Creative ways to keep businesses afloat in times of crisis | Le Wagon Talk new series

Le Wagon Montréal
3 min readApr 16, 2020

The journey of every entrepreneur is dotted with challenges especially in times of crisis. Are you curious to know how companies are copping with the situation? How did StartupFest, the largest startup event in Canada adjust to this new reality? How can big corporations better collaborate with startups in times of crisis?

Join us remotely in this new series of Le Wagon Talk to discover creative ways founders and their teams came up with to keep their businesses afloat while making a positive impact in their communities.

The talks are in English, bilingual discussion.

Le Wagon Talk with Virgile Ollivier, Co-Founder & CEO, Livescale

Expert in video, digital media & innovation, Virgile cofounded in 2016 Livescale, a livestreaming platform allowing to create real-time interactive eCommerce experiences.

Apr 22 | 6:30 p.m. | Free | RSVP HERE

Le Wagon Talk with Philippe Telio, Founder, StartupFest

With an engineering background, Philippe is a seasoned entrepreneur who got a taste of the startup world fresh out of university in the early 90s pre-internet era

Apr 29 | 6:30 p.m. | Free | RSVP HERE

Collaboration between startups & corporations in times of crisis

Key players in the innovation scene will discuss the benefits and challenges of Open Innovation projects and how to foster more collaboration between the corporate world and startups.

Our guests:

✨ Valérie Forget, Director of Innovation, Osmo
✨ Federico Puebla, Open Innovation Director at Desjardins, Global Head of Cooperathon
✨ Jean-Philip Poulin, Open Innovation program Manager at Centech
✨ Eric Letarte, Chief of innovation, Radio-Canada

May 6 | 6:30 p.m. | Free | RSVP HERE

Le Wagon Talk with Marina Pavlovic Rivas, Co-founder & CEO, Eli

Marina is an entrepreneur and WiMLDS Montreal’s founder, a community of 1000+ people with the mission to support and promote gender minorities in machine learning and data science.
May 13 | 6:30 p.m. | Free | RSVP HERE

And more …

Webinar — Information session (Bilingual)

Are you thinking about making a career change? Do you want to start working in tech but don’t have the skills yet? Discover the opportunities that Le Wagon programs offer you.

April 17 | 12 p.m. | Free | RSVP HERE

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