Turning hobbies into business opportunities

Published: 8 March 2021

In response to the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadians are turning their pastimes into online businesses. Marie-Josée Lamothe, Academic Director of the McGill Dobson Centre for...

Blending two company ideas into one

Published: 5 February 2021

As entrepreneurship takes on different forms during the pandemic, fresh business ideas are in high demand. In a highly unconventional move, a Quebec-based company called Alchemy is inviting...

McGill Dobson Cup winner raises $4.7 million to expand operations in 2021

Published: 7 December 2020

A McGill-born event platform startup has found a way to weather the COVID-19 pandemic and raise venture financing in hopes of returning to in-person events in 2021. Co-founded by Desautels alumnus...

McGill alumni webcast: The role of startups in the time of COVID-19

Thursday, July 23, 2020 12:00to13:00

Are start-up businesses the key to reviving a sluggish COVID-19 economy?/desautelsCategory: Entrepreneurship Desautels Faculty of Management

‘Shareholder capitalism’ sparks controversy

Published: 10 December 2020

The news that more than 60 publicly held Canadian firms have received the Canadian Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) while continuing to pay out dividends has sharply divided public opinion this week....

New policies needed to address the CEWS controversy

Published: 10 December 2020

Between April and September 20, 53 publicly-held Canadian companies paid out nearly $2 billion to their shareholders despite receiving more than $10 million in federal assistance through the...

Balancing logic and magic

Published: 2 November 2020

As technology shifts further toward AI technologies, the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us that human qualities remain essential in business. Charles de Brabant, Executive Director of the Bensadoun...

Canadian retail recovering from pandemic ahead of schedule

Published: 22 February 2021

Emerging ‘shop local’ trends have helped set the Canadian retail industry on a fast track to recovery despite pandemic-induced closures....

Shopping centres face choice between reinvention and extinction

Published: 3 February 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to reshape consumer preferences in the retail industry, large shopping centres will either pivot or fade into memory....

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