Le défi Startup Weekend Montréal

Cette fin de semaine, 135 développeurs, designers et spécialistes en marketing et en administration se sont rassemblés à Startup Weekend Montréal, et ont été mis au défi de concevoir, développer et lancer une «startup». L’événement a commencé fort vendredi avec une allocution de Yona Shtern, le fondateur du site à succès BeyondTheRack.com et de François Gilbert, directeur général d’Anges Québec. « Être entrepreneur, c’est une façon de vivre, d’exprimer sa confiance en soi et ses convictions profondes » a affirmé François Gilbert. Ils ont été ensuite été invité à rejoindre dans un panel de discussions Jean-Sébastien Cournoyer, partenaire du fonds de démarrage Real Ventures et Chris Arsenault, associé directeur au fonds de capital de risque iNovia Capital.

61 idées ont été ensuite présentées par les participants, avec au final seulement 17 projets sélectionnés. Les équipes se tout de suite lancées au travail, avec pour défi la réalisation en seulement 54 heures.

Support complet de la Communauté d’affaires

Tout au long de de la fin de semaine, 54 entrepreneurs à succès, chefs d’entreprise, et experts reconnus en design, marketing, technologie et services légaux ont conseillé et supporté les équipes. Ces mentors se sont assurés qu’ils ont validé les hypothèses en parlant à des clients potentiels, les ont aidé dans leur modèle d’affaire, et ont rappelés aux équipes la nécessité d’avoir un produit fonctionnel.

Im-patient, la solution pour de meilleurs services en santé?

Les équipes ont été jugées à la fin de l’événement sur la qualité d’exécution de leur modèle d’affaires, de l’exécution, de la validation du produit auprès de la clientèle cible ainsi que sur la composition de leur équipe. Le jury composé de Senia Rapisarda (BDC), Mr. Claude Ananou (SynOpp), Mr. Johann Gest (Fasken Martineau), Mark Mcleod (Real Ventures) et Caroline Pelletier (Anges Québec) ont remis le prix du jury à l’équipe de im-patient, une application mobile qui permet à ses utilisateurs de simplifier et d’accélerer leur visite médicale. Humm.it a quant à lui, gagné le prix coup de coeur.

Des chiffres qui parlent d’eux-mêmes

En tout, 100 000 $ de prix ont été décernés, dont des forfait complets de services légaux, des services d’incubation, rencontres et coaching auprès investisseurs, services de design, et entrées dans des conférences internationales comme C2MTL ou Startup Festival. « Startup Weekend Montréal a pour la première fois rejoint d’un côté la communauté des startups de Montréal, avec des organisations comme Notman House, MontrealTechWatch ou FounderFuel, et d’un autre côté l’organisation de HEC Montréal, qui a eu un effet multiplicateur et donné naissance à un événement d’envergure.» selon Heri Rakotomalala, co-organisateur de l’événement.

Startup Weekend Montréal, c’est en tout 8 projets d’affaires dans les réseaux sociaux et jeux, 4 projets en ecommerce, 3 projets en applications mobiles et géo-localisés, 1 projet en santé, et 1 projet en publication numérique.

Startup Weekend Montréal a pour partenaires principaux HEC Montréal, Fasken Martineau, Real Ventures et la BDC, et est un événement co-organisé par la Société des Relations d’Affaires et MontrealTechWatch.

Références:

With the promise of launching a real startup, with a product and a business model, in a weekend competition, and at the end a selection by experienced judges, the formula has been proven multiple times in the USA, Canada, and all over the world. As a matter of fact, many newcomers who have been to other StartupWeekends in other countries have always asked why there were nothing organized in the city.

StartupWeekend Montreal has now 4 major partners: the business school HEC Montréal, the law firm Fasken Martineau, the early stage venture firm Real Ventures, and the BDC (Business Development Bank of Canada). Beyond the financial support, they are giving substantial support by also providing key mentors, event space, and of course an extensive business and executive network to make sure participants get help during and after the weekend.

Other Montreal, Toronto, and international organizations have joined in. It’s great to see schools like Dawson College, incubators from Montreal (Bolidea) and Toronto, local CLDs, SAJE, reso investissements, and of course user groups such as MontrealPython, MtlGirlGeeks or MTLStartupTalent joining in the party.

