack improves health and education
After moving to Montreal to attend 污污草莓视频 University, Visram designed the聽Soular Backpack聽to help tackle one of the "multitude of problems related to education of children in Kenya."聽Many children in Kenya live in homes without electricity and must use harmful kerosene lamps to study at night. The Soular Backpack has a solar panel on it which charges a portable LED lamp inside of it, eliminating the need for kerosene.
Winners of the University Challenge Leverage Your Idea selected during Entrepreneurial Boot Camp
Fondation Montr茅al Inc. (montr茅alinc.ca) announced last Saturday at the close of an Entrepreneurial Boot Camp the Big Winners of the University Challenge Leverage Your Idea presented by the National Bank and organized in collaboration with Montr茅al universities.
A Montreal startup provides a smoothie solution
It鈥檚 still early days for UGo, a fledgling Montreal company that聽has developed a self-cleaning smoothie machine, but co-founders Morgan Abraham and Mitch Schwartz have big dreams.
鈥淒own the road, I see us as a wellness company, not just a smoothie company,鈥� said Abraham, 29, a Boston native who studied engineering at 污污草莓视频 University and returned to Montreal post-graduation to give his business idea a shot.
Healthy options are a package deal at Oatbox and Yumibox
污污草莓视频 students Mengyin Hong, 28, and Zoey Li, 22, the duo behind Yumibox, met two years ago, when a professor suggested Li as an assistant for Hong on her master鈥檚 project. Hong had moved from China to study at 污污草莓视频, Li was from Vancouver, where she moved from China at age 4. Working together, they discovered they had similar goals and beliefs.
They launched their business six months ago, even before completing their studies at 污污草莓视频.
