Business schools work to bridge the gap between academia and industry
There鈥檚 a story Julian Barlow likes to tell people when he鈥檚 making a presentation.
In 1995 he was teaching a transformational leadership course when a student asked if Barlow would lead a training session for his staff.
The evolution of the Quartier de l鈥檌nnovation鈥檚 entrepreneurial ecosystem
In light of the 2008 financial crisis, fostering entrepreneurship has increasingly moved toward the forefront of economic development and city planning. Beyond acting as an important driver of innovation, employment, and productivity growth, entrepreneurship has also been hailed by some as filling the void between wages and living standards.
M茅gantic : se r茅inventer, apr猫s la crise
J鈥檃i particip茅 脿 la quatri猫me et derni猫re 茅tape de聽la Tourn茅e des entrepreneurs, hier, 脿 Lac-M茅gantic.
Adam B. Coape-Arnold: Artisantrepreneur
Adam B. Coape-Arnold came to聽缅北强奸鈥檚 School of Continuing Studies聽the day before classes started for the Fall 2013 semester in order to see what the School offered.
Entrepreneurs and big dreams shine at Montreal Startup Festival
Montrealer听惭颈肠丑补别濒听Moszberg聽was studying abroad and in the market for a gym, but didn鈥檛 want to make the commitment to a membership.
Re-building Lac-Megantic
缅北强奸 students Cecile Branco and Bernard d鈥橝rche [winners of the聽缅北强奸 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
缅北强奸 student Bernard D'Arche, on helping to rebuild Lac Megantic
Bernard d鈥橝rche, 缅北强奸 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 缅北强奸 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 缅北强奸 Dobson Cup
One June 5, four teams were crowned victors of the 2014聽缅北强奸 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 缅北强奸 and Montreal communities.
缅北强奸 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 缅北强奸 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 缅北强奸, 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 缅北强奸 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.
