The McGill Dobson Neuro Innovation Lean Startup Program, presented in collaboration with the McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship, is tailored specifically for neuroscience innovators. The program is designed to take participants from the idea stage to developing and launching a viable startup, while immersing them in the world of entrepreneurship.
Cohort 4
Following the feedback from the previous cohorts, the program was redesigned to focus more on the business and innovation components of startup creation.
The Neuro Innovation Lean Startup Program now includes new themes and action learning projects to help participants build a solid business plan.
Participating teams:
- BrainScores – Oualid Benkarim and Boris Bernhardt
- Untitled project – Mayada Elsabbagh and Afiqah Yusuf
- Raiv Computers – Michael Phelan, Julien Rimok and Gabrielle Girouard
- NouveauAlz – Lisa Munter and Gregor Jansen
Cohort 3
For this third cohort, the program was extended from 4 to 8 weeks, integrating new workshop themes and action learning projects to lead to the development of a viable startup concept.
Participating teams:
- DendroTEK Biosciences – Tim Kennedy and Jean-Pierre Clément
- Fatigue Risk Estimator – Diane Boivin and Philippe Boudreau
- Curious Neuron – Cindy Hovington
- JudGed Pain – Jeff Mogul
- Untitled project – Derek Bowie
Cohort 2
Participating teams:
- ePRS cluster – Patricia Silveira
- Untitled project – Sameer Sardaar, Bill Qi and Yannis Trakadis
- WALK-AI – Eviatar Fields and Sophia Leung
- Persistent Care Monitor – Reza Farivar
- Neuro Nautilus – Veronique Bohbot
Cohort 1
First launch of the Neuroscience Lean Startup Program, that started as a 4-week workshop program.
Participating teams
- Nurau - Justin Lessard-Wajcer and Saba Saremi
- C-BIG repository - Jason Karamchandani, Mahdieh Shafiei, Marie-Noëlle Boivin
- ARC (Activities for Reading Comprehension) – Dianne Macdonald
- MBrainBio – Nguyen-Vi Mohamed, Kristiana Salmon and Thomas Durcan
- 8 Bit Cortex – Viviana Romero, Katy Sandoval, Ty Mckinney, Valentyna Maslieieva, Eden Redman and Araz Minhas.
