Last October 27 and 28, the Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship hosted the inaugural听Dobson Day in NY. In collaboration with the听, this online startup tour听aimed to introduce and connect a select group of retail focused听Dobson entrepreneurs to听the dynamic NYC ecosystem of investors.
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Fourteen Dobson startups benefited from one-on-one coaching and mentoring, attended听ShopTalk听retail week where they engaged in meetings with potential clients, partners and investors, participated in听TechDay, the largest startup event in the US and finally, pitched to a hundred potential investors and industry leaders during a two-day event. A panel of retail experts were on hand to help guide the conversation during these two days, giving insights into the NYC ecosystem and the opportunities that lie beyond Canadian borders.听
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Attending Founders came away from the experience with insightful feedback from industry, precious business leads听and for some, tangible investor interest. Three teams received special recognition for their strong potential and disruptive concepts:听,听 and听.听
鈥淲e are extremely pleased with the outcome...鈥澨齭tates听Kika Armata, Program Manager at the Dobson Centre.听鈥�...many Dobson Founders have since connected with potential investors who they would not have had the opportunity to meet otherwise.鈥澨�
We wish to extend our thanks to the听Minist猫re听de l鈥櫭塩onomie et de l鈥橧nnovation du听Qu茅bec听for making this event possible and to the panel of industry experts听Tim听Ceci, Gregory Larkin, Safia听Morsly-Fikai, Lora Tisi and Yolanda M. Wardowski who brilliantly animated the conversation听throughout听the听event.听
Learn more about听all of听the Virtual Dobson Day startups in our brochure.
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