/desautels/taxonomy/term/1515/all en /desautels/channels/news/meet-2018-food-and-agribusiness-convergent-innovation-prize-winner-286886 <h4>By Jo毛lle Rondeau, Research Assistant, 黑料不打烊 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics</h4> Fri, 27 Apr 2018 16:17:10 +0000 julie.lapalme@mcgill.ca 68661 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/interius-farms-reaches-new-heights-vertical-farming-326356 <p>Desautels alumni <strong>Jonnie Lawson </strong>(BCom鈥�20) and <strong>Tristan Zeman</strong> (BCom鈥�17) are hard at work to make sustainable, year-round produce accessible to Canadians through indoor vertical farms. Over the summer, their innovative hydroponic growing system won first place at the annual <strong>黑料不打烊 Dobson Cup</strong> start-up competition. As they expand into a larger growing facility in Montreal, they鈥檙e not slowing down anytime soon.</p> Thu, 19 Nov 2020 22:19:17 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 76612 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/new-internet-start-hypejar-uses-social-media-accurately-forecast-demand-future-product <p>An online social platform that accurately forecasts future sales of new products has won first place at the Desautels Faculty of Management鈥檚 entrepreneurial competition, the <strong>Dobson Cup</strong>.</p> <p>... Team leader and Desautels graduate <strong>Grant Yim (BCom'03)</strong> says 鈥淚t is unique in the fact that there is nowhere else to find, in one place, information about products that have not yet been released. Also, existing market research organisations do not leverage social media, and as such their data is expensive and the sample sizes are smaller.鈥�</p> Thu, 11 Jul 2013 15:05:50 +0000 trang.nguyen@mcgill.ca 58973 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/universities-teach-you-change-world-231208 <p>Just three months after graduating this year from the University of Waterloo, Jonathan Rivard鈥檚 startup company had generated $130,000 in revenue.<br /> ... 鈥淚t is a generational zeitgeist, no doubt about it,鈥� says <strong>Anita Nowak</strong>, integrating director of the Social Economy Initiative, at 黑料不打烊 University鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management in Montreal.<br /> ... The <strong>Dobson Cup</strong> is structured so that students present their ideas to a panel of experts over several months and successive rounds, competing for cash prizes and mentoring advice.</p> Wed, 23 Oct 2013 19:03:10 +0000 trang.nguyen@mcgill.ca 59253 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/mcgill-dobson-cup-boot-camp-232919 <p>The聽<b>黑料不打烊 Dobson Cup (MDC) Start-UP Boot Camp</b>聽is all about action, training, knowledge, and collaboration. You will learn from successful start-UP veterans, students, lawyers, as well as, through interactive activities with your peers. Keep your eyes open for potential business partners, they are all around you!聽</p> Wed, 12 Feb 2014 15:52:45 +0000 trang.nguyen@mcgill.ca 62452 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/feeling-entrepreneurial-237227 <p><span>鈥淧eople used to take a traits-based approach to defining entrepreneurs: they are risk-takers, for instance,鈥� says聽</span><strong>Greg Vit</strong><span>, BCom鈥�80, director of the Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management. 鈥淏ut that characterization has been challenged by a more recent approach that suggests you can create the underlying conditions to help entrepreneurs emerge.鈥�</span></p> Wed, 25 Jun 2014 15:36:04 +0000 joy.wang@mail.mcgill.ca 62871 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/lac-megantic-des-etudiants-proposent-un-incubateur-entrepreneurial-237229 <p><span><span>C茅cile Branco</span>,聽<strong>S茅gol猫ne Rolin</strong>聽et<span>聽Bernard d'Arche,聽</span>trois 茅tudiants l'Universit茅 黑料不打烊, ont con莽u un projet de centre d'innovation qui pourrait bien voir le jour dans le nouveau centre-ville m茅ganticois. Leur Centre magn茅tique, un incubateur entrepreneurial, offrirait une rampe de lancement unique en r茅gion pour ceux qui souhaitent se lancer en affaires.