Retail Renewal Nurjahan Begum is the Founder and CEO of Progoti - a social enterprise clothing brand that prioritizes people over profit. The standard garment industry pricing strategy is to keep costs low and maximize profit margins as much as possible. In contrast, Progoti prices their products [...]
Myrna Bittner,is the CEO and Co-Founder of RWI Synthetics, an AI-based modelling company that supplies a Synthetic Modelling Platform (SMP) for disrupted sectors like sustainability, mobility, resilience and energy. She said the Rhyze Up! program provided what she described as a unique and grown-up opportunity for her company. As an aboriginal, woman-led company [...]
Having access to experts with the right set of skills has a big impact on how a company grows, said Doodle Lovely founder Melissa Lloyd. Participating in Innovation Guelph’s Rhyze Up! program provided Lloyd the support to bring her business vision to life. Working with Innovation Guelph [...]
Rhyze Up! participant Mary Lobson, CEO of REES Community said the program was particularly well-timed for her newly launched company. REES Community is a simple, secure online platform for reporting sexual violence. It can be adapted for use across sectors and industries beyond post-secondary campuses; anywhere people [...]
Priya Chellasamy, co-founder of Idyaflow IdyaFlow is a Canadian SaaS-based software solution to creating an online marketplace platform for services, products or space like Airbnb or Taskrabbit. Their goal is to make it easier for anyone, anywhere, with an idea, to have a marketplace within a [...]
Why would you not want access to the dream team? Carolyn Crewe is the CEO and Co-Founder of Duckish Natural Skin Care, a company that makes all-natural safe, fun, effective bath, body and baby care products. As a Rhyze Up! program participant, Crewe said she has learned [...]
IG: a coach, a quarterback and an all-star team As Nurture Growth’s EVP Marketing & Business Development, Le Luong says the Rhyze Up! program provided her with an amazing support network. “Linda [Horowitz] is like the coach pulling resources together and Peter [Warmels] is like the quarterback,” she said. Nurture Growth rescues food waste and transforms it [...]
Validation and Increased Confidence through Mentorship Gabrielle Serafini, CEO of WelTel Health participated in the RhyzeUp! Program funded by IRAP and provided by Innovation Guelph. Gabby says the program helped her become a better leader recognizing her strengths, gaining confidence and becoming aware of ways to address things [...]
Moving forward armed with the power of knowledge Focused on scientifically proven ways to repel ticks and keep people safe from Lyme disease, Nova Scotia based Atlantick has developed a natural solution backed by Dr. Nicoletta Faraone. Along with her partners Nancy Thompson and Abdul Ali, Lisa [...]
