91黑料网 Dobson Cup participants win Next Canada award for their insomnia solution
With their revolutionary earplugs, Kristina Pearkes (BEng鈥�17) and Sean Kaiser (BEng鈥�17) aim to end insomnia without medication. The duo is the brains behind Orbityl, the company that just received Next Canada鈥檚 Outstanding Next 36 Venture Award. The Next 36 is a young-entrepreneur accelerator run by Next Canada, which offers seed capital as well as mentorship opportunities.
Desautels welcomes Yalmaz Siddiqui as latest Global Expert
Yalmaz Siddiqui is Vice President of Corporate Sustainability at MGM Resorts International. 聽He started this role in May 2016 and is responsible for leading a range of environmental sustainability initiatives for the company, including green conventions, food waste reduction, waste management, sustainable purchasing and communications.
Second cohort of MMF students dive right in
Since starting up in July, the second cohort of the Masters of Management in Finance program is in full swing.
The diverse class of 42 students represents 11 countries and is joining the program with an array of academic backgrounds.
The participants also have a full slate of social engagement activities and sports achievements under their belts, and will build upon their existing work experience as they delve further into the world of finance.
Aldo Bensadoun and the company he turned into a big-league player
Aldo Bensadoun (BCom鈥�64) founded Aldo Shoes as a Le Ch芒teau exclusive in 1972, then opened the first standalone ALDO store in 1987. Today, the ALDO Group is a major player in the shoe field, with locations in 95 countries. Throughout, Mr. Bensadoun has maintained an interest in corporate culture as an engine for doing good.
To realise your potential, be fully engaged.
A piece in Forbes co-authored by Desautels professor Karl Moore and Sandoz executive Vincenzo Ciampi (BCom鈥�94) says that it takes a sense of purpose to realise one鈥檚 career potential.
Improved scale and production set to open up edible cricket market
When Aspire Food Group started operations in 2013 under co-founder Mohammed Ashour (MSc鈥�11, MDCM鈥�15), the field it was playing on was wide open. Insects are a viable food source across much of the world, but to farm them on the industrial scale that Aspire needed in order to make crickets an affordable, scalable food-production option was going to take some doing. The answer comes in the form of a well-designed automated cricket farm.聽
Montreal shoe giant ALDO agrees to buy the shoes and accessories part of the Camuto Group鈥檚 business
A news release at canadianinsider.com reveals that Montreal-based footwear giant ALDO is set to buy the shoes and accessories side of the Camuto Group. The deal plays nicely into ALDO鈥檚 expansion efforts and frees up Camuto to concentrate on its apparel unit.
A little adrenaline goes a long way when it comes to business perspectives
A blog post at Virgin.com looks at how adventure-seeking CEOs come at business from a more open, experimental angle.
Desautels Professor Jingjing Zhang鈥檚 research shows that chief execs who fly small airplanes in their off-hours tend to be more open to innovation.
After DavidsTea, Desautels alumnus goes for something new
According to a recent piece in the Ottawa Business Journal, David Segal (BCom鈥�04) knocked one out of the park with DavidsTea, and he bets he can do it again with salad. His new venture, Mad Radish, brings premium salad to the fast-food scene, where Canadians currently spend $24 billion per year. There鈥檚 a growing hunger for healthier choices, which is why big-calorie chains like McDonald鈥檚 have started adding salads to their menus, but Mr.
Desautels alumnus and Global Expert rebuilds after major biking accident
Jonathan Ross Goodman聽(BA鈥�89, MBA/LLB鈥�93) is the CEO of Montreal-based pharmaceutical company Knight Therapeutics and a Desautels Global Expert. He is also a textbook case of how to overcome adversity: A 2011 biking accident left him in a coma for weeks and caused massive brain damage. Even today, his short-term memory is poor and he has trouble eating. But Mr.
Fundraising could improve if tailored to social status
According to research by Desautels professor DaHee Han and her colleagues, charities are losing out on donations by not targeting their fundraising campaigns properly.
Desautels alumnus and amateur sailor hits the high seas to make history
Clipper Round the World is an epic endurance event, a race that crosses 40,000 nautical miles and hits six continents. It鈥檚 unique in that there is no requirement to have ever stepped on a boat to crew one of the twelve 70-foot yachts. Simon DuBois (BCom鈥�10) is on a mission to be the first Quebecer to complete a round-the-world yacht race. The last attempt by a Quebecer was when solo racer Gerry Roufs disappeared in 1997 while racing in the Vend茅e Globe.
Desautels alumna on Auto Remarketing Canada鈥檚 Under Forty list
The Remarketing Under Forty list in Auto Remarketing Canada鈥檚 Special Conference Issue is a roundup of the industry鈥檚 brightest young minds. Desautels grad Stephanie Turner聽(MBA'15) is the Senior Manager for Strategy and Business Development at Cox Automotive Canada in Toronto, where she has been since 2015.
Karl Moore nominated for Thinkers50 prize
Desautels Professor Karl Moore has been nominated in the leadership category of this year鈥檚 Thinkers50 Distinguished Achievement Awards.
Change is in the air for European EMBAs
A recent piece in Poets & Quants for Execs looks at how EMBAs are at a crossroads: As companies are less willing to invest in an EMBA for an employee鈥檚 advancement, those execs are looking more and more towards entrepreneurship, which was once the wheelhouse of the MBA set; and B schools are, in turn, facing disruption from microlearning tech startups.
