Turning hobbies into business opportunities

Published: 8 March 2021

In response to the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadians are turning their pastimes into online businesses. Marie-Josée Lamothe, Academic Director of the McGill Dobson Centre for...

Blending two company ideas into one

Published: 5 February 2021

As entrepreneurship takes on different forms during the pandemic, fresh business ideas are in high demand. In a highly unconventional move, a Quebec-based company called Alchemy is inviting...

Montreal startup reinvents food delivery

Published: 5 February 2021

In 2018, a frustrating night out for three McGill alumni sparked the idea for CHK PLZ, a food delivery application that leverages a contactless payment solution to handle ordering and delivery for...

Analyzing the cutting edge of business methods to create future managers

Published: 27 January 2021

McGill’s MBA program leverages program flexibility, practical skills training, and experiential learning to prepare students to join leading companies and start their own. Daniel Franco (MBA’19)...

AI-driven mobile app designed to save infant lives

Published: 13 January 2021

An innovative new mobile app called Ubenwa uses artificial intelligence to analyze the sound of a newborn baby’s cries. Founded by Charles Onu, a doctoral student in Computer Science at McGill,...

Dobson startup leverages Quebec funding to create 700 high-paying jobs

Published: 16 December 2020

Sonder, one of the first unicorn startups from the McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship community, is partnering with Investissement Québec (IQ) to build a centre for global growth in Montreal...

Entrepreneur’s Day in NY Celebration

Published: 10 December 2020

On December 1st the McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship celebrated Entrepreneur’s Day in the U.S. by hosting a panel of notable New York City entrepreneurs and investors. It was a lively...

McGill Dobson Cup winner raises $4.7 million to expand operations in 2021

Published: 7 December 2020

A McGill-born event platform startup has found a way to weather the COVID-19 pandemic and raise venture financing in hopes of returning to in-person events in 2021. Co-founded by Desautels alumnus...

Dobson X-1 startup wins prestigious Quebec innovation award

Published: 27 November 2020

Off the Grid, a participant in the McGill Dobson Centre’s 2020 X-1 Accelerator, was recently named “Startup of the Year” at the Quebec Gala des Prix de l’innovation....

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