Cornerstone is the culmination of the student entrepreneurial process. Test your business ideas by finding and speaking directly with customers.
In this workshop, Rachel Figueiredo, Entrepreneurship & Management Sciences Librarian, will teach you how to research your ideas to determine if they would make a good business.
The Velocity $5K pitch competition offers the opportunity for University of Waterloo student-led teams with innovative solutions and high potential business ideas to showcase their hard work and compete for grant funding.
The Problem Lab presents the Quantum Valley Investments® Problem Pitch. The competition invites teams to choose an important industry problem and thoroughly research its history, scope, and impact.
In this must-see workshop, the legendary Professor Larry Smith will discuss what makes an important problem, why pursuing important problems is advantageous for start-up founders and business owners, and how students can uncover important problems.
The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) and the Department Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering (MME) are proud to present a joint seminar by Professor Sili Deng from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) has four main thematic research areas; Smart and Function Materials, Connected Devices, Next Generation Energy Systems and Therapeutics and Theranostics. To showcase the work going on within these areas, WIN will be holding Thematic Seminars featuring our members and their research group members.
In this seminar, Dr. Marta Berbés-Blázquez will share lessons from applying anticipatory approaches to envisioning desirable urban futures based on my experience with cities and communities in the US and Latin America.
Join this week-long challenge and put your creativity and problem-solving skills to the test as you find solutions to problem spaces like health, connectivity, agriculture and energy.
The Innovation Ecosystem Mixer is an opportunity to enjoy some food and refreshments, meet fellow students and aspiring or emerging entrepreneurs, make friends, gain valuable contacts, and build connections to all things Velocity including our people, spaces, and resources.