| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 66.23 |
| Liaison | Jody Jones |
| Submission Date | March 18, 2024 |
Mount Royal University
IN-47: Innovation A
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.50 / 0.50 |
Jorden
Dye Program Admin IES |
Name or title of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome:
A brief description of the innovative policy, practice, program, or outcome that outlines how credit criteria are met and any positive measurable outcomes associated with the innovation:
The JMH LaunchPad Pitch Competition celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2022. This program supports students to build companies, projects, ideas, careers. Each year, a JMH LaunchPad Pitch Competition is held with allows MRU entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas for their share of $70,000 in cash and services to support their business venture growth.
To prepare for the pitch competitions, LaunchPad Lab is an enriching 8-week program to equip student entrepreneurs with the skills and resources to build a business. Students come in with business ideas, and LaunchPad Lab is there to help accelerate their business ideas forward.
Over the course of the program, students embark on a challenging 8-week learning expedition, honing their skills in problem-solving, constructing basic prototypes and learning foundational entrepreneurial frameworks. The heart of LaunchPad Lab is centred on its strong emphasis on customer discovery, a critical process that includes validating business problems through insightful customer conversations.
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
2024 Program and Winners
2023 Program and Winners
10 Year Anniversary Media Story of Program
https://www.mtroyal.ca/AboutMountRoyal/MediaRoom/Stories/2022/04/celebrating-jmh-launchpads-10-year-anniversary.htm
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