10 days to validate your business idea? Easy? Ask the more than 100 student founded teams that recently did just that. Velocity welcomed its fall 2024 Cornerstone cohort, the largest in its history, from the University of Waterloo. Student-led startups spent hundreds of hours…
Velocity pitch competition finalists share the excitement for their startup ideas Whether to help businesses increase profitability and productivity, or improve personal health management, students are drawing on real-life experiences and market research to influence their startup ideas. And many are employing artificial intelligence…
Velocity Pitch Competition Semi-Finalists Announced A breathalyzer to diagnose breast cancer, a drone system to light up dark public spaces and a robot to make roof shingle installation faster, safer and cheaper: these are just a small sample of the wide range of University…
Student Founder Profile: Ella Walsh While on co-op working at SickKids children hospital in Toronto, Ella Walsh saw parents struggle. Alongside Dr. Maryse Bouchard at the hospital’s Clubfoot Clinic, an outpatient centre treating children who have clubfoot, a foot abnormality in which the foot…
Founder Lydia Konlan reflects on her entrepreneurial journey. Student Founder Feature It was a simple question from a rural farmer in Ghana that planted the seed of a new business in Lydia Konlan’s mind: “How do I find markets for my products?” This inquiry…
Foodage founder Osose Itua shares how she went from undergraduate student to startup founder.
Co-founder Miswar Syed reflects how a challenging first winter in Canada reveals a business opportunity Student Founder Feature Miswar Syed was exposed to the promise of clean energy technology early on in his life. Now he is building a career and company out of…
An industry opportunity inspires health care startup PatientCompanion Student Founder Spotlight Volunteering at hospitals and long-term care centres, Christy Lee spotted a significant stressor impacting nurses: a stream of flashing lights across the hallway signifying a patient needing assistance. But there was no way…
Josiah Plett is developing two startups after a game developer career.
In the monotonous haze of mundane data entry, Humza Ahmed found inspiration at his engineering co-operative education placement and an opportunity to innovate. His frustration for his work grew into optimism for the future of productivity.