Addictive Mobility and its Brisk iPhone campaign as the winner of the 2009 MobileMonday Toronto Marketing Award.
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Mobile Media World 09 is one of the key anchor events of MOBILEINNOVATIONWEEK in Toronto September 12-16, 2009.
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The September 8th award event was held at the MaRS Discovery District in downtown Toronto. Since announcing the partnership with MaRS in February 2009, MobileMonday Toronto has experienced explosive growth with monthly attendance exceeding 250+ attendees and has received general appreciation for the chapter's approach in supporting all stakeholders within the mobile industry which includes telecom providers, agencies, advertisers, device manufacturers, startups, venture capital and developers in addition to many industry verticals such as search, m-commerce, advertising, and media.
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For Dr. John Evans, growing a strong biotechnology industry is much the same: cities must provide a nurturing environment where science and business can thrive together.
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That's why Evans, former president of the University of Toronto and current chairman of Torstar Corp., is spearheading the $345-million Medical and Related Science initiative, or MaRS--a petri dish of sorts for commercializing science research. "A lot of intellectual property is being commercialized outside Canada," says Evans. "I think we've been slow in realizing just how important technology developments are to the economic future of the country. MaRS is an attempt to give this a kick into a higher gear." The centrepiece of the MaRS plan, which will officially launch May 12, is a 1.3-million-square-foot, five-building complex in downtown Toronto that will provide office and lab space for small and medium-size companies and incubators, including the not-for-profit Toronto Biotechnology Commercialization Centre. While Evans is reluctant to limit its scope, MaRS will generally focus on health-related technologies, from new drugs and genetic treatments to medical devices and imaging software. Branded a "convergence centre," it will also house a careful mix of support services: intellectual property lawyers, accountants, marketing experts, government funding organizations and venture capital financiers. Plus, start-ups will have access to all the latest equipment on site. For instance, MaRS is in talks with MDS Sciex to supply mass spectrometers, used in proteomics research.
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But MaRS will be more than just a New Economy real estate development. Evans's intention is to funnel tenants' rent money into services--such as entrepreneurship seminars and angel-matching programs--that MaRS will offer to the broader biotech community. That's why MaRS's location is key: the centre will be built in the heart of what Toronto has dubbed the "Discovery District," a two-square-kilometre chunk of the downtown core, encompassing U of T and four major hospitals. From there, MaRS hopes to act as a network hub across Ontario, with links to research-intensive universities. "None of them," says Evans, "have the critical mass to put it all together on their own."
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MaRS's primary goal is to get Toronto and the rest of Ontario on the global biotech map. Evans came up with the concept in the late 1990s with Dr. Calvin Stiller, CEO of the labor-sponsored Canadian Medical Discoveries Fund, and Kenneth Knox, a former deputy minister for the Ontario government who's now CEO of MaRS
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As far as schemes to support fledgling industries go, MaRS is refreshing. To start, it's a nonprofit corporation, not a government program, which will hopefully ensure that it runs more efficiently. The feds and the province of Ontario have each doled out $20 million for MaRS, and Toronto has donated in-kind $4.5 million. More than $12 million has come from a small pool of corporations, including Eli Lilly Canada and MDS, as well as individual donors like Joseph Rotman and Lawrence Bloomberg (who both sit on the MaRS board). U of T pitched in $5 million, and MaRS also did some innovative bond financing to round off the $165 million needed to build Phase I. "It was very important for us to not belong to anybody," says Evans.
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Now MaRS's challenge is to get the word out. Its posted rate of $26 per square foot is very competitive for prime downtown real estate and is sure to attract attention, especially considering its customized lab space. But MaRS's success won't be measured by a low vacancy rate; getting the right mix of scientists, entrepreneurs and professionals is critical if it plans to commercialize some sustainable businesses. It won't happen overnight--in fact, it may be 10 years before anyone can gauge MaRS's impact. Seems growing a biotech industry isn't quite as easy as growing E. coli in a petri dish.
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Founders and funders both must understand valuation for pre-revenue and startup entrepreneurial ventures. * Which key factors should angel investors consider to determine value? * How can entrepreneurs present their companies more effectively? This Collection from Kauffman Foundation eVenturing provides insights to reduce the natural contentiousness of negotiating valuation.
