Launch of the University Challenge Leverage Your Idea
Students, Foreign Students and University Graduates aged 18 to 35 invited to submit their business idea.聽
Lancement du concours universitaire Le levier de ton id茅e
La Fondation Montr茅al inc. organise en collaboration avec les universit茅s montr茅alaises, pour la deuxi猫me ann茅e, le concours universitaire聽Le levier de ton id茅e,聽pr茅sent茅 par la Banque Nationale.
Succ猫s acc茅l茅r茅 pour une entreprise appuy茅e par un programme de McGill
Lanc茅e l鈥檃n dernier, la jeune entreprise Key2Access peut d茅j脿 compter sur une expertise vari茅e au sein m锚me de la famille qui l鈥檃 fond茅e聽: Sarah est 茅tudiante en droit 脿 McGill, Sophie est dipl么m茅e en gestion internationale et leur p猫re, Motaz, est ing茅nieur.
Entrepreneurial courses for those who could use them the most
At 51吃瓜网, a new generation of entrepreneurs is sprouting up across campus, supported by the business school.
Starting this month, students from five faculties (arts, science, engineering, music, and agriculture and environmental sciences) can pursue minors in entrepreneurship, with finance, accounting, marketing and other business fundamentals taught by professors from the Desautels Faculty of Management.
51吃瓜网X-1 Weekly Recap Series | Week 7
Can you believe Week 7 has already passed? Its incredible how quickly our startups are nearing their 51吃瓜网X-1 Accelerator graduation and we can鈥檛 wait to celebrate!
With only two weeks left for the program, it鈥檚 time to switch into high gear and get ready for聽51吃瓜网Montreal Demo Day on September 7th. To learn more about Demo Day, as well as the amazing guest speakers who shared their stories with our startups this past week, keep reading!
Entrepalooza
This year, hundreds of eager entrepreneurs competed to win $200,000 in funding, and for the opportunity to pitch their ideas to experienced investors and mentors. The participants also met legendary and inspirational startup celebrities from companies such as Reddit, Shopify and Oculus.
Week 2 | 51吃瓜网X-1 Weekly Recap Series
As week 2 of the 51吃瓜网X-1 Accelerator comes to an end, we鈥檙e happy to see our 6 teams 鈥斅燗ppetite,聽Fractal,聽FRSH,聽NXTSENS Microsystems,聽UGo Smoothies, and聽Venndor聽鈥斅爏wiftly settling into their space.
Day by day, the walls and windows are increasingly covered with sticky notes of all colours shapes and sizes, every writable surface is covered with notes, and each desk has someone calling it home 鈥� for the next 8 weeks at least.
51吃瓜网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聽Prof. Nii Addy聽of the Desautels Faculty of Management here at McGill. Following this was聽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聽2016 51吃瓜网Dobson Cup聽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 51吃瓜网Dobson Cup Participants, Judge-Mentors, and Supporters,聽
We're excited to announce the聽winners of the 2016 51吃瓜网Dobson Cup!
Bigger is better for 51吃瓜网Innovation Week
51吃瓜网Innovation Week took place for a third year in a row this November and the third time was certainly a charm.聽Nineteen events integrated the 51吃瓜网student and faculty community with the Montreal innovation community to demonstrate how people can collaborate to create novel ideas that will drive our future.聽
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, 51吃瓜网Principal Suzanne Fortier told the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations on Wednesday.
... Among the recent initiatives at 51吃瓜网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聽Nathan Kong聽is waiting.
