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Tom Rand, MaRS Senior Cleantech Advisor attended the United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and blogs his take on the outcome of the summit.

LidiasWorld blogs about the Entrepreneurship 101 class she and her partner attended at MaRS with guest speaker Dr. Stuart Foster, the founder of VisualSonics, spoke mainly about the challenges of being a science tech specific startup.

Carmelina Macarino's shares her views on impact investing; it is an act of investing your money into projects that will have a positive social or environmental impact and getting a return for it. The Centre for Impact Investing held the Social Finance Forum at the MaRS Centre last month.

MaRS Discovery District has published an infographic that highlights Toronto's startup-savvy neighbourhoods. Leveraging location data from MaRS Advisory Services, the organization pin pointed concentration levels in the city's various sub-regions. 

Neil blogs about Doors Open Toronto. MaRS Discovery District participated in Doors Open Toronto.

What makes for good communications at a non profit?

Earl Miller, Director, Strategic Partnerships at MaRS, writes on the Toronto Board of Trade about the upcoming mayoral debate at MaRS. In the aftermath of a global financial crisis, cities are looking for ways to generate growth. Find out how the mayoral candidates will support that growth at the September 8th debate at MaRS.

Rich Bendis blogs and has a daily newsletter supporting the growth of the entrepreneurial innovation economy in America.

The Martin Prosperity institute believes that an innovation strategy has to be tied to creativity and place and the ecosystem ("city"). Here they critique a blog by David Crane which critiques the recent MPI report.

Blog concerning MaRS

Blog about business innovation

A blog concerning innovation in China

A blog concerning social capital

A blog to help non-profit organizations to be more mission-productive

Mention of the "Global Connect Conference" that happened at MaRS in 2006.

Mention of the "Global Connect Conference" that happened at MaRS in 2006. Sept 23, 2009

Canada is becoming an urban nation. Mention of MaRS Discovery District receiving an award for "Creative City" where it has space for cutting-edge research and helps to turn into commercial opportunities.

A former MaRS tenant is now at an innovation lab in Seoul, Korea. He wrote to us and said that "Being around the great minds [at MaRS] while my poorly planned and funded venture fizzled was a great education for me." He's working on this, a site for bloggers to do interviews online in video.  The meetings are recorded, and the blogger can embed the meeting into a website instantly.

Skymeter, is developing a technology using 'financial-grade GPS' data. Skymeter is a MaRS Tenant.

Skymeter, is developing a technology using 'financial-grade GPS' data.\nSkymeter is a MaRS Tenant. Feb 19, 2009

RenegadeCEOs.com - all for youth entrepreneurs (under the age of 19). Complete with cool, down-to-earth words, videos, blogs, communities (invite-only, for the top-quality entrepreneurs!?) and other goodies. Love that this is for youth, but has GREAT stuff for ALL entrepreneurs and I love the no-BS straight talk.

'The Daily Resource for Entrepreneurs' provides free access to INC. Magazine ['Handbook of the American Entrepreneur'] and Inc.TV. It also provides free access to many entrepreneur-centric Resource Centres, Blogs, Technologies, and Events. It is highly current and relevant Though a wonderful resource for all entrepreneurs, Inc.com is also very good for newbies. Its' "Start-Up" section provides links to columns, how-to guides, articles, and other recommended resources. There is even an interactive Ask the Expert section to the site.