Entrepalooza

This year, hundreds of eager entrepreneurs competed to win $200,000 in funding, and for the opportunity to pitch their ideas to experienced investors and mentors. The participants also met legendary and inspirational startup celebrities from companies such as Reddit, Shopify and Oculus. The record-breaking temperatures didn’t stop dozens of McGill startups from making the short trek to the waterside venue in the Old Port, including this year’s cohort from the Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship’s X-1 Accelerator program, an intensive 10-week summer program designed to get McGill startups ready to launch. All had the chance to step into a community of creative minds and unbridled enthusiasm, the perfect environment to catalyze the next step in their young company’s evolution.

Read full article: McGill Publications, July 26, 2016