</span></p> Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:12:00 +0000 joy.wang@mail.mcgill.ca 62874 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/mcgill-students%E2%80%99-plans-help-rebuild-lac-megantic-win-praise-237230 <p>One year after a runaway train transporting oil plowed through the downtown core of Lac-M茅gantic, igniting and razing much of the town鈥檚 commercial centre, three 黑料不打烊 University students with a passion for social entrepreneurship have become part of the town鈥檚 efforts to rebuild.</p> Wed, 25 Jun 2014 16:13:32 +0000 joy.wang@mail.mcgill.ca 62875 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/bold-ideas-take-flight-mcgill-dobson-cup-237302 <p><span>One June 5, four teams were crowned victors of the 2014聽</span><span>黑料不打烊 Dobson Cup</span><span>, the annual start-up competition hosted by the Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship at the Desautels Faculty of Management. The Centre provides resources and support to all entrepreneurs across 黑料不打烊 and Montreal communities.</span></p> Thu, 26 Jun 2014 20:53:11 +0000 joy.wang@mail.mcgill.ca 62885 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/student-initiative-lac-megantic-237355 <p><span>Desautels students Bernard d'Arche and C茅cile Branco discuss their Dobson Cup winning initiative on Breakfast Television Montreal.</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.btmontreal.ca/videos/3657278448001/" target="_blank"><span>View video here.</span></a></p> Thu, 03 Jul 2014 18:07:16 +0000 joy.wang@mail.mcgill.ca 62890 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/reconstruire-l%E2%80%99heure-de-l%E2%80%99entrepreneuriat-social-237374 <p><span>Au c艙ur du centre-ville ravag茅 de Lac-M茅gantic, cr茅er une r茅sidence pour d茅velopper et porter des projets d鈥檈ntreprise. Voil脿 le plan que trois 茅tudiants de l鈥橴niversit茅 黑料不打烊 鈥� C茅cile Branco-C么t茅,聽<strong>S茅gol猫ne Rolin</strong>聽et Bernard d鈥橝rche 鈥� ont 茅labor茅 cet hiver lors d鈥檜n cours sur l鈥檈ntrepreneuriat social. Aujourd鈥檋ui sur le point de devenir r茅alit茅, le聽</span><em>芦 Centre magn茅tique 禄</em><span>聽aura pour t芒che de f茅d茅rer les innovations locales et de cr茅er des synergies entre elles.</span><br /> <br /></p> Fri, 04 Jul 2014 15:12:08 +0000 joy.wang@mail.mcgill.ca 62894 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/mcgill-student-bernard-darche-helping-rebuild-lac-megantic-237376 <p><span>Bernard d鈥橝rche, 黑料不打烊 Student [and one of the winners of the聽<span><strong>Dobson Cup</strong><span>]</span></span>, who came up with a unique idea to help rebuild Lac Megantic.<br /> <br /> Listen:聽</span><a href="https://soundcloud.com/tommy-schnurmacher-show/mcgill-student-bernard-darche-on-helping-to-rebuild-lac-megantic-july-3-2014" target="_blank">Tommy Schnurmacher Show</a></p> Fri, 04 Jul 2014 15:14:18 +0000 joy.wang@mail.mcgill.ca 62896 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/entrepreneurs-and-big-dreams-shine-montreal-startup-festival-237481 <p><span>Montrealer</span><span>聽Michael聽</span><span>Moszberg</span><span>聽was studying abroad and in the market for a gym, but didn鈥檛 want to make the commitment to a membership.</span></p> Tue, 15 Jul 2014 21:00:47 +0000 joy.wang@mail.mcgill.ca 62923 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/adam-b-coape-arnold-artisantrepreneur-237732 <p><span>Adam B. Coape-Arnold came to聽黑料不打烊鈥檚 School of Continuing Studies聽the day before classes started for the Fall 2013 semester in order to see what the School offered.</span></p> Thu, 31 Jul 2014 19:07:39 +0000 joy.wang@mail.mcgill.ca 63013 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/megantic-se-reinventer-apres-la-crise-238780 <p><span>J鈥檃i particip茅 脿 la quatri猫me et derni猫re 茅tape de聽</span><a href="http://www.latourneedesentrepreneurs.org/lac-megantic/">la Tourn茅e des entrepreneurs</a><span>, hier, 脿 Lac-M茅gantic. Journ茅e tr猫s diff茅rente de聽</span><a href="http://blogues.journaldequebec.com/marioasselin/culture/la-tournee-des-entrepreneurs-a-gaspe/" title="La Tourn茅e des entrepreneurs 脿 Gasp茅">celle de Gasp茅</a><span>聽qui a rassembl茅 des entrepreneurs de M茅gantic, mais beaucoup de gens de l鈥檈xt茅rieur, 茅galement.</span></p> Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:15:06 +0000 joy.wang@mail.mcgill.ca 63362 at /desautels