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.
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 13:00to14:00
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 12:00to13:00
In this workshop, you'll learn how VC's typically value an early-stage innovation-driven venture. To do that we'll go through and give examples on how to forecast sales and how to set pricing, how to forecast expenses and how to figure out the amount of capital needed to finance your business.
Tuesday, November 19, 2024 13:00to14:00
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 Amanda Wheatley will walk us through some of those resources using a market research canvas tool.
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 12:00to13:00
Now that you have a grasp on how much money you need, this workshop will focus on the "deal". You'll learn what is a venture capital fund, its structure and how they operate, and what VCs look for in an early stage innovation driven venture.
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 13:00to14:00
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.
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 16:00to17:30
Do you have a business idea but don’t know where to start? What are the pros and cons of being an entrepreneur? What are some resources that can help you along the way? This workshop will answer these and many other questions relating to starting a business.
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 13:00to14:00
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.