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The spring that kept moving

Student entrepreneurs used a spring term to work on problems that do not wait for a September timetable.

Reported by Tori Coles, Marketing and Communications Coordinator

Student entrepreneurs tackle real-world challenges at the Spring 2026 Quantum Valley Investments® Problem Pitch Competition Finals
EntrepreneurshipStudent entrepreneurs tackle real-world challenges at the Spring 2026 Quantum Valley Investments® Problem Pitch Competition FinalsPhoto: University of Waterloo / original source page

Conrad School student entrepreneurs tackled real-world challenges during the spring term, carrying prototypes from a classroom into conversations with users.

That kind of work has a distinctly summer tempo: fewer fixed rituals, more time to walk a problem, test an assumption and come back with a better version.

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  1. Original reporting · uwaterloo.ca
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