Mentors were also announced at the event yesterday: Olivier Cabanes (Bolidea), Chris Arsenault (iNovia Capital), Shawn Kernes (CTO Beyond The Rack), Mark McLeod (RealVentures / FounderFuel) and many others. Expect at least 3-4 mentors in each domain of expertise, with the majority being serial entrepreneurs, executives or expert consultants.

Follow the StartupWeekend site for more information and updates! There are still a few designers and developers available on the main site, and for those who know how the right people, there are still also a few entrepreneur tickets.

Startupifier a group dedicated to linking students with startups, has announced a new tech event, and it has the surprising name of Occupy Notman. So this is what I have in mind if you mention “Occupy” and hacking:

With the temperature and also the occupy movement looking for a place, is Notman getting involved in the occupy movement? No, it’s a hackathon! The eventbrite page is here: RSVP if you want to occupy and hack at Notman.

Here’s an interview with Marc Beaupré, startupifier member, hackathon organizer, and also Notman residant:

Q: Is the event focused on technology, or is it focused on ideas with a business model?

The event just happens to focus on technology, but that’s just because of the industry most of our members are involved in, and the ecosystem that’s around technology. We would really love non-tech ideas at the event. We have had a couple in the past, but I think the tech majority might make people that were considering other ideas shy away. So, we’ll definitely continue to explore ideas on how to improve our ability to host events which are accessible to all ideas, but right now technology is the majority of what goes on.

The second thing is that while we try to encourage students to consider working at startups and to start their own businesses, the event isn’t just for business ideas. We love to see free, open-source and charitable projects happen too. Really, the #1 thing is that people come to the event to create something. No matter what, that process of creation will teach them something and maybe help themselves or others, which is really what we’re all about.

Q: so what’s up with the occupy theme? Is it related to “camping” during the night at Notman? or it’s just for fun?

The occupy theme is just something we came up with to keep the events fresh. Everyone has heard of the real occupy this or that events, and we wanted to have some fun with it. And, it was a chance to throw a unique and interesting event. So it’s poking fun at the occupiers a little bit, but our intention is to experiment with the format of the events. We’re still a young organization, and so for now we want to work to distinguish ourselves a bit, and to find out what works and what doesn’t.

Q: What kind of people are you expecting at the event? students?

The objective of Startupifier is to connect students with startups. So we do a lot of work with student groups, either in CS departments or in the entrepreneurship area, to try to promote startups and get students involved with the community. So our big focus is trying to encourage their participation. However, we also need the tech community to be there for students to meet and interact with. So, we can’t have the events without them, and so they’re equally encouraged to come to the events. I think we just have to work harder to get students to come out, so that’s where more of our time is spent. But the event is open to anyone with an interest.

Q: Interesting in seeing so many designer tickets. Are you doing special outreach to designer groups?

Honestly, that was done without much thought. hahaha. Last time, I think that we just had one group of tickets, but it was suggested that we break it up. So, I just put out equal numbers of designers and developers. Though, we definitely expect more developers.

Q: who are the guest judges? any criteria for the winner selection?

The guest judges are actually still being worked on. It’s a bit of a slow process to contact people to come be judges because I like to wait for replies before moving on to the next person. But, what I know for sure is that they will be people from all parts of the community. Last time we had some amazing judges, all of whom are pretty active and well known in the Montreal tech community.

The criteria is always pretty loose since we never know what types of ideas will present in the event. So, we don’t take it too serious and will sometimes create categories at the last minute to recognize something special in a group that didn’t fit in to an existing category. But, generally judges look for what was accomplished, how polished it is, how innovative it is, how useful it is and how they liked the presentation.

Q: are you doing anything special for the winning team, after the event?
It’s yet to be determined whether or not there will be 1 winner, but most likely we’ll have a few winners. We do have prizes, but we’re going to hold off announcing what they are until the event. If the teams aren’t too exhausted after the event, we might go for a few beers afterwards.

That’s all folks, if you’re free in that weekend, you know what to do: RSVP

January is perennially a time for hopefully predictions . 2011 was a year that healthcare startups broke into the scene and on that momentum there have been some heady and futuristic forecasting. While I share the enthusiasm, as most of us shake off the hangovers and get back to work this week, I make some less sensational but more sober thoughts on 3 trends in healthcare tech drawing on analogies from other industries.

