IDEA START Venture & Innovation Community Meetup

Join us at the IDEA START HQ for our community meetup where we'll focus on our individual journeys and opportunities to connect!

• Your innovation & entrepreneurship journey - what are your needs, interests, and motivations?
• Networking and connecting with mentors, peers, and facilitators
• Founder game for entrepreneurial connection, growth, and fun!
• Hear from this month's guest mentor or emerging entrepreneur
• Pizza and pop provided!

This month Devon Bath & Naim Ben Younes from GradFinder will be joining us for a "Member Speak"!

Devon Bath and Mohamed Naim Ben Younes are the co-founders of GradFinder, a centralized AI-powered marketplace designed to connect prospective graduate students with supervisors more efficiently. As graduate students at the University of Manitoba, Devon and Naim recognized an opportunity to improve the often complex and outdated process of finding a supervisor. Inspired by their own experiences, they set out to create a more streamlined and accessible solution. They’ve been building GradFinder for the past year and a half and are now preparing for a soft launch this July.

Please note: The building doors will be unlocked from 4:30 PM - 7:30 PM and Parking is free in SP1 after 4:30 p.m.

In case you haven't joined us at an I-VIC meetup yet, these meetups are split into 5 parts:-

1. Hearing our guest mentor or member's story
2. Dividing into "Journey Groups" to connect with others in a similar place on their own journeys (e.g. From those who are "Exploring Entrepreneurship and Innovation" to those who are "Achieving Success")
3. There may be a founder game or activity that supports connection, learning, and growth
4. Collaboration requests and ecosystem updates
5. Connection and networking (plus pizza and pop!)

Questions? Feel free to contact us at aWRlYXN0YXJ0Y29tbXVuaXR5IHwgdW1hbml0b2JhICEgY2E=

or DM us on Instagram @ideastart.um

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By participating in this event, you consent to being photographed, videotaped, and/or audio recorded and you authorize IDEA START to use the photographs, videos, and/or audio recordings in its activities, at its events, and in its promotional material, in print or electronic format, including on the internet via the university's website or other social media websites. Please alert the photographer at the event if you do not want your photo taken.

Personal Information Notice

Your personal information is being collected under the authority of The University of Manitoba Act. The information you provide will be used by the university for the purpose of processing your registration for the event, determining catering orders, improving future IDEA START events, and for further communication regarding the event. Your personal information will not be used or disclosed for other purposes, unless permitted by The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). If you have any questions about the collection of your personal information, contact the Access and Privacy Office (tel. 204-474-9462), 233 Elizabeth Dafoe Library, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, R3T 2N2

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