Posts Categorized: Entrepreneurship
Although entrepreneurship is sometimes perceived as a one-person show – think Steve Jobs – in many cases, the next big, successful business idea is ignited through teamwork. That’s the basis behind U of T’s first-ever Idea Ignition Weekend, hosted by…
Almost 3,000 students crowded into the McCaul Street Exam Centre for the fourth annual You’re Next Career Fair last week to meet with 81 potential employers ranging from A Thinking Ape to Xtreme Labs. That number was sixty percent higher…
Passwords are the bane of 21st century life. But Bionym, a Toronto-based tech start-up founded by Foteini Agrafioti (ElecE MASc 0T9 PhD 1T1) and Karl Martin (ElecE BASc 0T1 MASc 0T3 PhD 1T0), promises to change that. The company develops…
Five engineering students are among six U of T undergrads selected as part of The Next 36, an annual program aimed at promoting Canadian entrepreneurship among undergraduate youth. “I got in, and I was shocked,” said Simon Bromberg. “I thought there’d…
On November 13, alumnus Taylor Martin (MechE 0T7 + PEY) and Steve Tam enlightened a lunchtime Speakers Series of The Entrepreneurship Hatchery. The inventive duo explained how Kickstarter and the jumpstart of a U of T Engineering education gave the Beacon Bicycle…
On September 6 at Convocation Hall, first-year engineering students kickstarted their academic career with a plenary lecture filled with inspiring words from Faculty leaders, and one of U of T Engineering’s successful graduates, Canadian entrepreneur and telecommunications executive Anthony Lacavera (CompE 9T7).…
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