The TechIdea Pitch competition encourages McGill students, working in teams, to propose new technologically-based ideas/solutions that solve real world problems. This year's pitch competition is taking place on January 30th, 2025 during the John D.
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Sunday, January 12, 2025
Application deadline is January 12, 2025@ 11:59 PM ET, with project start date of March 1, 2025.Â
Application process & details available here!
Sunday, January 12, 2025
Application deadline is January 12, 2025@ 11:59 PM ET.Â
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025 12:00to13:00
This workshop will provide an overview of what technological innovation is and what entrepreneurship is, as well an overview of the Entrepreneurial Mindset, the Lean Launchpad methodology, the Business Model Canvas and the Lean Canvas.
Date: Jan. 15th, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 12:00to13:00
The learning objective of this workshop is to understand the fundamentals of the Design Thinking Methodology and how it promotes innovation. Â Â Â Â Â Â
Date: Jan. 22nd, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 12:00to13:00
This workshop will introduce the fundamental tool of Industry Analysis which companies use for strategy development. For startups, understanding the industry is a critical step in determining market entry and market positioning. The Five Forces Framework will be presented and applied to during an exercise.
Date: Jan. 29th, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room - FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Wednesday, February 5, 2025 12:00to13:00
This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at McGill to perform market research. Our market research librarian will walk us through some of those resources using a market research canvas tool.
Date: Feb. 5th, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 12:00to13:00
This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets. We will then do some actual patent searching with our librarian April Colosimo using the DERWENT worldwide patent database.
Date: Feb. 12th, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)
Wednesday, February 19, 2025 12:00to13:00
This workshop will provide an overview of the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model or lean canvas.
Date: Feb. 19th, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: in-person @ Engine Seminar Room -FDA 3 (Accessibility Map)