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DECODE GLOBAL (2013) specializes in mobile games forsocial impact. It develops games for the North American andIndian markets. Its first game Get Water! was launched thisspring and won the United Nations UNAOC competition.

HEARING EXPRESS (2012) delivers affordable, high-qualityhearing aids in developing countries. By using rapid-fittinghearing aids, mobile diagnostics, and an entrepreneurialdistribution system, it is a sustainable and scalable way ofaddressing hearing loss on a global scale.

Launched by the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM), the Social Economy Initiative (SEI) is animportant vehicle through which McGill’s Desautels Faculty of Management integrates social entrepreneurship and socialinnovation into its teaching, research and outreach activities.Please visit www.mcgill.ca/sei or contact Anita Nowak, Integrating Director ([email protected]) for more information.

Aspire (the name of the McGill team's social enterprise) aims to empower urban slum communities by offeringthem better access to an efficient, sustainable source of protein and nutrients. The Hult Prize – considered the Nobelof social entrepreneurship – was presented by former President Bill Clinton on September 23 in New York City.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2013 | 3-4:30PM | BRONFMAN BUILDING | ROOM 151 | 1001 SHERBROOKE W.

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Hosted by the Desautels Faculty of Management, the Dobson Cup is McGill’s flagship business plan competition that enablesbudding entrepreneurs to compete for start-up capital for their enterprise. To date, over 270 teams have pitched business ideasto successful serial entrepreneurs in an iterative competitive format. To meet growing demand, the Social Enterprise track wasintroduced in 2011 with the support of the SEI. Social entrepreneurs strive to solve social problems using innovative,sustainable, scalable, and measurable approaches. For more info: www.mcgill.ca/dobson-cup

SANITRU (2013) is dedicated to reducing the incidence ofdeath caused by “wrong drug” errors. Their soon-to-bepatented bottle caps allow health care practitioners toaccurately (and efficiently) identify pharmaceutical packagingby both sight and touch.

STREETSUDS (2011) assists marginalized and formerlyhomeless individuals in Montreal by providing a laundry servicethat picks up, washes, dries, folds and delivers linens andtowels to businesses and community organizations in the city.

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In addition to hearing from the Desautels MBA 2013 Hult Prize team, four past winners of theDobson Cup Social Enterprise Track will take the stage to discuss their experiences in socialentrepreneurship and starting up a social enterprise.

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Desautels MBA team Aspire wins $1million at 2013 Hult Prize competition The team wi l l present the i r winning p i tch and descr ibe the i r next s teps . ©Hult Pr i ze

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