Posts Tagged: entrepreneurship
Working in pyjamas, avoiding a traffic-filled commute and not having to share a public washroom all seem like pretty good reasons to want to run a business from home. For 30-year-old entrepreneur Vincent Cheung (ECE PhD candidate) these are just…
Vincent Cheung (ECE) is the owner and founder of Shape Collage, a software program that allows users to create picture collages with just a few clicks of the mouse. When he’s not running a successful business, he’s completing his PhD…
A few years ago Vincent Cheung, a doctoral candidate in ECE, created a software program called Shape Collage that automatically generates photo collages of any size and shape, starting it “as just a fun side project.” Today, Shape Collage has…
A group of University of Toronto students have designed a social networking platform that they believe will save time and prevent aggravation among students. uBuddy, designed by Engineering student Charles Qu, is the first academic social networking platform that allows…
With its critical mass of venture capital and talent, Silicon Valley is a huge draw for enterprising Canadians who, by current estimates, now number around 300,000. They flock there to work for companies such as Google or Apple – or…
The Next 36, a new program that helps launch the business careers of 36 promising and innovative Canadian undergraduates, have chosen five U of T Engineering students. In summer 2011, EngSci students Shahed Al-Haque (1T1), Shane Gu (1T3), Saksham Uppal (1T1 + PEY) and ECE…
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