Events

Interested in learning more about entrepreneurship? Looking to start a new venture? Look no further! MaRS offers a free, non-credit introductory course on entrepreneurship that introduces individuals to the nuts and bolts of building a business.

Entrepreneurship 101 is MaRS’ flagship free weekly lecture series featuring enlightening lectures on key topics related to starting a successful business, aimed at social innovators, technology and life sciences researchers and trainees.

Entrepreneurship 101 lectures cover a diverse range of introductory business topics including funding your business, marketing, recruiting, intellectual property and more.

Click on the link below to register for the live webcast.

September 28th, 2011
Introduction to Entrepreneurship 101 / Finding and Validating your Idea

October 5th, 2011
Lived it Lecture with Dave Dobbin

October 12th, 2011
Different Types of Entrepreneurship

October 19th, 2011
Basic Nuts and Bolts of Building a Business

October 26th, 2011
Marketing for Tech Startups – Getting the fundamentals right

November 2nd, 2011
Meet the Entrepreneurs – Information Technology, Communications and Entertainment

November 9th, 2011
Product Development

November 16th, 2011
Building a Business Model

November 23rd, 2011
Lived it Lecture – Cleantech

November 30th, 2011
Value Proposition

December 7th, 2011
Meet the Entrepreneurs – Cleantech

December 14th, 2011
Board of Directors and other Advisors

January 4th, 2012
Lived it Lecture – Ian Telfer

January 11th, 2012
Market Analysis

January 18th, 2012
IP Management

January 25th, 2012
Financial Planning

February 1st, 2012
Meet the Entrepreneurs – Social Innovation

February 8th, 2012
Recruiting

February 15th, 2012
Business Plans and other Communication Tools

February 22nd, 2012
Marketing Communications

February 29th, 2012
Lived it Lecture – Social Innovation

March 7th, 2012
Go-to-Market Strategy

March 14th, 2012
Sales

March 21st, 2012
Distribution

March 28th, 2012
Meet the Entrepreneurs – Life Sciences & Health Care

April 4th, 2012
Bootstrapping

April 11th, 2012
Terms of Investments

April 18th, 2012
Raising Money from VCs

April 25th, 2012
Live It Lecture – Life Sciences & Healthcare

May 5th, 2012
The Pitch