1. E-scheduling:

Zocdoc.com (and healthaware.ca in Canada) are two of the first major players in this space and the $50 million additional round of funding for Zocdocs shows how much room there is to grow in this space.

But it is still much easier to book a flight online than it is to book a medical appointment and we are still waiting for the kayak or hipmunk of medicine.

One opportunity is to make e-scheduling more useful for doctors is by having patients enter their medical history rather than the doctor collecting that data at the visit. Medical histories lend themselves to forms and algorithms. Adaptive forms would give patients the freedom to enter that important information before the often rushed clinical encounter improving the quality of the data.

For example, do you have a family history of diabetes? If the patients is unsure, they can call home and check. Histories before the visit gives doctors and managers advance business intelligence on who and what is coming through the door to optimize the number and type of staffing required.

2. Personal medical records

While 2011 saw the success of healthcare startups it also saw impressive failures by both Google and Microsoft who closed Google Health and Microsoft Health Solutions Group. Building electronic medical records is still a risky prospect despite the success of Dr. Chrono.

However in the banking world, Mint and Hellowallet have been able to build successful models to manage people’s finanical history. I’m the first to say that healthcare has unique privacy and ethical issues that are incompatible with traditional marketing models where personalized ads and deals are pushed based on personal content.

We need to stop waiting endlessly for governments, HMOs, or individual practices to build EMRs. In 2012 we should flip the model and create services that empower patients to curate their medical histories in personal medical records (PMR). Think of a paid subscription style Mint – but managing your medical history (labs, imaging, consults) instead of managing your financial history.

PMRs depend on the ease of incorporating data from multiple and disparate sources with most the information still in paper format. But again turning to finance, services like shoeboxed.com already do this. Creating APIs for pharmacies, clinics, and labs that interface with branded PMRs can be a competitive advantage for providers competing for market share.

Ultimately, your health – like your money – is most important to you so it makes sense to empower the individual with tools and services to control and manage their information.

3. Collaborative tools

One trend that cannot be denied is the the sheer growth of medical knowledge and growing complexity of chronic disease. Patients have never fit into the arbitrary specialities of medicine and wards of a hospital. The movement towards managing patients by a team of specialists in concert with allied health professionals for holistic care is growing.

But even though we are building integrated clinics and funding cooperative teams of health professionals, tools that allow different health professionals to collaborate as a team virtually are nascent and often in-house solutions. These tools already exist – just think of google docs or even Salesforce.

There is considerable opportunities in translating these existing technologies into platforms that will enable health professionals to work collaboratively on a patients care plan.

How? Building from the ground up.

In 2012 we will probably not see the end of aging or mass market replacement organs, but as consumer technologies penetrate into healthcare, innovative startups can make accessing and managing healthcare more like modern banking and travel.

The failures of big corporations and government in innovating healthcare demonstrate that this kind of innovation cannot be imposed from the top down – particularly in healthcare where professionals (and not only doctors) are territorial and resistant to change. Rather these innovations must be built from the ground up with frontline clinical experience – whether that be from receptionists, nurses, physicians, or managers – at the heart of design and implementation.

For most health professionals, the burden of clinical care is all encompassing and their expertise and insight into opportunities for innovation are untapped. For most developers, healthcare has too many barriers to access – professional accreditations, medical-legal liabilities to name a few.

Fortunately, there is a growing community bridging the gap between technology innovators and healthcare professionals through incubators like Rock Health and Healthbox and health themed hackathons like h@ckingmedicine and hackinghealth.ca here in montreal.

Here’s to a healthy and innovative 2012!

Jeeshan is a MD/DPhil candidate jointly at the Universities of Alberta and Oxford where he was Rhodes Scholar. He is currently in Montréal as a Sauvé Scholar helping to launch startups that will make healthcare sustainable.

They were McGill students and wavo.me at that time was presented as the iTunes but for your social media, with a web and mobile interface. It’s an ambitious, and to make their dreams true, they applied successfully into FounderFuel, Montreal’s startup accelerator.

