HOPE Pet Food has been selected out of more than 730 applications to Canada’s Total Mom Pitch for the semi-finals, and they need your vote to advance to the Top 5 finalists. There are lots of great prizes to be won including the grand prize of $10,000 in cash and $20,000 in services for the …
Semi Finalist in Competition for Women Entrepreneurs Read More »
ICUBE team member Fizza Akhzar sat down (virtually) with George Hinin and Nicholas Payne from the Queen’s Student Entrepreneurship (QEC) Pitch Competition team, to discuss this year’s upcoming competition, their focus on EDI (Equity, Diversity, Inclusion), and their future expectations. Tell us about the competition! “QEC Pitch competition is very similar to Shark Tank. Teams …
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We sat down with Michael Goldman Brown Jr., recent ICUBE Start Up graduate and winner in the final business model competition, to discuss his business, what he has learned, and where he is headed next! Do you have a great idea? Applications are open for the summer Start Up cohort – Apply Now! Meet Michael Goldman …
As a Management Specialist Student at University of Toronto Mississauga UTM, I recently got the opportunity to be a part of a pitch competition which was organized by ICUBE in collaboration with Edge from Sheridan College and various departments at UTM including but not limited to Institute of Management Innovation (IMI) and Equity and Diversity Office (EDO). …
According to the experiment conducted by MIT, Wharton and Harvard, male entrepreneurs are 60% more likely to succeed at pitch competitions compared to female entrepreneurs, even when the content narrated is identical. The reason is that pitches narrated by males are considered to be more logical, credible and persuasive. Furthermore, voice pitch from low to …
ICUBE Pitch 2020 puts the Spotlight on Female Entrepreneurs Read More »
Entrepreneurship can be a rewarding and daunting career path that is one of many choices for young professionals to explore. Joining together to help support passionate teams with a desire to create solutions for individuals with disabilities, ICUBE, RIC Centre and ARROW Electronics launched a new and extended hackathon, hackABILITY. The goal of this extended …
HackABILITY: Accessibility Leading to Independence Read More »
Fifty applicants down to FIVE final teams will be pitching on May 25th! Come check out what UofT Mississauga’s entrepreneurs have been working on. (Free drinks & good times guaranteed!)
Over the weekend ICUBE was represented by Just Vertical, FetchIt and Dalriada Therapeutics who showcased and pitched their ventures at the Ontario Science Centre, as part of the Karafarin Entrepreneurship Expo. Out of 13 teams, Just Vertical earned the most audience votes for best venture idea. OonBox of U of T’s Engineering incubator, the Hatchery, placed …
On November 14th 2016, ICUBE collaborated with, and hosted a very successful HackerNest at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM). It attracted many university students and senior technologists who wanted to be a part of the creativity, camaraderie and innovation. As such, the ICUBE team decided it would be a good opportunity for high school …
[The 7th and 8th of December marked the beginning of an exciting month for both industry professionals and students. The Mobey Day conference was held at the highly acclaimed Four Seasons Toronto. Inevitably, it was a sell-out event that took place from 8am – 5pm. Each day’s agenda was jammed-packed with representatives from some of …
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