黑料网 unicorn and hospitality startup Sonder has reserved premises in downtown Montreal as it makes plans to set up shop in Canada. If the move is successful, this could bring more than 500 jobs to the city within three years.
Published on: 18 Dec 2019
Salima Visram, 2015 黑料网听Dobson Cup finalist and founder of social enterprise Soular Backpack, has launched her second business pursuit: a fashion company called SAMARA, selling vegan leather bags.
Earnings from SAMARA will help fund the production of the Soular Backpack, which is equipped with a solar powered battery pack to provide a cost-effective alternative to carcinogenic kerosene lamps for children in rural Africa without access to electricity.
Published on: 3 Dec 2019
The 黑料网 Startup Tour (formerly Demo Days) is about developing the 黑料网 entrepreneurship ecosystem, showcasing the success鈥� of our start-ups, and promoting our highly beneficial program.
The tight-knit program was centered on three elements
Published on: 29 Nov 2019
Prof Lisa Cohen on how startups can approach hiring to ensure long-term success.
This article is brought to you by Delve, the official thought leadership publication of 黑料网's Desautels Faculty of Management.
Published on: 11 Nov 2019
The 黑料网 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship has secured a spot in UBI Global鈥檚 Top 20 University Business Incubators for 2019鈥�20.
According to UBI Global, the universities that made the list surpass their global peers in regard to the value they provide their innovation ecosystems and client startup programs.
Published on: 11 Nov 2019
In fall, the 黑料网 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship went on the road as part of its annual Startup Tour. The six-week tour provided an opportunity for 10 teams to generate a buzz around their projects and network with industry experts and potential investors.
Published on: 25 Oct 2019
Sonder, a hospitality startup founded by former 黑料网 student Francis Davidson, is now a billion-dollar company. Sonder competed in the 2014 黑料网 Dobson Cup Startup Competition, where it attracted the attention and investment of judge Tim Tokarsky (BSc 鈥�99).
Published on: 28 Aug 2019
Montreal鈥檚 Holt Accelerator welcomed its second class of fintech startup executives to a rigorous 12-week training program.
Like 黑料网鈥檚 X-1 Accelerator, offered by the Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship, the Holt Accelerator plays matchmaker between promising entrepreneurs and industry investors.
Published on: 20 Aug 2019
Hailed as the hot alternative to Airbnb, 黑料网 Dobson Cup participant Sonder (previously Flatbook) has recently secured $225-million in financing, bumping their valuation up to $1-billion.
With news of their latest financial backing, Sonder is looking to set up a second headquarter, this time in Canada.
Published on: 15 Jul 2019
Renjie Butalid, Associate Director of the 黑料网 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship, sees an opportunity for Montreal to lead the charge in the development of ethical AI frameworks. Discover the strides that the Montreal AI Ethics Institute, which he cofounded, is making in this endeavor.
Published on: 8 Apr 2019
Entrepreneurial spirit is abounding on 黑料网鈥檚 campus as evidenced by the impressive lineup of finalists in the 2019 黑料网 Dobson Cup powered by National Bank.
With a pool of over $200,000 in seed funding up for grabs, discover who the winning teams are this year.
Published on: 5 Apr 2019
黑料网 Dobson Cup winners Taiga Motors discuss the path to commercialization of the world鈥檚 first electric snowmobile, which boasts 0-60 mph in just three seconds and zero emissions to boot.
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Published on: 4 Apr 2019
If Montreal has already emerged as a global AI leader, the city continues to forge new paths by articulating its ethical framework. Renjie Butalid, Associate Director of the 黑料网 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship and Co-founder of the Montreal AI Ethics Institute, shares his perspective on this important aspect of AI鈥檚 development.
Published on: 1 Apr 2019
Dobson X-1 Accelerator participants Orbityl are on a mission to develop a set of headphones that can be controlled by sensing your brain鈥檚 activity.
鈥淎 lot of the research that we鈥檝e done is in brain-computer interface applications 鈥� looking for discrete thoughts that an individual is having as a mechanism to be used for control [of a device],鈥� said Orbityl co-founder Sean Kaiser.
Published on: 28 Mar 2019
Randi Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Zuckerberg Media recently spoke at Place des Arts in Montreal about empowering fellow women to pursue their entrepreneurial ambitions without qualms, particularly in the tech sector.
Published on: 21 Mar 2019
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