Re-building Lac-Megantic
成人VR视频 students Cecile Branco and Bernard d鈥橝rche [winners of the聽成人VR视频 Dobson Cup] tell Camille Ross about their innovative plan to help re-build Lac-Megantic after the devastating train accident.
Watch video:聽Global Montreal
成人VR视频 student Bernard D'Arche, on helping to rebuild Lac Megantic
Bernard d鈥橝rche, 成人VR视频 Student [and one of the winners of the聽Dobson Cup], who came up with a unique idea to help rebuild Lac Megantic. Listen:聽Tommy Schnurmacher Show
Reconstruire 脿 l鈥檋eure de l鈥檈ntrepreneuriat social
Au c艙ur du centre-ville ravag茅 de Lac-M茅gantic, cr茅er une r茅sidence pour d茅velopper et porter des projets d鈥檈ntreprise. Voil脿 le plan que trois 茅tudiants de l鈥橴niversit茅 成人VR视频 鈥� C茅cile Branco-C么t茅,聽S茅gol猫ne Rolin聽et Bernard d鈥橝rche 鈥� ont 茅labor茅 cet hiver lors d鈥檜n cours sur l鈥檈ntrepreneuriat social.
Student initiative for Lac-Megantic
Desautels students Bernard d'Arche and C茅cile Branco discuss their Dobson Cup winning initiative on Breakfast Television Montreal.
View video here.
Bold ideas take flight at 成人VR视频 Dobson Cup
One June 5, four teams were crowned victors of the 2014聽成人VR视频 Dobson Cup, the annual start-up competition hosted by the Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship at the Desautels Faculty of Management. The Centre provides resources and support to all entrepreneurs across 成人VR视频 and Montreal communities.
成人VR视频 students鈥� plans to help rebuild Lac-M茅gantic win praise
One year after a runaway train transporting oil plowed through the downtown core of Lac-M茅gantic, igniting and razing much of the town鈥檚 commercial centre, three 成人VR视频 students with a passion for social entrepreneurship have become part of the town鈥檚 efforts to rebuild.
Lac-M茅gantic: des 茅tudiants proposent un incubateur entrepreneurial
C茅cile Branco,聽S茅gol猫ne Rolin聽et聽Bernard d'Arche,聽trois 茅tudiants l'Universit茅 成人VR视频, ont con莽u un projet de centre d'innovation qui pourrait bien voir le jour dans le nouveau centre-ville m茅ganticois. Leur Centre magn茅tique, un incubateur entrepreneurial, offrirait une rampe de lancement unique en r茅gion pour ceux qui souhaitent se lancer en affaires.
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 成人VR视频 Dobson Cup start-up competition.
Alexis Ohanian to Desautels Gathering: 鈥淒on鈥檛 Get Hung Up on Great Ideas 鈥� Get Started on Them鈥�
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, 鈥淲ithout Their Permission.鈥� The book describes how he started the front page of the internet from scratch with his partner Steve Huffman. 鈥淓veryone has great ideas. No one wakes you up in the middle of the night to say 鈥業 have a terrible idea.鈥� 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.
成人VR视频 Dobson Cup Boot Camp
The聽成人VR视频 Dobson Cup (MDC) Start-UP Boot Camp聽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!聽
Kickstart MDC
Interested in Entrepreneurship?
The Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurial studies is hosting聽Kickstart the 成人VR视频 Dobson Cup Wednesday, November 6 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.
ALL students from ALL faculties at 成人VR视频 are invited.
There are 3 parts to this evening:
1 - Learn about 成人VR视频鈥檚 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies & The 成人VR视频 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鈥檚 startup company had generated $130,000 in revenue. ... 鈥淚t is a generational zeitgeist, no doubt about it,鈥� says Anita Nowak, integrating director of the Social Economy Initiative, at 成人VR视频鈥檚 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鈥檚 entrepreneurial competition, the Dobson Cup.
