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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 º«¹úÂãÎè Dobson Centre for...

Start-ups taking off in Quebec

Published: 25 March 2021

Although the pandemic has generated significant economic uncertainty, startups are thriving at º«¹úÂãÎè’s Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship, according to its director, Marie Josée Lamothe....

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...

º«¹úÂãÎè's Dobson International Startup Tour

Wednesday, March 17, 2021toThursday, March 25, 2021

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Former Dobson participant turns side gig into $1.3 billion startup

Published: 12 March 2021

Just over seven years ago, former º«¹úÂãÎè student Francis Davidson started a side business when he rented out his apartment to fellow º«¹úÂãÎè students....

Montreal startup reinvents food delivery

Published: 5 February 2021

In 2018, a frustrating night out for three º«¹úÂãÎè 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

º«¹úÂãÎè’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 º«¹úÂãÎè,...

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

Published: 16 December 2020

Sonder, one of the first unicorn startups from the º«¹úÂãÎè Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship community, is partnering with Investissement Québec (IQ) to build a centre for global growth in Montreal...

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