March has been a very busy month here at EPICentre. As part of the Entrepreneurship SpeakHER series sponsored by the US Consulate General in Toronto, we have hosted two amazing American woman entrepreneurs this month. This evening, we will be hosting the first-ever cross-border virtual networking event featuring American and Canadian women entrepreneurs. We are partnering with Portland State University’s Center for Entrepreneurship to bring together our students together to network with the invited women entrepreneurs.
We are excited to announce that the application for the RBC EPIC Founders Program will be open on April 4th. This 12-week program provides participants the opportunity to validate their early-stage idea using the Lean Startup methodology. Participants will also receive up to $6,000 in stipend, access to our mentors and experts as well as tailored workshops.
We will also be accepting applications for the 5th cohort of the EPIC VentureWomen Program starting April 18th. This program supports female founders and co-founders of early-stage businesses to launch and grow their businesses. Participants will have access to funding up to $2,500, mentorship and advisory services as well as workshops and networking events.
EPIC NEWS
RBC EPIC Founders Is Back!
Applications for the RBC EPIC Founders program open on April 4th! Don't miss out on this 12-week intensive startup accelerator program for recent and student grads! Visit our website for more information.
Applications for EPIC Venture Women Open This Month
Applications for the EPIC VentureWomen program open on April 18th! This program is aimed to provide tailored training and support for women changemakers looking to reimagine the future. Visit our website for more information.
Funded by the US Consulate General's office in Toronto, we've hosted 3 amazing sessions with female entrepreneurs from the United States. Catch up on all our sessions on our EPICentre YouTube channel!
Congratulations to Kennedy Murray, winner of Windsor Soup
University of Windsor Teaching Assistant and member of our EPIC Discovery Program, Kennedy Murray took home a prize at this year's Windsor Soup competition put on by Enactus. Murray's relationship with EPICentre began after winning a prize in Tim Brunets Ways of Knowing course after presenting their solution to curb the challenges in the right to safe and affordable housing.
Congratulations to Noor Al-Azary & Tachelle Ting for winning second place in Windsor Soup
Libro-EPIC Social Enterprise startup, Right Hear (run by Noor Al-Azary & Tachelle Ting) took home the second-place prize in this year's Windsor Soup competition put on by enactus!
BlueBottle took home the "Most Social Impact" award (sponsored by EPICentre) at the WINHACKS 2022 competition!
EPIC OPPORTUNITIES
Entrepreneurship NetworkHER Event
It's not too late to sign up for tonight's Entrepreneurship NetworkHER event. A virtual networking session helping entrepreneurs make cross-border connections. We're proud to be collaborating with Portland State University for this event that's funded by the US Consulate office in Toronto!
Have a great idea? A solution to a newfound problem? The next big thing? We want to hear about it!
We're taking our EPIC Idea sessions virtual. email layanb@uwindsor.ca to get set up with one of our EPIC Program Leads. You'll have the opportunity to discuss your idea and find out the next steps to make your dreams a reality.
EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES
Roadmap to MVP
Roadmap to MVP aims to give woman-identifying entrepreneurs the opportunity to define and develop their MVP in a supportive and collaborative group environment. Participants will gain access to a community of other women founders and will receive 1:1 mentorship from our program facilitator – Reema Duggal– President of Sitaran Group and Co-Founder of Silicon Halton.
They want to hear YOUR opinions about hackathons, and they're willing to PAY you for it! This short survey will take just a few minutes to fill out, and we're raffling off TWO $50 Amazing gift cards AND THREE $25 Amazon gift cards.
