MTL Ensemble Le 22 octobre 2015 au Salon 1861 dans le Quartier de l’innovation de Montréal, l’événement de la communauté de jeunes pousses intitulé MTL Ensemble et commandité par les Pages Jaunes et la maison Notman rassemblera dans notre ville quelques conférenciers entrepreneuriaux chefs de file lors de l’édition régionale du Challenge Cup 1776. Ce tournoi mondial s’adresse aux jeunes pousses les plus prometteuses, aux idées capables de changer le monde, pour qu’elles puissent gagner des prix en argent, établir des relations internationales et partager leur vision sur une scène mondiale.   On October 22, 2015 at the Salon 1861 located within Montreal’s Quartier de l’Innovation, MTL Ensemble, a startup community event brought to you by Yellow Pages and the Notman House, will bring together some of the top entrepreneurial speakers to our city in the regional edition of the 1776 Challenge Cup, a worldwide tournament for the most promising, world-changing startups to win cash prizes, make international connections and share their vision on a global stage. The Challenge Cup Each year 1776, a global incubator and venture fund, hosts a worldwide tournament called the Challenge Cup to find promising, highly scalable startups and help them bring their ideas to life. For the first time this year, Montreal will be hosting the local edition of the 1776 Challenge Cup dubbed MTL Ensemble, an event made possible through a collaboration between Yellow Pages and the Notman House. . In the Challenge Cup, startups compete for funding, by pitching their idea and advancing through three rounds: Local, Regional and Global Finals. All of the regional winners and a host of wild cards will be invited to participate in the Challenge Cup Global Finals next June in Washington, D.C. There, they’ll compete for over $1 million in prizes, as well as spend time with investors, customers, media and other key connections that can help them succeed on a global scale.  Inspire MTL présenté par les Pages Jaunes / Inspire MTL presented by Yellow Pages Lors de cette première édition, dans le cadre d’un après-midi source d’inspiration, les Pages Jaunes présente sa série de conférenciers spéciaux mettant en vedette deux des conférenciers les plus cotés en innovation en Amérique du Nord. In its first edition as part of an afternoon of inspiration, Yellow Pages brings you a special speaker series featuring two of the top speakers on innovation in North America. Nir Eyal Author, Investor, Entrepreneur Nir Eyal writes, consults, and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business. The M.I.T. Technology Review dubbed Nir, “The Prophet of Habit-Forming Technology.” Nir founded two tech companies since 2003 and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. He is the author of the bestselling book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. In addition to blogging at NirAndFar.com, Nir is a contributing writer for TechCrunch, Inc. and Psychology Today. Jon Egan Growth Hacker, Pinterest John Egan is currently working on the growth team at Pinterest where he's the tech lead for the push notification & email team. At Pinterest, there are tens of millions of people use their service every day & he has led the team that learned to grow the company at scale. Previously, he led the growth team at Shopkick, a cross-retailer mobile loyalty app funded by Kleiner-Perkins & Greylock Partners and acquired by SK Planet for $200MM.   Programme / Agenda: http://www.1776.vc/challenge-cup/event/challenge-cup-local-montreal-canada/    Partenaire promotionnel / promotional partners