Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is a driving force at ÉTS and extends far beyond business creation. It is also one of the four pillars of our 2025-2030 strategic plan. It embodies a mindset and a culture that permeate our programs, student clubs, research initiatives, and industry collaborations. It shapes leaders, stimulates innovation, and accelerates social and economic transformation. By integrating this entrepreneurial culture into all our activities, we empower our community to experiment, create, and take bold action.
At ÉTS, entrepreneurship includes:
- intrapreneurship;
- business acquisition and succession;
- the creation of impact-driven businesses;
- technological innovation.
Our goal is to promote the development of widely-sought entrepreneurial skills: creativity, initiative, collaboration, problem-solving, and the ability to turn ideas into action.
The Entrepreneurship Office: Where Innovation Takes Shape
The mission of the Entrepreneurship Office is to make entrepreneurship a key driver of the ÉTS experience. It supports community members regardless of how far along they are, from the initial exploration of ideas through to active support for student entrepreneurs.
We believe that technological and scientific entrepreneurship can take many forms and that it is fuelled by collaboration, experimentation, and the sharing of expertise.
A Gateway
The ÉTS entrepreneurial ecosystem offers support at every stage of a project: from ideation to validation, then to commercialization and growth. By bringing together complementary expertise, infrastructure, and partners, it enables aspiring entrepreneurs to turn their ambitions into reality.
The Entrepreneurship Office is the gateway to this ecosystem and facilitates access to the School’s resources and expertise.
- For the ÉTS community
- Skill development
- Awareness-building
- Pre-incubation
- Guidance and support for entrepreneurs
- Technology startups
- Incubation and acceleration
- Technology and business validation
- First sales
- Open innovation and specialized services
- Quebec hub for technology entrepreneurship
- Diverse range of startups and support organizations
- International showcase
- Event programming
- Vibrant community
An Entrepreneurial Community
The Entrepreneurship Office serves the entire ÉTS community, whether members are looking to explore entrepreneurship or launch an innovative project.
Whatever your starting point, we are here to support you if:
- you have an entrepreneurial spirit;
- you want to bring a research result to market;
- you are developing a project with strong innovation potential;
- you are interested in business succession;
- you are already an entrepreneur in a field related to your studies.
Services Offered
- Guidance and referrals to resources suited to the various stages of project development;
- Entrepreneurship awareness activities;
- Networking and connection-building opportunities;
- Training and workshops;
- Access to resources and expertise;
- Promotion of competitions, events, and opportunities.
Personalized Support
The role of the Entrepreneurship Office is to help community members organize and refine their ideas, develop their entrepreneurial skills, and find the resources best suited to their path.
Before Incubation
Complementing the work of Centech and Ax.c, the Office provides support before the incubation stage, focusing on:
- the entrepreneurial mindset;
- problem validation;
- technical feasibility;
- access to Quebec’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
During Incubation
It supports the community in achieving success on two fronts, academic and entrepreneurial, including through:
- information about opportunities to advance your project within your program of study;
- the development of an intellectual property strategy;
- the granting of student-entrepreneur status;
- student success support through Student Life Services;
- access to ÉTS networks;
- institutional visibility and recognition.
Interested in Entrepreneurship?
Visit the Entrepreneurship Office in room D-2040.