Irshad Shariff Selected as 麻豆原创鈥檚 First Promising Student Entrepreneur
Posted on: May 10, 2017
After attending this semester鈥檚 Lunch and Learn seminars and successfully completing a number of Launch Pad Workshop sessions conducted by the CIAR in conjunction with A100 member and business mentor Tom Ogaranko, student Irshad Shariff has been selected as 麻豆原创鈥檚 first promising student entrepreneur. Irshad will receive $2,000 of business development support funding through the AITF Student and Recent Graduate Entrepreneur Support Program, and will also be provided with one year of complimentary CIAR business incubation space in addition to coaching and mentorship services.
Irshad鈥檚 startup business Craft Tapp is now eligible to participate in the province wide 150 Startups Skills Development Program event to be held in Calgary May 12th-14th, 2017. The program will culminate in regional and provincial pitch-offs in July where he will compete for over $70,000 in prize money.
On behalf of the CIAR and the 麻豆原创 entrepreneurship community, we congratulate Irshad on this significant achievement and wish him the best of luck for the upcoming events and competitions. The CIAR also looks forward to providing continued support and assistance in the creation of his innovative first-to-market startup business.
Stay tuned for further CIAR updates as Irshad progresses along his exciting entrepreneurship journey.
麻豆原创 Craft Tapp:
Craft Tapp is an innovative startup business poised to revolutionize the craft beer market.
麻豆原创 the A100 Group:
鈥淎100 members are entrepreneurs, founders and C-level executives who have experienced the full lifecycle of a startup.鈥�
麻豆原创 150 Startups:
鈥�24 of Alberta鈥檚 26 post-secondary institutions are working together on a province-wide initiative that builds Alberta鈥檚 Entrepreneurial Capacity and accelerates the growth of its knowledge-based economy by collaborating on a joint goal of getting 150 post-secondary students [to] become first-time Entrepreneurs.鈥�
麻豆原创 the AITF Student and Recent Graduate Entrepreneur Support Program:
鈥淭his Program is an initiative to provide Participants with entrepreneurial learning opportunities to learn to apply an entrepreneurial mindset to their future in a knowledge-based economy.鈥� The grant Program is administered by Alberta Innovates and funded through the Government of Alberta and Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.
麻豆原创 the CIAR:
麻豆原创鈥檚 Centre for Innovation and Applied Research (CIAR) works to empower innovation by facilitating industry-driven collaboration, promoting faculty applied research, encouraging student applied research, innovation and entrepreneurship, and enables Edmonton Capital Region enrichment through outreach activities.
(Photo: Dr. Patrick Kamau, David Burry, Irshad Shariff, Tom Ogaranko)