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Series A pitches have a different emphasis than pitches for later rounds. Improve your presentation by reading this blog post from Common Angels (a Boston-based group of 70 private investors and two co-investment funds under management). The powerpoint template is worth adding to any start-up's collection of resources.
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Series A pitches have a different emphasis than pitches for later rounds. Improve your presentation by reading this blog post from Common Angels (a Boston-based group of 70 private investors and two co-investment funds under management). The powerpoint template is worth adding to any start-up's collection of resources.
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The Ontario BioAuto Council Investment Fund is a $5-million fund that targets commercialization and market development of biomaterials destined for Ontario's automotive sector.
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The Ontario BioAuto Council Investment Fund is a $5-million fund that targets commercialization and market development of biomaterials destined for Ontario's automotive sector.
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MobileMonday Toronto Launches Mobile Marketing Awards Competition September 8th - Marke... - 0 views
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On September 8th, MobileMonday Toronto, Toronto's premier networking event for mobile industry professionals, will be hosting its first annual MobileMonday Toronto Marketing Awards. This event was set up to recognize Toronto area marketing professionals for their effort in helping grow the use of mobile as a marketing channel.
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Since announcing the partnership with MaRS in February 2009, MobileMonday Toronto has experienced explosive growth with monthly attendance exceeding 250+ attendees and has received general appreciation for the chapter's approach to support all stakeholders within the mobile industry which includes telecom providers, device manufacturers, startups, venture capital and developers in addition to many industry verticals such as search, m-commerce, advertising, and media.
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The first annual MobileMonday Toronto Marketing Awards will be held on Tuesday September 8th (due to Labour Day holiday) at MaRS Discovery District, located at 101 College Street (south east corner of College and University). The event starts at 6:30pm. To RSVP for this event, please visit www.mobilemondaytoronto.com.
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The first first annual MobileMonday Toronto Marketing Awards will be held September 8, 2009 at the MaRS Centre. MobileMonday is a partner of MaRS. MobileMonday Toronto Marketing Awards recognizse Toronto area marketing professionals for their effort in helping grow the use of mobile as a marketing channel. Sept 2, 2009
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The first first annual MobileMonday Toronto Marketing Awards will be held September 8, 2009 at the MaRS Centre. MobileMonday is a partner of MaRS. MobileMonday Toronto Marketing Awards recognizes Toronto area marketing professionals for their effort in helping grow the use of mobile as a marketing channel. Sept 2, 2009
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MobileBiz BootCamp (http://mobilebiz.ca) September 16, 2009 From garage start-up to corporate start-up, at the MobileBiz BootCamp you will earn your stripes by learning from the best in the business. An intensive full day of key insights and fast-track tips delivered by experienced mobile industry leaders, vendors and supporting organizations focused on creating exponential value for all delegates to accelerate profitable growth in their mobile business. Featured speakers from Wind Mobile, Summerhill Capital, Polar Mobile, MaRS, Ontario Centres of Excellence and more. Additional MOBILEINNOVATIONWEEK activities are the ilovemobileweb party - the ultimate mobile industry networking event of the year - and the Mobile ThinkTank where industry experts come together to envision the future of mobile in the global economy. Evening receptions are sponsored by the CWTA, the Mobile Experience Innovation Centre (MEIC) and the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF).
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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.
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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
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Inaugural 'Mobile Innovation Week' Announced for Toronto From September 12-16, 2009 - K... - 0 views
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MobileBiz BootCamp (http://mobilebiz.ca) September 16, 2009 From garage start-up to corporate start-up, at the MobileBiz BootCamp you will earn your stripes by learning from the best in the business. An intensive full day of key insights and fast-track tips delivered by experienced mobile industry leaders, vendors and supporting organizations focused on creating exponential value for all delegates to accelerate profitable growth in their mobile business. Featured speakers from Wind Mobile, Summerhill Capital, Polar Mobile, MaRS, Ontario Centres of Excellence and more.
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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.
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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
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Five cleantech companies receive support at the Cleantech Forum in Boston from Canadian incubation and innovation center MaRS.
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Alternative Fuels was just one of a lineup of early-stage startups being supported by MaRS, a nonprofit innovation center in Toronto’s downtown Discovery District that connects entrepreneurs with business skills, networks and capital to stimulate innovation and grow Canadian companies.
