Photonics
Advanced Manufacturing

Spinning off companies to reduce risk and maximize profits

Academic partner:
McGill University
With the help of :
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Sometimes it is best to spinoff a company rather than build another unit within an existing one. Watch the Photon etc. Case Study to find out more.

Case study
Read the written Photon etc. Case study authored by Dr. Hamid Etemad, McGill University and Dr. Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais.
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Filmed and produced in 2016. Filmed at Photonetc’s offices in Montreal, at the J.Armand Bombardier incubator at Polytechnique Montréal and at the Mont Megantic Observatory. Footage was also used from the Sloan Kettering Institute in New York City. Participants: Sébastien Blais-Ouellette, Founder and CEO, Photon etc. Marc Verhaegen, Photon etc CTO. Daniel Heller, Researcher, Head of the Cancer Nanomedicine Laboratory at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Executive Producers: Dr Hamid Etemad, McGill University; Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais. Producer: Thierry Harris, Cartouche Media. Creative Director: Melissa Gendron, Cartouche Media.

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