Fortier calls for fostering young entrepreneurs

Published: 27 November 2015

The last Innovation Report of the Conference Board of Canada brought encouraging news for Quebec and Canada. But we can do much better, McGill Principal Suzanne Fortier told the Montreal Council on...

High tech tailor offers suit shopping convenience with curb-side fittings

Published: 15 October 2015

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...

Feature: Solar backpack to boost learning for poor Kenyan children

Published: 25 September 2015

From hunger and malnutrition to striking teachers keeping them off normal learning for many days, a Kenyan child goes through diverse challenges to succeed in education....

La Coupe Dobson : un puissant démarreur d’entreprises

Published: 17 September 2015

Le concours de McGill a contribué à la création de 133 entreprises qui emploient près de 700 personnes. L’an dernier, Éloïse Grondin-Bouchard et Adam Coape-Arnold ont lancé le yogourt Cult dans...

Strong Science, Shaky Business Models as Mixed Bag of Startups Grad from X-1 Accelerator

Published: 16 September 2015

The first cohort to graduate from McGill University’s X-1 startup accelerator is a unusual mix....

Yogurt maker builds Cult following but aims for mainstream sales

Published: 13 August 2015

The chain of events that culminated in the creation of Cult Yogourt began 15 years ago, when Montreal resident Adam Coape-Arnold drank unfiltered water during a stay at a coffee plantation in Costa...

Re-building Lac-Megantic

Published: 7 July 2014

McGill students Cecile Branco and Bernard d’Arche [winners of the McGill Dobson Cup] tell Camille Ross about their innovative plan to help re-build Lac-Megantic after the devastating train accident...

McGill X-1 Accelerator: fifth week at a glance

Published: 18 July 2017

Product Development was the overall theme for week five of the McGill X-1 Accelerator. On the agenda was a talk by GrandeSlam Product VP Saad Benryane on adopting a customer-centric approach,...

Dobson Cup winners turn food waste into gourmet mushrooms

Published: 23 May 2017

Myco-Rise is a Montreal-area startup that uses food waste and vermicomposting to grow gourmet mushrooms for local restaurants and individuals....

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