The McGill Dobson Cup Start-UP Competition (MDC) is McGill’s Centre for Entrepreneurship flagship start-up competition where young entrepreneurs compete for more than $100,000 in cash and other prizes. The MDC begins with an electronic written application and culminates in two rounds of live pitching and judging. Once more this year, [...]
Photo Credit: Keven Ellwood Joey Adler is a philanthropist, former president and CEO of Diesel Canada, and a McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA alumna. She recently added another string to her bow as she became the CEO of Carve Bar, a new food product inspired by surfers and launched in [...]
A year ago, the Montreal Gazette’s food critic, Lesley Chesterman, declared that No 900 was now the best pizza in Montréal. The pizzeria was founded by Dominic Bujold, a 2013 EMBA McGill-HEC Montréal alumnus and founder of Sushi Shop, with his partner, pizzaiolo Alexandre Brunet, and things are going well. [...]
Cirka Distilleries was founded in 2014 in Côte-St-Paul, Montreal, by Paul Cirka, John Frare and JoAnne Gaudreau, a graduate of the McGill-HEC Montréal Executive MBA program. It produces its spirits from grains, aiming to "create a product rich in flavors, aromas and unique features." Recently, the distillery and its product, [...]
Marie-Claude Pelletier, a 2012 graduate of the McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA program, recently co-authored the book “Hygiène de vie et bien-être au travail” with Laurence Breton-Kueny and Helen Coulombeix, published by AFNOR. The book focuses on personal health and well-being at work. It was written between Quebec and France, offering a [...]
In the show "VOCATION: LEADER" aired on ICI RDI, Gérald Fillion, meets entrepreneurs and decision makers from Quebec. On February 13, the episode will highlight Joey Adler’s journey and goals.
Louise Richer is among the 69 Canadians newly appointed to the Order of Canada by his Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada. She was nominated “for her contributions to the development and dissemination of the performing arts as director of the École nationale de l’humour.”
Atypic, a consulting services firm for the plural sector in Quebec, founded and managed by Pascal Lépine, a 2012 EMBA McGill-HEC Montréal graduate, announced the acquisition of Tactic direct, an agency specialized in relationship marketing for the plural sector.
Passion, Plan, People, Profit and Perseverance. Rather than the 4 Ps of marketing, we were introduced to these 5 Ps of entrepreneurial growth by Robert Dutton.
Entrepreneurs highlight three major traps to avoid while managing the growth of their companies.