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This week’s forum marked the organization’s first foray into the cleantech sector, said MaRS Venture Group Associate Kevin Downing. Downing said he wanted to connect cleantech-related companies in the MaRS portfolio that were “investment ready” with the forum’s audience. “I don’t have a motive to push any one client over any other because they’re not paying me,” Downing said. Of the 1,300 MaRS portfolio companies, he said the cleantech sector has been its fastest growing segment and an expanding sector in country as well (see Canadian cleantech looks to the future and IPO drought? Cleantech companies flood Canadian markets). Since 2006, cleantech and environmental technology companies have made up 9 percent of MaRS' portfolio. MaRS currently has 350 active clients. The center isn’t government funded, but does receive some government support, he said. It has been funded through donations from the public and private sector. MaRS has the ability to provide some funding, around $40,000, to startups on a competitive basis. Other companies showcased at the forum through MaRS included NIMtech, Real Tech, Vicicog and Skymeter.
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This week’s forum marked the organization’s first foray into the cleantech sector, said MaRS Venture Group Associate Kevin Downing. Downing said he wanted to connect cleantech-related companies in the MaRS portfolio that were “investment ready” with the forum’s audience. “I don’t have a motive to push any one client over any other because they’re not paying me,” Downing said. Of the 1,300 MaRS portfolio companies, he said the cleantech sector has been its fastest growing segment and an expanding sector in country as well (see Canadian cleantech looks to the future and IPO drought? Cleantech companies flood Canadian markets). Since 2006, cleantech and environmental technology companies have made up 9 percent of MaRS' portfolio. MaRS currently has 350 active clients. The center isn’t government funded, but does receive some government support, he said. It has been funded through donations from the public and private sector, as well as revenue from its mixed-use facility. MaRS has the ability to provide some funding, around $40,000, to startups on a competitive basis. Other companies showcased at the forum through MaRS included NIMtech, Real Tech, Vicicog and Skymeter.
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MobileMonday Toronto, Toronto's premier networking event for mobile industry professionals, will be hosting its first annual MobileMonday Toronto Marketing Awards on Tuesday, September 8th, 2009The event recognizes Toronto area marketing professionals for their effort in helping grow the use of mobile as a marketing channel.
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Since announcing the partnership with MaRS in February 2009, MobileMonday Toronto has experienced explosive growth with monthly attendance exceeding 250+ attendees and has received general appreciation for the chapter's approach to support all stakeholders within the mobile industry which includes telecom providers, device manufacturers, startups, venture capital and developers in addition to many industry verticals such as search, m-commerce, advertising, and media.
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The first annual MobileMonday Toronto Marketing Awards will be held on Tuesday September 8th (due to Labour Day holiday) at MaRS Discovery District, located at 101 College Street (south east corner of College and University). The event starts at 6:30pm.
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The first first annual MobileMonday Toronto Marketing Awards will be held September 8, 2009 at the MaRS Centre. MobileMonday is a partner of MaRS. MobileMonday Toronto Marketing Awards recognizes Toronto area marketing professionals for their effort in helping grow the use of mobile as a marketing channel.
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The first first annual MobileMonday Toronto Marketing Awards will be held September 8, 2009 at the MaRS Centre. MobileMonday is a partner of MaRS. MobileMonday Toronto Marketing Awards recognizes Toronto area marketing professionals for their effort in helping grow the use of mobile as a marketing channel. Sept 5, 2009
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Biotechnologies au Canada: l'exemple de l'Ontario in Industrie Pharmaceutique, May 22, 2009 mentions that MaRS Discovery District is an Innovation Centre and mentions how it helps entrepreneurs to commercialize their research.
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Cluster Growth Through Collaboration article in Ciencia Conocimiento Tecnologia, March 20, 2009 mentions about the MaRS story, MaRS' mission and programs and resources offered to entrepreneurs.
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Cluster Growth Through Collaboration article in Ciencia Conocimiento Tecnologia, March 20, 2009 mentions about the MaRS story, MaRS' mission and programs and resources offered to entrepreneurs.
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Cluster Growth Through Collaboration article in Ciencia Conocimiento Tecnologia, March 20, 2009 mentions about the MaRS story, MaRS' mission and programs and resources offered to entrepreneurs.
