Interested in learning more about entrepreneurship? Looking to start a new venture? Look no further!
Entrepreneurship 101 is MaRS’s flagship free weekly lecture series featuring key topics related to starting a successful business, aimed at social innovators, technology and life sciences researchers and trainees. Topics include funding your business, marketing, recruiting, intellectual property and more.
The course culminates in a business plan pitch competition called the Up-Start! Competition, in which selected participants compete for a $15,000 prize.
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Schedule of Events (Every Wednesday 6-7pm)
December 4th, 2013 - Business Plan and Other Communication ToolsJane Kearns, Senior Advisor, MaRS
December 11th, 2013 - Meet the Entrepreneurs – ICE* MedEngine, Giveffect, Horizon Studios Inc.
Winter Break
January 8, 2014 - Lived It Lecture -Allen Lau, Co-Founder, Wattpad
January 15, 2014 - Market Customer Discovery and Market Intelligence - Usha Srinivasan, VP, Learning and Insights
January 22, 2014 - Marketing Communications/B2C Sales - Mark Evans, Principal, ME Consulting
January 29, 2014 - Go-to-Market Strategy - Murray McCaig, Senior Advisor, MaRS
February 5, 2014 - Sales (B2B) - Mark Elliott, Co-founder, Venture Accelerator Partners Inc.
February 12, 2014 - Negotiations - Michael Erdle, Managing Partner, Deeth Williams Wall LLP
February 19, 2014 - Lived It Lecture - TBD
February 26, 2014 - Meet the Entrepreneurs - Life Sciences* - Applied Recognition, Damiva, Knix Wear
March 5, 2014 -Board/Governance - David Litwiller, Entrepreneur in Residence, Communitech
March Break
March 26, 2014 -Recruiting -Margo Crawford, President & CEO, Business Sherpa Group
April 2, 2014 -Entrepreneurial Leadership: Building and managing a team - Charles Plant, Founder and Chairman, Material Minds
April 9, 2014 - Bootstrapping and Alternative Sources of Funding - Jon Worren, Co-Founder, ClearSky Advisors, Inc.
April 16, 2014 - Money Meet the Entrepreneurs - Social Innovation* - TBD
April 23, 2014 -Raising Money from Venture Capitalists - Shirley Speakman, Investment Director, IAF, MaRS
April 30, 2014 -360 Panel on Venture Capital Funding - Barry Gekiere, Managing Director, IAF, MaRS & panel (TBD)
May 7, 2014 -The Pitch - Peter Evans, Founder & CEO, ExpertFile
May 14, 2014 - Up-Start! Competition