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Student Start-ups: Red Gold of Afghanistan is empowering Afghani women

Written on October 1, 2019. Posted in Columns.

Nazaneen Qauomi, MMIE ’19, Herman Kaur, MECE ’19, and Mustafa Ansari, MMIE ’19, have combined international relationships, female empowerment, and delicious products into one business through their startup, Red Gold of Afghanistan. The three Queen’s students met recently through the Queen’s...

Student Start-Ups: Modern Métis Woman offers network for Métis-identifying women

Written on September 12, 2019. Posted in Columns.

In what started as a journey to understand her own identity, Carleigh Milburn, ArtSci ’19, has created an inclusive community focused on unifying people striving for self-identification. The result was her founding of Modern Métis Woman, a non-profit organization offering post-secondary scholarship...

Student start-ups: Bel Ami Vintage is making sustainability trendy

Written on March 22, 2019. Posted in Columns.

Best friends Orlaith Croke-Martin, MA ’20, and Melissa Chapin, ArtSci ’18, have recently turned their passion for thrifting into an up-and-coming business. Through the launch of their clothing resale start-up, Bel Ami Vintage, the duo is committed to providing fellow Queen’s students and Kingstonians...

Student start-ups: Research Stream bridges gap between researchers and participants

Written on March 8, 2019. Posted in Columns.

Student entrepreneurs Luc Pelletier, Kin ’19, and Brooke Resendes, CompSci ’19, want to pave the way for medical advances vital for the future of healthcare. By founding and running the web platform Research Stream, which connects researchers with interested participants for human subject research,...

Student start-ups: Reel Honey carves space for female and non-binary writers

Written on January 18, 2019. Posted in Columns.

When Sydney Urbanek, ArtSci ’17, launched her online magazine Reel Honey in April of 2017, she never expected the extent of its current success. Over a year later, the crowdfunded film and pop culture site, which exclusively features thework of young women and non-binary people, boasts over 100 paid...

Student start-ups: Losers Weepers Vintage

Written on February 9, 2018. Posted in Lifestyle.

Losers Weepers Vintage, a clever wordplay on the common phrase “finders keepers, losers weepers,” is the latest student start-up sweeping through Queen’s campus. Kara Altow, Comm’ 19 and Karina Rebellato, Sci ’19, met in their first year at Queen’s and quickly bonded over a love for fashion — or...

Student start-ups: 'Influence Digest'

Written on October 3, 2017. Posted in Lifestyle.

For Queen’s alum Saarim Asady, what started as a personal blog has transitioned in the span of a year to a successful money-making online publication, featuring articles about mental health. Asady’s website Influence Digest publishes articles tackling and discussing issues of mental health and psychology...

Student start-ups: ONE Page

Written on September 19, 2017. Posted in Lifestyle.

Throughout university, we learn in-depth about the topic of our majors, how to survive off one grocery trip for two weeks, and how to balance our work and social lives. But learning how to survive in the real world isn’t something we’re always fully equipped to do after university. That’s where the...

Student start-ups: Tees for Bees

Written on September 12, 2017. Posted in Lifestyle.

Some of the most interesting alumni stories over the years have come from graduates who have gone on to start their own businesses and watch them thrive. And that’s exactly what alum Kelly Butler is currently experiencing with her start-up Tees for Bees. Tees for Bees manufactures tee shirts that...

Student start-ups: Puck App

Written on April 6, 2017. Posted in Lifestyle.

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...

Student startups: Naughty Otter Beer

Written on March 24, 2017. Posted in Lifestyle.

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...

Student start-ups: BriBakesKitchen

Written on March 10, 2017. Posted in Lifestyle.

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...

Tag: student start-ups

Student Start-ups: Red Gold of Afghanistan is empowering Afghani women

Student Start-Ups: Modern Métis Woman offers network for Métis-identifying women

Student start-ups: Bel Ami Vintage is making sustainability trendy

Student start-ups: Research Stream bridges gap between researchers and participants

Student start-ups: Reel Honey carves space for female and non-binary writers

Student start-ups: Losers Weepers Vintage

Student start-ups: 'Influence Digest'

Student start-ups: ONE Page

Student start-ups: Tees for Bees

Student start-ups: Puck App

Student startups: Naughty Otter Beer

Student start-ups: BriBakesKitchen

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