BEST-Lassonde School of Engineering
11 Arboretum Lane, 4700 Keele Street M3J 1P3 Toronto, ON, Canada

In times of disruption, it is important to re-evaluate each component of your business model to identify threats and opportunities. In this session we will use Alex Osterwalder's business model canvas to systematically explore opportunities. We are sharing some examples to help you identify innovation in times of disruption. RSVP: http://tiny.cc/oyzooz

Do you have an innovative solution that can help people? We want to hear it! BEST-Lassonde School of Engineering is partnering with Prepr for #BeyondCovidChallenge Share your ideas and solutions through the Beyond Covid-19: Global Open Innovation Challenge... Get started today: https://prepr.org/covid-19/ #Prepr #Preprme #PreprBeyondCovid #BeyondCovidChallenge #GlobalChallenge #OpenInnovation

"Heritude" WINS Final Pitch for ENTR 4500 In early April, the final pitch day was held as part of ENTR 4500 course (a required course for the BEST Certificate). Five groups of students from Lassonde, Schulich, Health pitched their business ideas. The ideas of each group were diverse and really well presented and according to judges, it was hard to choose the winning team. The team won the $500 prize courtesy to the BEST Lab and also got accepted to the BEST Lab to get supports and mentorship in turning their business idea into a startup.

Battlesnake: Stay Home & Code is an online programming league raising money for Food Banks Canada. Program a web server to play Battlesnake, and join developers from across Canada in a large online Tournament, broadcast live on April 25th. If you're a seasoned programmer or someone who's looking to get started, Stay Home and Code has something for you. This Saturday April 25th, 2020 Register Here: https://play.battlesnake.com/

Don't forget to tune in tomorrow for an online webinar at 12pm on "Innovation During Times of Disruption" presented by Dr. Andrew Maxwell. He will provide tools and frameworks to help you identify specific actions you can take to turn the current challenges facing your organization into new ways of creating customer value.... RSVP Here: https://tiny.cc/ScholarHub

In this short lecture and Q&A, Dr. Andrew Maxwell, Bergeron Chair in Technology Entrepreneurship at the Lassonde School of Engineering, will share insights from his research on the challenges of innovating. He will also provide tools and frameworks to help you identify specific actions you can take to turn the current challenges facing your organization into new ways of creating customer value. This Wednesday April 22nd, 2020 (12pm - 1pm) RSVP Here: https://tiny.cc/ScholarHub