Tag Archives: Entrepreneurship

Fierce Global Food Fight Over What’s on Your Plate

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Ludovic Dumas

Capital is flowing to thousands of innovative upstarts and mid-market companies who are driving the growth of the food industry and taking an ever increasing bite out the dominant market share of Big Food’s legacy brands.

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Hire a Student Entrepreneur This Summer

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Ludovic Dumas

It is summer and you’re probably thinking how to best enjoy this amazing time of the year (super short for us in Canada) with your friends and family. Do yourself a favor and simultaneously make a small move that will … Continue reading →

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5-Bullet Friday: Venture Capital Investing & Corporate Governance

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Ludovic Dumas

Summer is (almost) over. Hope you enjoyed it. Here are some interesting articles catching my attention. How Yale invested in VC to generate 93% IRR over the past 20 years. Public markets are broken. Commonsense Principles of Corporate Governance – Warren Buffet and … Continue reading →

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Changing Times. Bringing Out our Animal Spirit. Fighting. Rolling up our Sleeves. Creating Value.

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Ludovic Dumas

5-Bullet Friday: Here are some observations on events / news catching my attention. Fight Club. Still relevant 20 years later. Silicon Valley is broken and heading for social unrest. The digital transformation of industries. Chasing “cockroaches”. How private equity generates exceptional … Continue reading →

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2013 C2-MTL Emerging Entrepreneurs Contest Winners

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Ludovic Dumas

Congratulations to the 25 winners of the 2013 C2-MTL Emerging Entrepreneurs Contest. The conference will be an amazing networking and learning opportunity for these companies. The number and quality of the applicants were impressive (again) this year, which did not make … Continue reading →

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C2-MTL Emerging Entrepreneurs Contest: What To Look Forward To

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Ludovic Dumas

For the second year in a row, we received many outstanding applications for the C2-MTL Emerging Entrepreneurs Contest. Here is a great video from Alain Wong and his team that will give entrepreneurs a glimpse of the unique experience this program … Continue reading →

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The C2-MTL Emerging Entrepreneurs Contest is back: A unique opportunity in Quebec

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Ludovic Dumas

Following the success of the first edition of C2-MTL and the incredible level of enthusiasm generated by the initiative, the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation decided to repeat the experience and offer to another cohort of 25 emerging entrepreneurs the … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 20, 2012 by Ludovic Dumas

Summer is coming up…time to find a few good books to read!

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The 25 Winners of the C2-MTL Emerging Entrepreneurs Contest Have Been Revealed

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Ludovic Dumas

Congratulations to the 25 winners. The conference will be an amazing networking and learning opportunity for these companies. The number (over 300 businesses) and quality of the applicants were pretty impressive, which did not make it easy to select the finalists.

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C2-MTL: A unique opportunity offered to a select group of emerging companies from Quebec

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Ludovic Dumas

I wrote this fall that Montreal will host one of the most anticipated international conferences of the year on creativity in business. Since then, the event has continued to increase in scale. The Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Family Foundation announced today … Continue reading →

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