Certificate OF
Entrepreneurship and Innovation
nature
Key factors of the contemporary technology industry
structure
sustainable
scalable
profitable
dynamics
ideating
hypothesizing
validating
executing
Course Description
This program introduces you to the nature, structure and dynamics of the contemporary software industry. It focuses on the key factors involved in ideating, hypothesizing, validating, model to launch a sustainable scalable and profitable tech bases (software and/or hardware) business venture as a company founder or as an employee of an established company.
In this program, you will learn techniques and methodologies that will give you a distinct career advantage, whether or not you intend to work in a tech field. It is designed to give you a true-to-life experience of the thought processes behind successful tech business ventures, which apply whether you are planning on creating your own startup or working for an established employer.
In this program, you will learn techniques and methodologies that will give you a distinct career advantage, whether or not you intend to work in a tech field. It is designed to give you a true-to-life experience of the thought processes behind successful tech business ventures, which apply whether you are planning on creating your own startup or working for an established employer.
Mario Grech
DCS Innovation Lab Co-Founder and Director, Department of Computer Science
Executive, entrepreneur, and investor with international leadership experience in large Silicon Valley tech companies, including CRAY Research, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, as well as co-founding/co-funding four successful privately-held startup ventures. Adviser to U.S. government departments and agencies.
Dubie Cunningham
Investment Partner, ScaleUP Ventures
Dubie Cunningham is an investment Partner at ScaleUP Ventures, one of Canada’s leading early stage venture funds. She was formerly Vice President of Innovation at Scotiabank, with an enterprise-wide mandate to accelerate the bank’s digital transformation. She established over forty Fintech partnerships and led Scotiabank’s Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence labs.
Adam Nanjee
Managing Director for Canada, Microsoft for Startups.
Adam and his team have a mandate to build, develop and grow the B2B-enterprise startup eco-system through Microsoft for Startups global program. He is a board member of the Canadian Innovation Exchange, and former Senior VP for Corporate Development and Marking of Zafin and former VP of MasterCard.