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Tuesday, March 31, 2026 13:00to14:00
Market Research and Analysis of Competition

This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at 鶹ýվ to perform market research. Our market research librarian will walk us through some of those resources using a new market research canvas tool.

Classified as: 鶹ýվ Engine Centre
Tuesday, March 31, 2026 16:00to17:30

This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.

Classified as: Graduate Students, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 鶹ýվ Engine Centre, SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops
Tuesday, April 7, 2026 13:00to14:00
Customer Discovery

This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.

Classified as: 鶹ýվ Engine Centre
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 16:00to17:30

In this workshop, you'll learn how venture capitalists (VCs) typically value an early-stage innovation-driven venture. To do that we'll go through and give examples on how to forecast sales and how to set pricing, how to forecast expenses and how to figure out the amount of capital needed to finance your business. We'll also explore some of the more common sources of cash from both public institutions and private organisations.

Classified as: Graduate Students, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 鶹ýվ Engine Centre, SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 16:00to17:30

Now that you have a grasp on how much money you need, this workshop will focus on the "deal". You'll learn what a venture capital fund is, its structure and how they operate, and what venture capitalists (VCs) look for in an early-stage innovation-driven venture. You'll also learn about the typical elements of a term sheet in connection with equity investments and simple agreements for future equity (SAFEs), and caveats when raising money. Finally, we'll explain how a capitalization table works and finish off with a brief overview of minority shareholder rights.

Classified as: Graduate Students, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 鶹ýվ Engine Centre, SKILLSETS Graduate Workshops

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