The academic engine for entrepreneurs
The Conrad School is an immersive educational environment for entrepreneurs. Located within Canada's most innovative university, in a region ranked among the top startup ecosystems in the world, the Conrad School is the academic engine for entrepreneurship on campus, offering programs that are entrepreneurial by design.
News
- Nov. 18, 2019NERv Technology Takes Top Prize at Entrepreneurship World Cup Global Finals
NERv Technology (www.ne-rv.com) emerged victorious through three days of pitching against a group of 100 finalists at the Entrepreneurship World Cup Global Finals.
- Nov. 15, 2019Family Business: a new undergrad BET course offering for winter 2020
The Weston’; Sobey’s; Roger’s; Pattinson’s. Some of Canada’s biggest brands are family businesses. So it comes as no surprise that a recent report from the Conference Board of Canada shows Canadian family businesses generate almost half of private-sector GDP and 7 million jobs. In fact, these family-owned enterprises (FOEs) account for more than 60% of all private sector companies.
- Oct. 9, 2019NERv Technology Inc. continues building a future of safe surgeries with latest round of funding
Physician-angel and VC firm fuel ongoing studies and product development.
NERv Technology Inc., an innovative medtech venture co-founded by a number of University of Waterloo alumni, has secured $1 million CAD in pre-seed funding. In partnership with a number of physician angel-investors, a hospital, and Sunhope Capital VC, this recent round of funding will help to cover the costs associated with preclinical studies and further development of their flagship post-operative sensory platform product.
Events
- Nov. 21, 2019Global Entrepreneurship Week Speaker Series - Day 2
Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) Speakers Series hosted by the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business.
The Conrad School is hosting a lunch hour Speakers' Series as part of the annual Global Entrepreneurship Week 2019 global awareness and celebration. Please join us to network and hear 20-minute presentations covering entrepreneurship topics. Lunch will be provided.
Dates, Speakers and Full Series Agenda - Nov. 28, 2019Conrad Games in Engineering - Fall 2019 Challenge 3
Please join us for our third Conrad Games for Fall 2019!
For the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship & Business's Lunch Hour Games - ConradGames in Engineering!
Invited teams of Engineering students will be competing: - Dec. 3, 2019Hult Prize UW Finals
Hult Prize is the world’s biggest engine for the launch of for-good, for-profit startups emerging from university with over 2500 staff and volunteers around the world. In nearly a decade, the movement has deployed more than $50M of capital into the sector and mobilized more than one million young people to re-think the future of business as it continues to breed disruptive innovation on college and university campuses across 120 plus countries.
Blog
- Apr. 10, 2019Better Bail For America Wins Hult Prize Regional Finals
Better Bail For America (BB4A), a team of four fourth-year Mechanical and Mechatronics engineering students, competed in and won the Hult Prize Regional Finals in Mexico in March 2019.
- Jan. 19, 2018Thoughts on Entrepreneurship: Having a Tormentor
Young entrepreneurs often seek a Mentor, but what they should be looking for is a Tormentor.
- Nov. 6, 2017Styling confidence: Hair by Lassa grows in Enterprise Co-op
Leslassa Armour-Shillingford never set out to be a hairstylist—but when more and more friends started asking her to do their hair in first year, she stumbled upon a huge demand in the KW region for stylists with expertise in kinky-curly hairstyles.
