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Zoosa aggregates the best social enterprise resources, including industry news and employment and volunteer opportunities, to create a single destination where professionals can learn about the renewable energy, education, and nonprofit sectors.

Sramana Mitra has put together a series on bootstrapping by surveying the blogosphere and collating the best pieces out there. Read her summaries and follow the links to the stories and articles for more detail. It includes a link to the MaRS Blog post, "Bootstrapping or "How to be a cheap b@st@rd"" by me, Cathy Bogaart.

150 participants of the Emerging Leaders Network, an offshoot of the Toronto City Summit Alliance, gathered at the MaRS Centre for a long-scheduled session, many talked about how Pecaut's dream of collective leadership in the city could be the best possible tribute to the civic leader who touched so many with his projects and initiatives. Dec 16, 2009

Leaders gather to propose civic initiatives. A 150 participants of the Emerging Leaders Network, an offshoot of the Toronto City Summit Alliance, gathered at the MaRS Centre for a long-scheduled session, many talked about how David Pecaut's dream of collective leadership in the city could be the best possible tribute to the civic leader who touched so many with his projects and initiatives.

Leaders gather to propose civic initiatives. A 150 participants of the Emerging Leaders Network, an offshoot of the Toronto City Summit Alliance, gathered at the MaRS Centre for a long-scheduled session, many talked about how David Pecaut's dream of collective leadership in the city could be the best possible tribute to the civic leader who touched so many with his projects and initiatives. Dec. 16, 2009

Profound Medical Inc, a MaRS client hopes to improve quality of life for men with prostate cancer by developing a faster, more precise treatment aimed at reducing side effects. Profound Medical won the $200,000 Premier's Catalyst Award for a start-up company with the best innovation. Avenir Medical Inc, a MaRS Client was named Ontario's Next Top Entrepreneur at the conference of the Ontario Centres of Excellence.

The US Commercial Service provides an excellent and free-for-use International Market Research search tool for 18 global industries. Global market research reports, country commercial guides, and best market reports can be accessed via search by industry, sector, region, country, keyword, or type of report. Older archived records can also be retrieved. The site offers search tips for finding market reports, as well as e-alerts.

"The United States spends more on health care-related research and development than any other country. In 2003, it was estimated that the Federal government alone spent over $26 billion. Pharmaceutical companies, device manufacturers and other private companies invested over $10 billion more. At its best, the American health care system is capable of delivering care unsurpassed anywhere else in the world. Yet, a 1999 Institute of Medicine study estimated that as many as 98,000 Americans die each year from hospital related medical errors. A recent study by the Rand Corporation (a non-profit think tank) concluded that less than 50 percent of encounters with doctors and hospitals resulted in optimal, evidence-based treatment. Studies show that as many as 42 million Americans - almost 15 percent of the population - lack health care insurance. Surveys reveal that patients do not feel they have adequate information about their conditions, and that their experience with health care ranks below that of most other sectors, in fact below that of the post office. In the aggregate, the country is spending nearly $2 trillion on health care, and yet the nation's health care system does not meet acceptable thresholds for safety, quality, access or cost. In 2005, VHA Health Foundation's board of directors sought to better understand the reasons behind this paradox. The foundation commissioned Larry Keeley and his associates at Doblin Inc. to apply the rigorous analytical methods that are used in their evaluation of other American industries and companies. The project set out to discover when, where and how innovation was taking place in health care. It also sought to identify organizations that were developing model innovation processes, and to explore where opportunities for successful innovation might lay."

On November 2, 2009, at the MaRS Centre, MobileMonday Toronto will explore mobile video and film content from the point of view of both creators and distributors, and will feature a sneak peak 30-minute screening of the world's best mobile films, provided by MobiFest. Nov 2, 2009

The Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs presented its 15th annual awards on April 2, 2011, including one to Vincent Cheung of Shape Collage. Shape Collage, a MaRS client, won Best Start-up for their web application that creates collages in shapes using digital photos.

From wearable technology products to reimagining advertising flyers, tech-driven entrepreneurs gave their best pitch last night  at the Jolt Demo Fest in Toronto as the accelerator showcased its most recent cohort of early stage startups.

"Getting Bought by Google: Or another technology heavyweight" is a discussion about what it takes to be picked up or noticed by the big dogs and was held at the MaRS Centre.

Top 150 blogs for entrepreneurs - Note MaRS made the list!

MaRS Blogs ranked 100 in the Top 150 Blogs for Entrepreneurs. The top 150 blogs contain relevant information for entrepreneurs in general, with a bias for high tech and social entrepreneurship and a special interest on the funding side.

MaRS Blogs ranked 100 in the Top 150 Blogs for Entrepreneurs. The top 150 blogs contain relevant information for entrepreneurs in general, with a bias for high tech and social entrepreneurship and a special interest on the funding side.

Communitech, the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation, and the MaRS Discovery District have ageed to work together to help the province compete more effectively against countries like India and China. These three companies partnership will function under the name MaRS Network. May 29, 2005

Communitech, the Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation, and the MaRS Discovery District have ageed to work together to help the province compete more effectively against countries like India and China. These three companies partnership will function under the name MaRS Network.

Public-private partnerships can change the world.

Public-private partnerships can change the world. Nov 7, 2007

Mobile Innovation week is from September 12-16 in Toronto where there will be over 100 mobile industry experts will present. MaRS is one organization that will be speaking at Mobilebiz BootCamp on September 16, 2009. This session will focus on how to accelerate profitable growth in a mobile business.

Mobile Innovation week is from September 12-16 in Toronto where there will be over 100 mobile industry experts will present. MaRS is one organization that will be speaking at Mobilebiz BootCamp on September 16, 2009. This session will focus on how to accelerate profitable growth in a mobile business. Aug 18, 2009

Mobile Innovation week is from September 12-16 in Toronto where there will be over 100 mobile industry experts will present. MaRS is one organization that will be speaking at Mobilebiz BootCamp on September 16, 2009. This session will focus on how to accelerate profitable growth in a mobile business.

Mobile Innovation week is from September 12-16 in Toronto where there will be over 100 mobile industry experts will present. MaRS is one organization that will be speaking at Mobilebiz BootCamp on September 16, 2009. This session will focus on how to accelerate profitable growth in a mobile business. Aug 20, 2009