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From Mars to MaRS - Taking engineering innovation to the world from Globe and Mail Supplement. Article features MaRS and Krista Jones states "MaRS helps emerging start-up and entrepreneurial companies commercialize promising innovations." Jones states that "40% of MaRS Clients are engineering-based companies."
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Sowing the Seeds, Toronto Board of Trade member magazine, Dec 1, 2007. Skymeter Corp is working on a GPS technology for toll collection, parking management, and pay-as-you-drive insurance. The article talks about how entrepreneurs go about raising capital.
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As stated in Burrill Canadian Biotech News, "MaRS Discovery Distruict and Canadian Stem Cell Network have entered into a partnership agreement to pursue long-term publc oro private financing for the translational development activities currently being undertaken by Aggregate Therapeutics."
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As stated in Burrill Canadian Biotech News, "MaRS Discovery District and Canadian Stem Cell Network have entered into a partnership agreement to pursue long-term public or private financing for the translational development activities currently being undertaken by Aggregate Therapeutics."
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As stated in Burrill Canadian Biotech News, "MaRS Discovery District and Canadian Stem Cell Network have entered into a partnership agreement to pursue long-term public or private financing for the translational development activities currently being undertaken by Aggregate Therapeutics."
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chairman of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives and chairman of MaRS, a not-for-profit organization that connects science, business and capital
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Market research leader IDC Canada has featured MaRS client Mensante as one of its "Ten Canadian Health Companies to Watch" in 2009.
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Leading international psychiatrists, family physicians, psychologists, work place mental health experts and mental health economists developed an innovative web-based mental healthcare system called FeelingBetterNow(R).
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Dr. Ozersky, Mensante's CEO, was selected by the Canadian Association of Health Informatics as recipient of the 2008 Community Physician Leader and Innovator of the Year Award.
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About Mensante Corporation Mensante Corporation (www.feelingbetternow.com) is a privately owned Canadian corporation, founded in 2003. The Toronto-based company developed FeelingBetterNow(R) with the assistance of leading Canadian and American psychiatrists, psychologists, family physicians, a mental health economist, and work place mental health-care experts. FeelingBetterNow(R) is a valuable benefit for many, including insurance companies, employers, government agencies, professional associations, family physicians, patients and their families.
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About MaRS MaRS (www.marsdd.com) is a non-profit innovation centre connecting science, technology and social entrepreneurs with business skills, networks and capital to stimulate innovation and accelerate the creation and growth of successful Canadian enterprises.
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As stated in MaRS Press release "IDC Canada has featured MaRS client Mensante as one of its "Ten Canadian Health Companies to Watch" in 2009. Leading international psychiatrists, family physicians, psychologists, work place mental health experts and mental health economists developed an innovative web-based mental healthcare system called FeelingBetterNow(R).The College of Family Physicians of Canada has reviewed and approved FeelingBetterNow(R) as a practice management tool available to assist family physicians in patient care. The Ontario Medical Association approved the program for its members' personal use."
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MaRS was known for just that – putting a collective roof over the heads of Canada's out-of-this-universe thinkers. Aside from hosting the unlikely duo of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dalton McGuinty at a funding announcement two years ago, the centre seems enveloped in galactic silence.
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This week, a program called MaRS Innovation announced the appointment of its first full-time president, Raphael (Rafi) Hofstein, a Harvard-trained, Israeli biomedical wizard who wants to bring together companies, scientists and funding under one roof to create a special alchemy of science and shekels.
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Since its inception, MaRS has focused on turning big ideas into commercial projects. The difference between the two entities is that pretty much anyone with an idea or discovery could come to MaRS for support, regardless of whether they had their “eureka” moment in a state-of-the-art research lab or in their garage. MaRS Innovation, a separate endeavour with its own board of directors, only works with researchers from its 14 partner institutions, which include some of the most prestigious universities and hospitals in Canada. The goal of that project is to do the kind of work those institutions would normally try to do in-house, but on a bigger scale and, the project's backers hope, with better results.
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MaRS Innovation is very much in its infancy. Officially launched last June, the project is barely a year old, and the board of directors was only announced this February. It has secured about $25-million in funding over five years to be used for commercialization of projects.
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Dr. Hofstein is giving himself two to three years to roll out a success story – be it the creation of a new small company founded on the back of a researcher's drug discovery and funded by a big pharmaceutical firm, or a new discovery that, packaged properly, attracts serious venture-capital money.
