Innovation Sprint – Blyyss

About Innovation Sprint:

Innovation Sprint is a four-hour event that brings a business and keen, creative students together to generate ideas and solutions to business problems.

During the Innovation Sprint, participants:

• engage in time-sensitive bursts of intensive problem-solving and developing business solutions;
• receive insightful resources and mentorship helping them address business challenges;
• learn how to facilitate rapid and effective outputs to challenges they may face in their business. This is a unique entrepreneurial experience that can be translated into their own chosen fields;
• collaborate with students from across Atlantic Canada from various faculties and disciplines.

Prizes:

At the end of the Sprint, businesses choose a winning team, who walks away with $1,000.

Business of the month: Blyyss

Blyyss is a Halifax-based technology company that generates weekly flyers directly from a store's own catalogue, provide online storefronts with ordering built in and run scheduled delivery through local courier partners. Customers pay the exact shelf price with no markups. Grocers get promotional capability, structured product data, and a digital presence, at no cost for the flyer itself.