If you can imagine the melding of Uber and Tinder, add in a game of minor league hockey and a need for a goalie, you’ll have something similar to Niki Sawni’s app, Puck App.
Sawni, Comm ’13, knew he wanted to start his own business when he graduated from Queen’s.
“From my day-to-day, I always think...
Next in our student start up series are two girls who followed their dream of starting a swimsuit business.
For Hyla Nayeri and Adrien Bettio, a semester on exchange and an inspiring trip to Italy’s sunny Amalfi Coast turned into a full-blown business.
When the two Queen’s students got home from exchange...
Next up in our student start-up series, we’re taking a look at a group of alumni who’ve left their mark in a very spirited way. Introducing Naughty Otter Beer.
Using Queen’s as their business breeding grounds, COMM’13 graduates Cord McGee, Ryan Peterson, Donald Gawel, and ArtSci ’13 graduate Robbie...
Kicking off our look at student start-ups is a multi-coloured baking project by Queen’s own amateur baker.
While the rest of us sit around watching Cupcake Wars on the Food Network and stalking pictures of cupcakes on Instagram, Brianne Moore, ArtSci ’17 is on her way to making a business out of baking.
Always...
Johnny has some extra money lying around. He’s been pondering the idea of putting it into the stock market and having his own money work for him, but Johnny’s not sure how to go about doing that.
He’s heard of investing being compared to gambling — is it a good idea? Luckily for Johnny, he’s stumbled...
Who doesn’t feel like a high roller with their own plastic?
Credit cards are convenient and have many uses, like online purchasing and establishing a reliable credit history. However, like Uncle Ben said to Peter Parker, “with great power, comes great responsibility,” and while a credit card might...
Don’t let the acronym’s lack of sexiness deter you from a savings plan your future self will thank you for.
If there’s one thing everyone hates, it’s taxes. They’re ubiquitous, constantly eating away at your hard-earned income and involve a lot of headache-inducing paperwork. But there’s ways to pay...
Overheard in Leonard cafeteria: students talking about purchasing a house on Aberdeen.
They were discussing how renting a house was a dumb idea, concluding it would be a much wiser investment to purchase a house rather than paying rent to a landlord and having nothing to show for it. It was a no brainer,...