CIBC Presents Entrepreneurship 101 Lecture Series

Entrepreneurship 101

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This non-credit course is designed to introduce members of the research community to issues relating to starting and growing a technology based business. It is targeted at graduate students, post-docs, faculty, technicians and others active in research in a scientific or engineering discipline, who have an interest in creating a company to exploit the results of their research.

The series targets researchers in biological and physical sciences and engineering. It assumes no prior knowledge of business and offers lectures on a diverse range of topics including finding financing, defining markets, hiring teams and protecting intellectual property. You can view the course outline below.

DESIGNED FOR

  • Graduate Students
  • Post-Doctorate Candidates
  • Faculty
  • Technicians
  • Other scientific or engineering researchers who have an interest in creating a company to exploit the results of their research

PAST EVENTS

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FORMAT

Lectures are 1 hour in length plus questions. Refreshments and a networking session for program students and speakers will follow.

For students not able to attend the lecture, sessions will be recorded and posted after the event or you can register for a live webcast. A blog will be posted after each class, summarizing the event and posting the links to the presentation recording. Students can post questions for each other or the speaker in the blog comments.

LOCATION

MaRS Collaboration Centre
101 College St.
Lower Level Auditorium

TIMES

5:30pm-6:30pm on most Wednesdays.
See schedule below.

REGISTRATION

Free, but registration is required. Stay tuned to register for our next season.

In-person
Come in person to interact with fellow budding entrepreneurs and speakers. Ask questions and enjoy pizza in our after-session networking.


Webcast
We offer live webcasts of each lecture. You will need to register for each session that you wish to view remotely. For each webcast session you register for, we'll send you an email with the webcast link.

CONTACT

For more information on course content contact MaRS at events@marsdd.com.

For technical problems, or questions about the registration system, please contact Cathy Bogaart at marsportal@marsdd.com.

UPCOMING EVENTS

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