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The federal government has also taken notice, naming MaRS Innovation as one of 11 new “Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research,” a designation that came with almost $15-million in funding.
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California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks at MaRs with Premier Dalton McGuinty after a tour of the building in 2007.
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Indeed, the MaRS Innovation model of pushing for commercial applications of research seems to be directly in line with the philosophy of the Conservative government, which clearly favours practical results when it comes to funding for scientific research.
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But those tasks involve two separate skill sets, Mr. Tabrizi suggests, and may be much better suited to a place such as MaRS, where academic and industry heavyweights converge.
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Many of MaRS's biggest partners are in health care, and Dr. Hofstein is jumping in with a list of priorities that includes focusing on stem-cell research and oncology.
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MaRS itself has always been good at bringing people from various sectors together, but there's no guarantee that Dr. Hofstein's plan will work, especially in the two-to-three-year timeline he mentions when talking about a rollout date for the first MaRS Innovation projects.
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Indeed, Mr. Tabrizi says some Silicon Valley insiders marvel at what MaRS Innovation is trying to do. “I think there's something innovative there,” he says. “Something different is being done.”
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Dubbed Certo-Ex, their simple concept streamlines sampling in these billion-dollar industries, bringing a process that can take 4 to 24 hours for a single sample down to a mere 30 minutes for multiple samples. The brothers have combined Ameer’s scientific expertise and Ahmed’s business savvy and also hope one day to broaden their work to include helping other young and promising inventors.
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Part of their TiEQuest winning gave them access to networking with MaRS Discovery District, a Toronto-based, non-profit centre that brings together Canadian science, business and investment capital. Here they met the third member of their team, industrial designer and entrepreneur Lahav Gil, who has been designing and building technology products and medical devices for more than two decades with his company, Kangaroo Design and Product Development. Gil wanted to help the brothers because he liked them.
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“They had a very innocent and authentic desire to commercialize their idea,” says Gil. “And that was quite inspiring.”
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Story about Certo-Ex which have a device that streamlines sampling and can revolution the time and money spent by pharmaceutical, environmental and food industries. Mention of how TiEQuest had given them access to network with MaRS.
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Story about Certo-Ex which have a device that streamlines sampling and can revolution the time and money spent by pharmaceutical, environmental and food industries. Mention of how TiEQuest had given them access to network with MaRS. Jan 14, 2009
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The event will mark the official opening of the new WORLDiscoveries office at MaRS. WORLDiscoveries is a joint business development consortium formed between Western, Robarts and Lawson Health Research Institute to bridge local inventions and global industry.
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The MaRS Discovery District is a non-profit innovation centre that connects science, technology and entrepreneurs with business skills, networks and capital to stimulate innovation and accelerate the growth of successful Canadian enterprise
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John MacDonald, new Director of Robarts Research Institute was at a luncheon at MaRS on March 17 to bring awareness of the leadership role Robarts and The University of Western Ontario, plays in furthering Canada's innovation agenda through the production of leading research. It also mentions about the official opening of WORLDiscoveries office at MaRS.
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John MacDonald, new Director of Robarts Research Institute was at a luncheon at MaRS on March 17 to bring awareness of the leadership role Robarts and The University of Western Ontario, plays in furthering Canada's innovation agenda through the production of leading research. It also mentions about the official opening of WORLDiscoveries office at MaRS. March 16, 2009
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ValueNetworks.com® — a leader in organizational network visualization and analysis applications — announces the Value Network Analysis Workshop: Optimizing Business Performance. The Value Network Analysis Workshop will be held at the MaRS Collaboration Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on 20 March 2009. This workshop develops leadership, fluency and visualization expertise for value networks. It offers a hands-on introduction to social, organizational and value network analysis (VNA) application technology.
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MARS DISOVERY DISTRICT has appointed businessman and philanthropist Richard Ivey to its board of directors.
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"Richard Ivey has a strong track record of community involvement and commitment to research and innovation, most recently through his continuing role as chair of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research," said John Evans, founding chair of the board at MaRS. "His integrity and dedication to building a strong foundation for Canada's innovation economy will be of tremendous benefit to MaRS"
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MaRS is a Toronto non-profit centre linking science, technology and social entrepreneurs with business skills and capital to stimulate innovation and the creation of successful Canadian companies.