Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery
This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.
Date: Apr. 7th, 2026 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 pm Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Plan your Post-Academic Job Search with an IDP
Moving away from an academic career often means exploring multiple potential career paths without a well-defined personal roadmap.
Grad Breakfast Club
Stay on track with a 45min “plan your week” session on Monday mornings. Meet with a group of peers to set your intentions, boost motivation, troubleshoot challenges, and (most importantly) take the pressure off!
Planning with Purpose
The Planning with Purpose information session is an introduction to the Individual Development Plan (IDP) at McGill. This session covers the process and building blocks of creating a meaningful IDP and setting goals in grad school.
Startup Finances
In this workshop, you'll learn how venture capitalists (VCs) typically value an early-stage innovation-driven venture.
Startup Finances
In this workshop, you'll learn how venture capitalists (VCs) 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. We'll also explore some of the more common sources of cash from both public institutions and private organisations.
Final Exams
Grad Breakfast Club
Stay on track with a 45min “plan your week” session on Monday mornings. Meet with a group of peers to set your intentions, boost motivation, troubleshoot challenges, and (most importantly) take the pressure off!
Planning with Purpose
The Planning with Purpose information session is an introduction to the Individual Development Plan (IDP) at McGill. This session covers the process and building blocks of creating a meaningful IDP and setting goals in grad school.
IDP Goal Setting Retreat - Roundtable
Interested in creating an Individual Development Plan for yourself but not sure where to start?
Grad Breakfast Club
Stay on track with a 45min “plan your week” session on Monday mornings. Meet with a group of peers to set your intentions, boost motivation, troubleshoot challenges, and (most importantly) take the pressure off!
Startup Funding
Now that you have a grasp on how much money you need, this workshop will focus on the "deal".
Startup Funding
Now that you have a grasp on how much money you need, this workshop will focus on the "deal". You'll learn what a venture capital fund is, its structure and how they operate, and what venture capitalists (VCs) look for in an early-stage innovation-driven venture. You'll also learn about the typical elements of a term sheet in connection with equity investments and simple agreements for future equity (SAFEs), and caveats when raising money.
NRS Fall term TA positions posted
Fall term TA positions will be posted. Find detailed information here. Application deadline is 14 days later.