Sunday, September 8, 2024
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 12:00to13:00
This workshop will provide an overview of what technological innovation and entrepreneurship are as well as an overview of the Entrepreneurial Mindset, the Lean Launchpad methodology, the Business Model Canvas, and the Lean Canvas.
Date: Sep. 11th, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 12:00to13:00
The learning objective of this workshop is to understand the fundamentals of the Design Thinking Methodology and how it promotes innovation.
Date: Sep. 18th, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 12:00to13:00
This workshop will introduce the fundamental tool of Industry Analysis which companies use for strategy development. For startups, understanding the industry is a critical step in determining market entry and market positioning. The Five Forces Framework will be presented and applied to during an exercise.
Date: Sep. 25th, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Thursday, September 26, 2024 17:30to19:30
Come and meet our TechAccel teams! Student startup teams funded and supported by The McGill Engine will be present to demo their projects and businesses! There will also be pitches from 9 teams who participated in the Fall 2023, Winter 2024 and Summer 2024 cohorts.
Register here!
Location: McGill Engine Centre, Frank Dawson Adams Building, room 5 - 3450 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 0E8
Wednesday, October 2, 2024 12:00to13:00
This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at McGill to perform market research. Our market research librarian Emily Jaeger-McEnroe will walk us through some of those resources using a market research canvas tool.
Date: Oct. 2nd, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Wednesday, October 9, 2024 12:00to13:00
This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets. We will then do some actual patent searching with our librarian April Colosimo using the DERWENT worldwide patent database.
Date: Oct. 9th, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Wednesday, October 23, 2024 12:00to13:00
This workshop will provide an overview of the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model or lean canvas.
Date: Oct. 23rd, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room -FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)