The following video tells that story, how they applied to FounderFuel, their involvement in the startup community, what’s included in the program:

The take-away from Conor is that FounderFuel has all the right ingredients, and it’s managed by a group of professionals who know what they’re doing, and who are totally involved into making the startups a success — it’s priceless. It both accelerates the business and the product development time, and gets you connected to the mentors you were only dreaming of. At the end, it also gets you in a room pitching to billions of dollars, again an invaluable value, that will take you years if you did alone. If you have a startup, the right thing to do this week then is to apply to Founderfuel.

The deadline for Founderfuel is at the end of this week, Jan 7th. There’s only a few days left, apply now!

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A few figures

Numbers: 2450 launched startups since 2007 /3500 entrepreneurs participated to the different events

What it means: it’s now supported by Google, Microsoft Bizspark and the Kauffman Foundation, recognized as such as a main driver of technology entrepreneurship. The format is very attractive for new entrepreneurs who can see if the startup career path is for them or not.

Numbers: 30% of the projects still alive 6 months after the Startup weekend

What it means: With the unleashed creativity and productivity during the weekend, teams find the energy to work on the projects, incorporate, raise funding, and much more, months after the event

Numbers: 10% of the created startups made their first profits OR raised funding

What it means: the startup eco-system (VCs, angel investors, analysts and bloggers, universities, engineering schools, entrepreneurial organizations etc.) recognize the value of Startup Weekend, and will support the most successful teams.

FAQ

Français/English

L’événement sera presenté en français — et aussi en anglais, et aussi  la documentation, le site et tout autre support.

Is it a conference or networking event?
No, you can’t go to StartupWeekend by expecting to listen to keynotes or talk to other entrepreneurs, developers or designers. Of course, there are networking events planned before and after the 54-hour marathon, and there are also plenty of opportunities to connect to mentors and executives, but expect to work/brainstorm/code/design/pivot/market/sell/pivot again/launch during StartupWekeend, in a level of intensity you’ve never experienced before.

Is it a business plan competition?
No, you can’t spend 54 hours focusing on excel/elevator pitch/slides. One of the main objectives is to present at least a minimum viable product at the end of the event. That means you have to have a website (or mobile app) to show, demonstrated market fit with early signups or early sales.

Is it a hackathon?
No. A hackathon gathers developers with the goal of producing code, libraries, or a site. StartupWeekend goes beyond that because it will ask you to present a startup, i.e. a technology business that can capture a market, that can be potentially funded by angel investors or VCs.

Can I present my existing startup?
No, judges will take into consideration only what you’ve begun done during the weekend. If you are currently growing a startup and still interested in participating, please consider working on a side-project or an independent service that could enhance or complement your existing startup

What if I don’t have other talent to work with?
You should find a very attractive idea to work on, and get people to work with you, before the event. Of course, you can also pitch the idea at the event on Friday pm, and with partners, we will also help in matching projects with existing talents.

Am I expected to work during 54 hours, go see all the mentors, etc.?
No. The resources such as space, Internet, food, mentors, guides etc are tools that are designed to help you, and it’s your decision to leverage them (or not). Most teams for instance see 1-2 mentors during the event, most take a good night of sleep Friday evening (helps to find good ideas for the startup), and might sleep a few hours Sat. evening. But it’s really up to you.

Are there any support after StartupWeekend, if the team decides to pursue the startup?
Most Montréal VCs and angels will be in the presentation, as well as other investors from the country. Other partners include entrepreneur-friendly law firms, accounting firms, as well as technology companies, marketing experts. As such, Montreal StartupWeekend is a great way to launch a startup and get it propulsed.

What is the ideal team composition?
A good team composition 1 business person + 1 developer + 1 designer. You can also do with one business person and one developer. In past startup weekends, there were also large successful teams, but after 7 or 8 team members, the laws of diminishing returns apply.

What are judges looking for?
An amazing team, great team members who is working on a big idea, and who has shown early feasibility (technical/business)

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Shoy is a new ecommerce platform that invites visitors to share deals with friends first before getting valuable discounts. What’s interesting is that you get only the discount if friends click on the link… which means visitors need to be creative and spend some time to promote the offer.

