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Today, 20 student venture teams will compete to win their share of $130,000 in prizes at the Spring 2018 Velocity Fund Finals. Did you know that 80% of teams competing have completed programs or taken courses at the Conrad School of Entrepreneurship and Business? Keep reading to learn more about these students.
In June the Conrad School hosted the latest ConradConnect Live event, this time at the Ryerson DMZ in downtown Toronto. ConradConnect Live is an opportunity for the Conrad School to host our students and alumni in a casual environment to network with each other, Conrad School faculty and staff, and community members.
This month, Enterprise Co-op students pitched for five prizes of $5,000 at the Ignition Week pitch competition. Each competing student had five minutes to pitch their venture to a panel of judges, followed by a three-minute question period. Meet the Spring 2018 pitch winners!
Waterloo Hult Teams have travelled to Quito, Melbourne and Toronto to compete in Hult Prize 2018 Regional competitions. Here’s a quick update, from the teams themselves (in their own words), on how they did, and what’s next.
The Hult Prize is the largest start-up program in the world for early-stage social ventures, and once again, Waterloo student teams are advancing to regional competitions. Their challenge: build a scalable, sustainable social enterprise that harnesses the power of energy to transform the lives of 10 million people by 2025.
Conrad launches part-time weekend MBET program
The Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre is pleased to announce the appointment of Shavin Malhotra to our faculty.
Manfred Conrad, notable local entrepreneur and benefactor of the Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre, is being inducted to the Waterloo Region Entrepreneur Hall of Fame this evening (November 5), at a ceremony hosted by Junior Achievement (JA) Waterloo Region.
This term, the Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre at the University of Waterloo launched the Minor in Entrepreneurship, a cross-campus minor that combines relevant and dynamic Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology (BET) courses with real-world entrepreneurship experience.