Datapreneur
Entrepreneurship Program
Description:
Datapreneur is a 16-week program
Comments on Funding:
Finalists can receive scholarships.
Applications are closed. Stay tuned for future intake announcements. The previous deadline was on September 17, 2023.
Eligibility:
Eligibility criteria:
1. Applicants must be:
a) researchers and professors,
b) graduate students,
c) graduates,
d) professionals,
e) entrepreneurs.
a) An application can be submitted by a single person or by a team. Skills of the candidate (if he is alone in the project) or of the entrepreneurial team to carry out the business project will be considered in the selection process.
2. The business project must:
a) be innovative;
b) have commercial potential;
c) be set up in Canada.
Note that the selected projects may be developed in any legal form (stock company, cooperative, non-profit, etc.).
Application Steps:
For any questions regarding Datapreneur, contact Sophie Poirier:
sophie.poirier.6@umontreal.ca
Documentation Needed:
Applicants must prepare their business model.
Other Things to Note:
Throughout the course, participants take part in:
1. workshops;
2. boot camps;
3. co-development activities;
4. personalized coaching focused on the business and technical aspects, but also on the human and strategic aspects;
5. networking activities with experts of all kinds (artificial intelligence, business financing, venture capital, legal, entrepreneurship, etc.);
6. testimonials from entrepreneurs;
7. mentoring sessions with seasoned experts and entrepreneurs in stages 2 and 3.
Participants also benefit from:
1. scholarships for finalists (towards the end of the course: stage 3);
2. practical tools to adopt in the development of their business;
3. help resources for their prototype;
4. support to build their team (if necessary).
About the author
Maurice