Shoy in itself doesn’t sell any products on the site, as it only gives you a coupon or a discount code that you can use to buy the product, either at an online store or a nearby retail store. That means visitors can use the site without the barriers found often online, such as credit card requirements, user registration, address input etc. Quinn Roukema, co-founder of Shoy, says: “We’re creating an extremely low-cost way for business to generate lots of new business while putting them in full control over everything. … Advertising + Marketing is no longer expensive and time-consuming and setting up great social media campaigns is no longer difficult.”

No more community managers!

With that kind of system, you don’t need anymore a full-time community manager, or track twitter for potential customers. You just need to think about a big discount that everyone would want, and if it’s really special, Shoy users will do the work for you. That in itself makes Shoy even more powerful than sites like Groupon, which doesn’t have the social multiplier effect to their daily offers. See the simple video below to see how the system works :

Since it’s the holidays, Shoy has already started their beta in New York City, and they’re “going for the kill in January”, both in Montreal and in NYC. Shoy’s co-founders are Quinn Roukema for the marketing/business side, while Roberto Martinez is the lead developer, who started working on the site in October. The small startup is seed-funded by another successful small company, but Shoy is also looking now for new funding to support expansion efforts.

Shoy: the future of online commerce?

It’s interesting to see how a young team sees how online commerce should be done. Quinn for instance believes that the future lies in Facebook page stores. He states that creating an online store requires some programming and also minimal investment, whereas new tools like Shoy will help businesses announce their product in a very simple way. A few companies like Shopify (or Magento) would disagree with that statement, but those services haven’t really done anything with social e-commerce, apart from Facebook “likes” buttons. Shoy wants to tap into that and offer an online shop for every business out there. How’s that for a big idea?

Obviously, Shoy is in my list of startups to watch in 2012, and with enough work, can become one of the fastest-growing web startups. The only weakness that I see is that since there are no barriers, users could actually spend hours on the site to get a coupon… without actually having the means to buy the final product or the motivation to do so.

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Appifier, still in beta but already accessible to a few early users, helps bloggers reach the mobile market, by giving them a dedicated mobile version of their site, with a simple registration and a few clicks.

With the number of blogs estimated to 151 millions in Feb 2011, Appifier is attacking a big market, in a time where users’ attention is shifting to twitter and mobile applications.

Bloggers can experiment with the current software, customize logos and colors, and preview results on their iOS devices with the Appifier Sandbox app. If they are satisfied, they can publish it on the App store, but either paying a one-time fee or pay a recurring subscription fee, on a SaaS model that gives the blogger additional analytics, push notification delivery, and also free updates of the application.

Having both business models is interesting. The first one gives pricing power to publishers, allowing them for instance to charge premium content, depending on their audience, and is also more interesting if they are doing exotic content. Of course, that means more time is required for management of the application. The recurring subscription fee is interesting for those who don’t want the management hassle, and will probably the revenue model chosen by resellers.

Check the video below to see how it works:

I’ve tried the service, and it’s a little bit more complicated than what was promised, since you have to install a json plugin, and you have to be persistant to go through the process, but it’s certainly a hundred times simpler than hiring your own iOS developer and UI designer. With Appifier, you can reach the mobile market with no upfront investment. The process seems magic, a bit like phpFog and all those new Iaas/Paas platforms where you can get a new app built for you in a few minutes, but just pointing to a url.

With this new service, Appifier is targeting 2 different markets: wp developers who can resell it to their clients as a value-add, and also end-users, from whom they collect directly valuable feedback. Mike Gozzo, one of the founder, says:

“we also spent months validating that both the need for an iPhone app and the need to have it rapidly built was indeed present among bloggers and other WordPress users. We got involved with Canada’s WordPress community and even worked with sites like Montreal Tech Watch and Forget the Box to understand their unique use-cases and guide our product development [...] we worked hard to ensure that the resulting product was something that they would find remarkable. “

An engineer and MBA, Mike Gozzo (@gozmike) partnered with Steve Panetta (@stevepanetta), an experienced graphic and UI designer, who got tired of turning away customers who wanted a mobile version of their site. With releases every day, and early customer development, they’re on their way to make a star product, and maybe become one of the early Montreal startups which will be profitable from day 1.

Appifier is testing now the product, squashing bugs, and is open to talk to investors interested in media and mobile markets.

