/macdonald/taxonomy/term/220/all en /macdonald/channels/event/bonus-pre-startup-skills-workshop-app-prototyping-figma-360510 <p>Want to level up your design skills? Interested in UI/UX design? Come to this workshop run by the Design Collective şÚÁϲ»´ňěČ. Come and learn how you can make the designs of an app using Figma.</p> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:09:53 +0000 admin 1642153 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-1-introduction-industry-analysis-360495 <p>This workshop will introduce the fundamental tool of Industry Analysis which companies use for strategy development. For startups, understanding the industry is a critical step in determining market entry and market positioning.</p> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:28:44 +0000 admin 1642131 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-2-startup-law-101-360496 <p>Led by a team of caseworkers from <a href="http://www.compassclinic.org/">Compass Startup Legal Clinic</a>, this workshop provides startup founders with a clear path through the legal landscape, offering insight on important considerations such as</p> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:31:12 +0000 admin 1642132 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-3-technological-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-101-360497 <p>This workshop will provide an overview of what technological innovation and entrepreneurship are as well as an overview of the Entrepreneurial Mindset, the Lean Launchpad methodology, the Business Model Canvas, and the Lean Canvas.</p> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:32:18 +0000 admin 1642133 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-4-market-research-and-analysis-competition-360498 <p>This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at şÚÁϲ»´ňěČ to perform market research.</p> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:33:24 +0000 admin 1642134 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-5-foundations-ip-and-patent-searching-360499 <p>This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets.</p> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:34:33 +0000 admin 1642135 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-6-customer-discovery-360500 <p>This workshop will provide an overview of the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model or lean canvas.</p> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 15:35:32 +0000 admin 1642136 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/startup-skills-part-1-financing-my-early-stage-innovation-driven-venture-360493 <p>In this workshop, you'll learn how VC's typically value an early stage innovation driven venture.</p> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 14:31:03 +0000 admin 1642125 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/startup-skills-part-2-venture-capital-funding-360494 <p>Now that you have a grasp on how much money you need, this workshop will focus on the "deal". You'll learn what is a venture capital fund, its structure and how they operate, and what VCs look for in an early stage innovation driven venture.</p> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 14:31:39 +0000 admin 1642126 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/pre-startup-skills-workshop-6-customer-discovery-358780 <p>This workshop will provide an overview of the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model or lean canvas.</p> Fri, 23 Aug 2024 14:10:31 +0000 admin 1638029 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/cannafish-cooperathon-2019-302763 <p>Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate <b>David Leroux (BRE-Lefsrud</b>) and fellow <b>Cannafish</b> team members, who were awarded the Agricultural Scholarship from Sollio Agriculture at <b>CoopĂ©rathon 2019</b> held at Montreal’s Olympia Theatre. CoopĂ©rathon “is the world’s largest open innovation challenge that connects citizens, communities, entrepreneurs, researchers, academics and large institutions to develop, together, a socially responsible future.”</p> Thu, 21 Nov 2019 19:52:34 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 125682 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/faes-teams-advance-dobson-finals-295608 <p>We extend best wishes to Startups involving FAES students who will compete for the <a href="http://click.mailsender05.com/ct/2215/2011965/725047439/8f0de0e2707306e2cd181dd03f7cfdde">Food and Agribusiness Convergent Innovation Prize</a> in the <a href="http://click.mailsender05.com/ct/2215/2011965/725047440/8f0de0e2707306e2cd181dd03f7cfdde">Dobson Cup Finals</a> on March 27.</p> Thu, 21 Mar 2019 17:53:57 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 54190 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/student-entrepreneurs-go-against-dragons-293167 <p>Dietetics and Nutrition students<strong> Jamie Lee</strong> and <strong>Isabelle Lam</strong> pitched their startup snack business on the popular CBC television show Dragons' Den.</p> <p>Seeking – and securing – an investment in their fledgling startup from six high-powered entrepreneurs on the popular CBC TV show Dragons’ Den was the last thing that Jamie Lee and Isabelle Lam could have imagined less than a year earlier, when they came up with their business idea: a nutritious chocolate-based snack.</p> Fri, 11 Jan 2019 21:51:41 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 54015 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/remixed-present-dragons-den-292545 <p><strong>Jamie Lee</strong> and <strong>Isabelle Lam</strong> are two newly graduated Dietetics students from şÚÁϲ»´ňěČ University and the proud co-founders of <a href="https://www.remixedsnacks.com/" target="_blank"><strong>reMIXed</strong></a>.</p> Mon, 17 Dec 2018 19:27:43 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 53661 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/event/deadline-macdonald-campus-innovation-entrepreneurship-prize-285478 <h3>Today at 13h30 is the deadline for applications for the Macdonald Campus Innovation and Entrepreneurship Prize</h3> Thu, 01 Mar 2018 14:40:04 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 53227 at /macdonald