Lupita Nyong鈥檕 Stuns on Latest Vogue Cover, Interview Earns Praise
Lupita Nyong鈥檕聽is earning praise from Black social media users for a quote she made in a fashion magazine. The comment landed on the publication鈥檚 cover and caused many to see it as a welcome change in the industry.
The聽Vogue聽magazine quote聽cements Nyong鈥檕鈥檚 representation of African-Americans and minorities.
鈥淚 want to create opportunities for people of color.鈥�
Flatbook rebrands as 鈥楽onder,鈥� lands $10 million investment
Montreal鈥檚聽Flatbook聽is rebranding as 鈥淪onder鈥� amid a large fundraising escapade that will see the startup bank $10 million.
The startup formerly focused on providing premium short term rentals for travellers in select North American markets. With today鈥檚 announcement,聽Sonder聽will offer 500 鈥渉ometels,鈥� which are places that possess the authenticity of peer-to-peer home rental along with the services of a hotel.
The new (non-tech) tech luminaries
Ms. Magdesian was frustrated. Then a researcher at 香蕉视频鈥檚 Montreal Neurological Institute, she was having trouble with the spinal cord cells she was studying.
The only way to grow them was in a petri dish, but the cells don鈥檛 grow in a dish in the same way they grow in the human body. Instead of growing straight, they get tangled. It made her work harder, slower and more prone to error.
Launch of the University Challenge Leverage Your Idea
Students, Foreign Students and University Graduates aged 18 to 35 invited to submit their business idea.聽
Lancement du concours universitaire Le levier de ton id茅e
La Fondation Montr茅al inc. organise en collaboration avec les universit茅s montr茅alaises, pour la deuxi猫me ann茅e, le concours universitaire聽Le levier de ton id茅e,聽pr茅sent茅 par la Banque Nationale.
Succ猫s acc茅l茅r茅 pour une entreprise appuy茅e par un programme de McGill
Lanc茅e l鈥檃n dernier, la jeune entreprise Key2Access peut d茅j脿 compter sur une expertise vari茅e au sein m锚me de la famille qui l鈥檃 fond茅e聽: Sarah est 茅tudiante en droit 脿 McGill, Sophie est dipl么m茅e en gestion internationale et leur p猫re, Motaz, est ing茅nieur.
Entrepreneurial courses for those who could use them the most
At 香蕉视频, a new generation of entrepreneurs is sprouting up across campus, supported by the business school.
Starting this month, students from five faculties (arts, science, engineering, music, and agriculture and environmental sciences) can pursue minors in entrepreneurship, with finance, accounting, marketing and other business fundamentals taught by professors from the Desautels Faculty of Management.
McGill X-1 Weekly Recap Series | Week 7
Can you believe Week 7 has already passed? Its incredible how quickly our startups are nearing their McGill X-1 Accelerator graduation and we can鈥檛 wait to celebrate!
With only two weeks left for the program, it鈥檚 time to switch into high gear and get ready for聽McGill Montreal Demo Day on September 7th. To learn more about Demo Day, as well as the amazing guest speakers who shared their stories with our startups this past week, keep reading!
Entrepalooza
This year, hundreds of eager entrepreneurs competed to win $200,000 in funding, and for the opportunity to pitch their ideas to experienced investors and mentors. The participants also met legendary and inspirational startup celebrities from companies such as Reddit, Shopify and Oculus.
Week 2 | McGill X-1 Weekly Recap Series
As week 2 of the McGill X-1 Accelerator comes to an end, we鈥檙e happy to see our 6 teams 鈥斅燗ppetite,聽Fractal,聽FRSH,聽NXTSENS Microsystems,聽UGo Smoothies, and聽Venndor聽鈥斅爏wiftly settling into their space.
Day by day, the walls and windows are increasingly covered with sticky notes of all colours shapes and sizes, every writable surface is covered with notes, and each desk has someone calling it home 鈥� for the next 8 weeks at least.
McGill X-1 Kick-off! | Weekly Recap Series
The week ended with a workshop on how to maintain your engagement with your startup and the right mindset to adopt, led by聽Prof. Nii Addy聽of the Desautels Faculty of Management here at McGill. Following this was聽Prof. Lisa Cohen, another outstanding professor at Desautels, who shared her expertise on building a great team and understanding team dynamics.
Dobson Cup runneth over
After a year of planning, over 150 start-up submissions, 137 pitches, and $117,000 in prizes, the聽2016 McGill Dobson Cup聽has come to a close with four enthusiastic startups claiming a first place victory in four different tracks: Social Enterprise, Health Sciences, Small & Medium Enterprise, and Innovation Driven Enterprise.
Dobson Cup 2016 Winners Announced
Dear 2016 McGill Dobson Cup Participants, Judge-Mentors, and Supporters,聽
We're excited to announce the聽winners of the 2016 McGill Dobson Cup!
Bigger is better for McGill Innovation Week
McGill Innovation Week took place for a third year in a row this November and the third time was certainly a charm.聽Nineteen events integrated the McGill student and faculty community with the Montreal innovation community to demonstrate how people can collaborate to create novel ideas that will drive our future.聽
E-Innovation bridges academia and industry
What do you get when you combine the minds of three postdoctoral fellows, a PhD student, a professor, and recent, potentially profitable, research? A cutting-edge startup, of course.