Beaucoup de travail reste encore à faire pour valoriser la culture entrepreneuriale au Québec, car selon le ministère du Développement économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation (MDEIE), il y aura 25 000 entrepreneurs de moins en 2018 comparativement à 2008 (Duhamel, Pierre). Si l’entrepreneuriat demeure moins important au Québec qu’ailleurs au Canada, on ne peut pas dire qu’il manquait d’idées et d’enthousiasme lors de la finale de la 14e édition du défi Les Anges financiers au Centre-Ville.

Organisé par la Jeune Chambre de commerce de Montréal (JCCM) en collaboration avec les Anges Québec, ce défi est «(…) issue d’une initiative commune de la communauté des affaires de propulser la relève entrepreunariale québécoise» selon Sergio Escobar, président du défi les Anges financiers. Ce maillage entre de jeunes entrepreneurs et entreprises privées a permis aux treize équipes sélectionnées d’enrichir leur vision des affaires. Simon Lanoie,  directeur des relations avec les entrepreneurs du défi, a soutenu qu’il s’agissait «(…) d’une chance unique pour les participants de bénéficier de l’expertise d’entrepreneurs à succès en vue de raffiner leur modèle d’affaires: construire et soumettre un projet intéressant, pertinent, viable et rentable, qui saura susciter l’intérêt des investisseurs.» Ce sont pplconnect, Invup, Confitent et Ego6 Inc. qui ont retenu l’attention du jury. Les finalistes bénéficieront d’un coaching de 6 mois avec un mentor qui les guidera dans leurs stratégies d’affaires en vue d’une présentation finale devant certains des 85 membres d’Anges Québec, dont Charles Sirois, fondateur de Fido et de Teleglobe, fait d’ailleurs parti.

Bien que cette initiative a permis d’investir plus de 5,1M$ dans les secteurs de la santé et des nouvelles technologies (principalement les plateformes Web et Internet) selon Sergio Escobar, c’est au niveau de l’éducation et de la sensibilisation à la culture entrepreneuriale que le défi Les Anges financiers prend tout son sens. Il valorise le parcours de nos entrepreneurs auprès de la génération Y : leur donne les moyens d’investir et, surtout, de s’investir. Et je crois que c’est là que l’événement crée une certaine richesse.

Rappelons-nous du sondage pancanadien qui avait été publié en novembre 2010 par la Fondation pour l’entrepreneurship qui soutenait que “(…) la cohorte des 30-39 ans générera six fois moins d’entrepreneurs au Québec qu’en Ontario d’ici 2018. En outre, si un Québécois n’est pas devenu entrepreneur à l’âge de 30 ans, ses chances de le devenir seront très réduites” (Dansereau, Suzanne).

Pourquoi ?

Pourquoi cette flamme entrepreneuriale s’est-elle éteinte? Si les Québécois ne manquent pas d’ambition, s’agierait-il d’une question de culture?

Je crois qu’il faut soutenir la volonté des entrepreneurs de construire et de créer de la richesse comme le promeut le défi Les Anges financiers. N’incarnent-ils pas l’ambition d’une société audacieuse? Le besoin d’aventure et d’accomplissement? À mon avis, l’entrepreneuriat est une affaire de culture avant même d’être une question d’argent.

Valorisons les idées.

Osons le changement.

Dépassons-nous collectivement.

Propulsons-nous en tant que société en continuant de valoriser le parcours de nos entrepreneurs.

Félicitations aux organisateurs ainsi qu’à tous les participants du défi Les Anges financiers.

Collaboration : Geneviève Héon (@HGeny)

Gestionnaire de communautés, matchFWD

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Sources:

Duhamel, Pierre. Blogue de Pierre Duhamel. La Presse : 16 février 2011.

Dansereau, Suzanne. Entrepreneuriat : une situation alarmante. La Presse Affaires : 22 janvier 2011.

Munger, Michel. Les Québécois toujours nés pour un petit pain? Canal Argent : 4 mai 2011.

Centre de vigie et de recherche sur la culture entrepreneuriale de la Fondation de l’entrepreneurship. Indice entrepreneurial québécois 2011 – Culture entrepreneuriale au Québec : nos entrepreneurs prennent-ils racine? (2011). Fondation de l’entrepreneurship et Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, 44 pages. Le document peut être commandé gratuitement sur le site du Centre : http://www.entrepreneurship.qc.ca.