Igniting the Spark of Innovation
From duct tape to smartphones, every great innovation started with a simple idea. Thanks to the generosity of alumni and donors, some of the game-changing ideas of the future are taking shape right now in the annual McGill Dobson Cup start-up competition.
Alexis Ohanian to Desautels Gathering: “Don’t Get Hung Up on Great Ideas – Get Started on Them”
On March 11, Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder Reddit, paid a visit to the Desautels Faculty of Management during one of the last stops of his North American tour to promote his book, “Without Their Permission.” The book describes how he started the front page of the internet from scratch with his partner Steve Huffman. “Everyone has great ideas. No one wakes you up in the middle of the night to say ‘I have a terrible idea.’ We all have great ideas.
Global MIT Founders' Skills Accelerator
Apply to be the only Canadian university student group in Summer 2014 at the MIT Global Founders Skills Accelerator!
You have the chance to go to MIT with select groups of MIT students and several foreign universities.
McGill Dobson Cup Boot Camp
The McGill Dobson Cup (MDC) Start-UP Boot Camp 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!
Kickstart MDC
Interested in Entrepreneurship?
The Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurial studies is hosting Kickstart the McGill Dobson Cup Wednesday, November 6 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.
ALL students from ALL faculties at McGill are invited.
There are 3 parts to this evening:
1 - Learn about McGill’s Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies & The McGill Dobson Cup (MDC), both of which are great tools to help you develop your business ideas
Universities that Teach You to Change the World
Just three months after graduating this year from the University of Waterloo, Jonathan Rivard’s startup company had generated $130,000 in revenue. ... “It is a generational zeitgeist, no doubt about it,” says Anita Nowak, integrating director of the Social Economy Initiative, at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management in Montreal.
New Internet Start-Up Hypejar Uses Social Media to Accurately Forecast Demand for Future Products
An online social platform that accurately forecasts future sales of new products has won first place at the Desautels Faculty of Management’s entrepreneurial competition, the Dobson Cup.
