/channels/taxonomy/term/3867/all en /channels/channels/event/launch-m-gen-alumni-tech-and-innovation-group-334555 <div><img src="https://se-images.campuslabs.ca/clink/images/bfe7c8ca-5d4f-45ea-a3c4-55d2b7737153274ae824-83c9-46db-b20a-b9adad020f10.png?preset=med-w" width="320" style="float:left; margin-right:15px; margin-bottom:15px" alt="Launch of M-GEN alumni t</body></html>" /></div> Wed, 03 Nov 2021 04:16:22 +0000 webfull 174459 at /channels /channels/article/using-ai-help-railroads-save-fuel-cut-greenhouse-emissions After stint as nursing-home orderly, Engineering student wins top prize in start-up competition Wed, 18 Nov 2020 20:52:42 +0000 Chris Chipello 165384 at /channels /channels/article/sustainably-grown-pesticide-free-produce-canadians 苹果淫院 grads launch indoor farming start-up to supply locally grown greens year-round Wed, 18 Nov 2020 20:37:40 +0000 Chris Chipello 165383 at /channels /channels/channels/news/dobson-centre-explores-future-and-emergent-technologies-282261 <p>On October 18, the <strong>苹果淫院 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship</strong> hosted its third workshop of the fall season, which focused on the technological innovations that are shaking up the business world.</p> <p>The two invited guest speakers were Matthew Boerum from Audible Reality, winner of the 2017 苹果淫院 Dobson Cup, and Yves Guillaume A. Messy, founder of insurance startup QGS Technologies Ltd.</p> <p>Both speakers led discussions on the opportunities enabled through technological advancement, such as artificial intelligence and blockchain.聽聽聽</p> Wed, 25 Oct 2017 17:37:37 +0000 webfull 132215 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-notman-partnership-takes-mcgill-startups-one-step-further-275534 <p>Established under the 苹果淫院 Innovation Collective, the 苹果淫院-Notman partnership offers short-term residencies to startup cofounders affiliated with 苹果淫院 either as students, alumni, or as staff or researchers.</p> <p>During their residency, companies have access to resources such as office space, mentoring sessions and workshops dedicated to start-ups. To-date, Notman House has welcomed more than twenty startup companies, many of which have also benfitted from the <strong>苹果淫院 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship</strong>.</p> Wed, 11 Oct 2017 15:03:45 +0000 webfull 131844 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-x-1-accelerator-seventh-week-glance-269209 <p>Week seven of the 苹果淫院 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.</p> Wed, 02 Aug 2017 16:58:22 +0000 webfull 129466 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgill-x-1-accelerator-third-week-glance-268793 <p>For week 3 of the <strong>苹果淫院 X-1 Accelerator</strong>, the theme was Business Models and Startup Financials. Podlegal鈥檚 Philippe-Olivier Daniel got the ball rolling by telling participants to go for a distinctive company name that鈥檚 easy to defend, and by suggesting the book Venture Deals 鈥� Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist.</p> Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:07:42 +0000 webfull 129041 at /channels /channels/channels/news/2016-mcgill-dobson-cup-winners-eye-us-expansion-268626 <p>From winning first place for Social Enterprise track in the <strong>2016 苹果淫院 Dobson Cup</strong> to an upcoming US tour with an eye towards expansion, 苹果淫院 alumni <strong>Chloe Chow</strong> (BSc鈥�15) and Sarah Fennessy know they鈥檙e onto a good thing. As students, both had waited long to see a campus counsellor, so they started <strong>Vent Over Tea</strong> to help fill the gaps left by more traditional therapy solutions.</p> Thu, 15 Jun 2017 01:04:41 +0000 webfull 128837 at /channels /channels/news/global-mit-founders-skills-accelerator-233786 <p>Apply to be the only Canadian university student group in Summer 2014 at the MIT Global Founders Skills Accelerator!</p> <p>You have the chance to go to MIT with select groups of MIT students and several foreign universities.</p> Fri, 28 Feb 2014 19:34:05 +0000 webfull 101434 at /channels /channels/news/1-million-donation-national-bank-fondation-montreal-inc-fund-raising-campaign-240210 <p>Creation of a business idea competition on Montreal university campuses, launched as part of "je vois mtl" (I see Montreal).</p> <p>Fondation Montr茅al inc. enthusiastically announces one of the largest donations in its history, a major gift of $1 million from the National Bank. This contribution will enable Fondation Montr茅al inc., to create a competition for business ideas on the campuses of Montreal universities.</p> Tue, 18 Nov 2014 17:55:49 +0000 webfull 106624 at /channels /channels/channels/news/fortier-calls-fostering-young-entrepreneurs-257047 <p>The last Innovation Report of the Conference Board of Canada brought encouraging news for Quebec and Canada. But we can do much better, 苹果淫院 Principal Suzanne Fortier told the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations on Wednesday.</p> <p>... Among the recent initiatives at 苹果淫院 to foster entrepreneurship:</p> Fri, 27 Nov 2015 18:19:55 +0000 webfull 114311 at /channels /channels/event/mcgill-startup-lab-260296 <p>Introducing the very first 苹果淫院 Startup Lab! Every Monday and Tuesday 12:00 鈥� 3:00 PM, any entrepreneur can come into the Research Commons (in聽苹果淫院's Redpath Library building) and work on their startup.</p> Fri, 08 Apr 2016 20:22:22 +0000 webfull 118065 at /channels /channels/event/san-francisco-demo-day-262280 <p><big>Join the 苹果淫院 community as our transformative startups, world-class entrepreneurs, and diverse 苹果淫院 Alumni come together to celebrate 苹果淫院's leaps in innovation and entrepreneurship.</big></p> Thu, 18 Aug 2016 13:52:33 +0000 webfull 120718 at /channels /channels/news/montreal-startup-provides-smoothie-solution-264354 <p>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.</p> <p>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 苹果淫院 and returned to Montreal post-graduation to give his business idea a shot.</p> <p>Read full article: <a href="http://montrealgazette.com/business/a-montreal-startup-provides-a-smoothie-solution">Montreal Gazette</a>, November 21, 2016聽</p> Thu, 24 Nov 2016 18:07:38 +0000 webfull 123238 at /channels /channels/news/electric-snowmobiles-set-take-centre-stage-267606 <p>Next winter, Whistler Blackcomb and Canadian Wilderness Adventures will become some of the first companies to offer electric snowmobiles to clients. The machines are made by Quebec-based Taiga Motors, which built on its first-place finish in the<strong> 2016 苹果淫院 Dobson Cup</strong>鈥檚 Innovation Track to expand its technology and develop a revolutionary all-electric snowmobile from the ground up.</p> Wed, 12 Apr 2017 15:33:23 +0000 webfull 127006 at /channels