WEllfunded Community Engagements & Programs Initiatives for Entrepreneurship
WEllfunded particpates as a judge in the Startup Salad at Concordia Univeristy
May 05, 2017
The Asia-Pacific Youth Entrepreneurship Foundation hosted a 3-day event at Concordia University called Startup Salad. The event ran from May 5-7 in Montreal focusing on pitching new ideas to judges, receiving mentorships, and chances to network with investors.
Mikael Charette named Vice President of Innovation Gatineau
April 28, 2017
Our very own Mikael Charette, Managing Partner of WEllfunded was named Vice President of Innovation Gatineau.
Innovation Gatineau is a unique incubator model. Fully funded by the private sector, it brings together all the levers and professional services under one roof to create a startup and accelerate its development.
WEllfunded Supports Up and Coming Entrepeneurs at the BME Grill
April 25, 2017
WEllfunded Managing Partner, Mikael Charette sat with a panel of judges to hear the business plans of four graduating students from Algonquin College.
At the end of the final semester of the Business Management and Entrepreneurship Program, the school hosts a competition judged by experts in the business world. The competition is held at the Woodroffe Campus, where four of the top students face off for a grand prize of $2000 in cash and services.
April 13, 2017
Innovation Gatineau is an incubator and accelerator for technology companies. The mission of the incubator is to increase the chances of survival of Startups by providing them with the resources necessary for their growth.
It is the ideal place for startups to establish themselves in Gatineau.
WEllfunded programs will be offered there in French as of Spring 2017.
November 20, 2016
We're excited to bring you Startup Weekend Ottawa hosted by uOttawa! All are welcomed to join this 54-hour event to start up your ideas. Our goal is to connect students across all faculties to encourage and promote entrepreneurship regardless of discipline of study while connecting these students to Ottawa's startup community. This time around, we have four categories in which participants can choose to compete in:
1) General
2) Social Impact
3) Mobile Health
4) Makers
To find out more information about each of these categories and the event schedule, please visit: http://uottawa-startupweekend.com/.
We look forward to seeing the different types of innovative ideas that can come to life when students branch out and connect with those around them with different skill sets and areas of expertise. In an effort to make the event more accessible to students and alumni, the Engineering department at the University of Ottawa has subsidized the tickets for uOttawa & Carleton students.
March 05, 2017
We're excited to bring you Startup Weekend Ottawa hosted by uOttawa! All are welcomed to join this 54-hour event to start up your ideas. Our goal is to connect students across all faculties to encourage and promote entrepreneurship regardless of discipline of study while connecting these students to Ottawa's startup community.
AC Wolf DEN Competition - WEllfunded Sponsor & MC Wolf
March 14, 2017
On March 14, Algonquin College will be holding its 2nd annual Wolves’ Den competition! Student entrepreneurs will be selected to pitch their entrepreneurial ideas in front of Industry “Wolves” with the exciting outcome of leaving with start-up support. Students and employees are invited to come see these AC entrepreneurs in action as they battle to prove the value of their ideas to the Wolves.
March 21, 2017
AC SALESLAB is a program where learners, internal and corporate partners collaborate toward sales initiatives with a focus on enhancing Knowledge, Experience, and Networking for all involved. WEllfunded is happy to be the first official corporate partners. Think Global, build a strategy that will transcend borders for young startups and entrepreneurs.
March 23, 2017
Finance Minister Bill Morneau's and WEllfunded Managing-Partner Mikael Charette discussed the federal government's investment commitment in innovation in 2017 budget. We discussed the export and international SalesLAB initiatives.
Startup Salad brings together interesting, powerful and genuine people who want to make a difference, to connect, learn and collaborate in an offline manner, creating an innovative project that actively promotes social development globally. Startup Salad, with brands including ‘52-hour Startup Salad’, ‘Big Salad’ and ‘Salad Pro’, now cover more than 50 cities around the world such as Shenzhen, San Francisco, Shanghai, Montreal, Beijing, Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Guangzhou. At the same time, Startup Salad is connecting hundreds of thousands of like-minded entrepreneurs globally.