geekStarter

On Saturday, April 14, four geekStarter robotics teams took part in a full day of mentorship and group activities designed to provide insight into how to take their research projects to market. Teams spent the day learning from and interacting with local entrepreneurs and robotics experts on what’s required to launch a successful startup.

It was a great day this past Saturday for our first Startup Workshop. Over 90 middle school, high school, and university students from across Alberta spent the day in collaborative, hands-on learning, including a mini Lean Startup workshop - where teams developed, refined and pitched a value proposition for a theoretical business - speed networking with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists, and more. Check out the latest MindFuel.ca blog for more.

geekStarter Startup Workshop: Students learn about commercializing their projects - Mindfuel On December 2, more than 90 Alberta students gathered in Calgary to attend the first ever geekStarter Startup Workshop. Managed by MindFuel, with funding support from Alberta Innovates, geekStarter engages students in finding and solving authentic problems, and building solutions based in emerging s...

The afternoon sessions of the Startup Workshop kick off with a panel on Venture Capitalism beginning with Will Bunker of GrowthX.

UToday | Four exceptional instructors named Killam research and teaching laureates Each has given considerable thought to research, teaching and learning. Arcellana-Panlilio takes great pride in mentoring the undergraduate iGEM teams; Hugo takes seriously his responsibility to create an environment conducive to project-based learning; Behjat has reworked a professional development...

Five geekStarter iGEM teams are headed to the Giant Jamboree in Boston this November!

Local iGEM teams advance to Giant Jamboree in Boston J.W. Schnarr Lethbridge Herald [email protected] Local teams involved in an annual science competition are looking ahead to international oppo