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Cynthia Goh, guest columnist, Globe and Mail states that the path of commercializing research is a "painfully gradual and meandering." Cynthia Goh, created "a lecture series to train scientist-entrepreneurs that later evolved into Entrepreneurship101 at Toronto's MaRS Discovery District - possibly the largest training program in Canada with about 1,500 registered participants each year. "

Articles on Social Entrepreneurship

Documents the development of Social Entrepreneurship in Canada.

Social Entrepreneurship from NY's Bobst Library

Stanford's Entrepreneurship Corner

Lisa Torjman, Associate, Development for Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programs at MaRS. Mention of Torjman's role at MaRS and what the SiG @ MaRS program is about. Mention of Torjman's most recent project "Net Change" - a week-long event exploring social technology and social change.

Looking for more online entrepreneurship education options? Check out this list of where you can get it (at least in the States). Finance, accounting, management... the list of free online courses goes on and on. Take advantage and learn how to better grow your business.

Christine Egger's blog about the event re: Social Actions that took place in Toronto March 12 and Allyson Hewitt, Director, Social Entrepreneurship, MaRS Discovery District was a participant and shared her views on the issue.

Christine Egger's blog talks about the event re: Social Actions that took place in Toronto March 12. Allyson Hewitt, Director, Social Entrepreneurship, MaRS Discovery District was a participant at the event and shared her views on the issue. March 12, 2009

A fantastic resources that will help you through developing your business: the Kauffman Foundation has put together a tremendous collection of resources for entrepreneurial ventures, covering all of the key aspects of a business (people, finance, marketing, operations, etc.). Well-written overviews and how-to's.

Kenneth M. Kambara blogs about the interesting lessons he learned from Robert Deluce, CEO of Porter Airlines, speaker at CIBC Presents Entrepreneurship 101 event taken on February 17, 2010.

The Small Business and Tourism Branch has produced, in collaboration with professors Eileen Fischer (York University) and Rebecca Reuber (University of Toronto), a report that provides a portrait of the state of entrepreneurship in Canada. It charts entrepreneurial activity in Canada over time and compares it with leading countries. Entrepreneurial performance indicators observed include: birth and death rates, survival rates, high-growth firms and gazelles, and research and development expenditures. Furthermore, the report provides a profile of the owners of Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) because important entrepreneurial activity takes place within these firms. Finally, the report identifies areas of strength, areas for improvement, and important areas that cannot currently be addressed.

The Small Business and Tourism Branch has produced, in collaboration with professors Eileen Fischer (York University) and Rebecca Reuber (University of Toronto), a report that provides a portrait of the state of entrepreneurship in Canada. It charts entrepreneurial activity in Canada over time and compares it with leading countries. Entrepreneurial performance indicators observed include: birth and death rates, survival rates, high-growth firms and gazelles, and research and development expenditures. Furthermore, the report provides a profile of the owners of Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) because important entrepreneurial activity takes place within these firms. Finally, the report identifies areas of strength, areas for improvement, and important areas that cannot currently be addressed.

Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Commercialization of Intellectual Property

MaRS Associate, Patrick Cheung wins third place in Business Week's Top 20 Ideas for a Better MBA. His idea: create a cross-functional entrepreneurship program where MBA students form teams with graduate students from other faculties around them (software engineers, design students, etc) to create a new venture.

If you are starting out as a social entrepreneur or re-vamping your company, this book is for you. It holds insights on how to think like an entrepreneur, how to start an enterprise as a business not a charity. This book will teach you how successful social entrepreneurs: * Focus on community wants and needs * Match those with core competencies to provide the quality services * Assess risk and gauge opportunity * Develop new project ideas and test their feasibility * Write a business plan * Project finances in the plan * Tap into new sources of funding * Develop the idea of social entrepreneurship throughout the organization * Make sure that mission, not money, is the bottom line

MaRS Discovery District upport innovation by fostering collaboration between the worlds of science, business, and government. MaRS has a series of events on entrepreneurship. MaRS Best Practices event - Partnerships - A Necessary Evil will be held on May 8th at the MaRS Centre. Participants will learn about the pros and cons of entering a new business partnership along with what to look for in a partner. 

Deena Douara, a MaRS Client has developed a mobile phone app that can alert authorities if a potential emergency situation arises called "WalkSafe." Douara completed the Entrepreneurship 101 program at MaRS Discovery District.

MaRS  is expected to announce the creation of a new Pecaut Centre for Social Enterprise - in honour of the late David Pecaut. Allyson Hewitt, MaRS Director of Social Entrepreneurship said "the new centre would leverage off her organization's current activities, using the expertise of groups like Boston Consulting to develop social impact metrics."