MBA grad wants to use his money smarts to help less fortunate
By Joseph Mathieu
Mark Dhillon doesn’t have to tout the efforts that led to his MBA from Carleton’s Sprott School of Business or a gig at a top entrepreneur incubator – his impressive resume speaks for him.
“I got lucky,” maintains the Gloucester native about his induction as a 2016 fellow in this year’s Venture for Canada (VFC) program. The incubator has just a three per cent success rate among candidates and Dhillon bested more than 1,700 other applicants to get in.
“It’s basically a huge community coming together to try build a better economy for Canada,” says Dhillon.
Founded in 2014, Venture for Canada bridges the gap between the brightest university graduates and promising startups across the country. The five-week training camp for this year’s 58 fellows is as intensive as its six-month application process.