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Assunta Krehl

MaRS makes its first foray into the cleantech spotlight - Cleantech Group - 0 views

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cleantech Kevin Downing NIMtech Real Tech Vicicog Skymeter

shared by Assunta Krehl on 11 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Five cleantech companies receive support at the Cleantech Forum in Boston from Canadian incubation and innovation center MaRS.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Assunta Krehl on 11 Sep 09
     
    Five cleantech companies received support at the Cleantech Forum in Boston from Canadian incubation and innovation center MaRS. Some of the companies showcased at the forum through MaRS included NIMtech, Real Tech, Vicicog and Skymeter. Sept 10, 2009
Sarah Hickman

Podcast: Wharton's Kevin Werbach Speaks with IBM's David Yaun about the Global Innovati... - 0 views

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globalization technology

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  • Sarah Hickman on 10 Aug 09
     
    Kevin Werbach, a professor of legal studies and business ethics at Wharton, spoke recently with David Yaun, an IBM executive, about the company's Global Innovation Outlook project. According to Yaun, "traditionally, companies have identified innovation with gadgets and gizmos, but that thinking is being transformed." The definition of innovation is being broadened -- it is becoming more open, collaborative, global and inter-disciplinary. "The barriers to innovation and collaboration have come down dramatically," Yaun says. This was the second in a series of interviews about themes to be featured at Supernova, a conference Werbach organizes in collaboration with Wharton in San Francisco.
Miguel Amante

Thinking beyond job creation - nbbusinessjournal.com - June 18, 2010 - 1 views

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clients & tenants strategy

shared by Miguel Amante on 18 Jun 10 - Cached
  • Miguel Amante on 18 Jun 10
     
    Kevin Stolarick has a four-point plan to make Atlantic Canada grow. The research director of Toronto's Martin Prosperity Institute says his process is not an easy fix of the region's trend of so-called brain drain, but he can offer some lessons from his travels.
Assunta Krehl

Commercialization Gap - BioBEAT - 0 views

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commercialization Veronika Litinski Kevin Downing

shared by Assunta Krehl on 27 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Groups like MaRS and OCE exist to offer funding and managerial guidance to help entrepreneurs take their great con- cept to market. Our role at MaRS is to help innovators bridge this commercialization gap. We provide advisory services, market intelligence and seed funding in conjunc-
  • tion with OCE
  • Veronika Litinski is the Director of MaRS Venture Group. For assistance in drafting this article, thanks to Kevin Downing, Asso- ciate with MaRS Venture Group
  • Assunta Krehl on 27 Aug 09
     
    The Commercialization Gap is the transition from basic knowledge and a commercialization product. The issue the commercialization gap is explored.
  • Assunta Krehl on 27 Aug 09
     
    The Commercialization Gap is the transition from basic knowledge and a commercialization product. The issue the commercialization gap is explored. Feb 1, 2007
Cathy Bogaart

140 Bite Sized Ideas to Help Your Business | Kyle Lacy - 0 views

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leadership

shared by Cathy Bogaart on 11 Jan 10 - Cached
  • information about leading companies
  • noteworthy leadership quotes
  • eadership actions, thoughts, inspiration, and how we can learn from one another to become better leaders.
  • Cathy Bogaart on 11 Jan 10
     
    Want 140 characters of information about leading companies? Kyle Lacy reviews Kevin Eikenberry's book #LeadershipTweet by writing his 15 favourite leadership tweets from the book.
Assunta Krehl

Busy Week - Kelvin Young Photography - January 25, 2010 - 1 views

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marketing advertising Advertising Week 2010 events

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  • Assunta Krehl on 01 Feb 10
     
    Kevin Young, sent by the Cabinet Office, blogs about his experience about taking photos at the MaRS Centre during Advertising Week 2010.
Miguel Amante

Learn Stick Shift, Change The World - CityNews - July 28, 2010 - 0 views

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clients & tenants social entrepreneurship social innovation wellofchange

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  • Miguel Amante on 04 Aug 10
     
    Christine Ho and Kevin Tsoi came up with the idea for Well of Change last summer when they wanted to volunteer, but were ill-equipped to build houses or work in soup kitchens. They figured people who wouldn't normally donate their time or money might use a marketplace of skills where all proceeds go to charity.
Assunta Krehl

Daily Exchange - 0 views

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creativity Martin Prosperity Institute

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  • On June 9-11, 2009, the Martin Prosperity Institute, in partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Culture, and the City of Toronto - Economic Development, Culture & Tourism Division, will be hosting the inaugural Placing Creativity Conference at the MaRS Centre, 101 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • The Conference brings together diverse stakeholders from government, the private sector and the academic world to explore the importance of mapping culture in relation to creative spaces and places.
  • "The mission of Placing Creativity is to advance the understanding and practice of cultural resource mapping by developing reusable maps that showcase the cultural sector in Toronto and that can be shared with other jurisdictions and groups," said Kevin Stolarick, Research Director, The Martin Prosperity Institute.
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  • The conference, featuring international speakers such as Richard Lloyd of Vanderbilt University, will investigate cultural mapping from a number of unique perspectives and disciplines, and will support the interaction of policy-makers, academics and new researchers. Richard is author of "Neo-Bohemia: Art and Commerce in the Postindustrial City". Other Speakers include British-based cultural policy expert Colin Mercer. The conference is an extension of the Placing Creativity partnership which investigates the interconnection between 'Place' and 'Creativity' through a number of different lenses.
  • Assunta Krehl on 10 Aug 09
     
    The Martin Prosperity Institute, in partnership with the Ontario Ministry of Culture, and the City of Toronto - Economic Development, Culture & Tourism Division, will be hosting the inaugural Placing Creativity Conference at MaRS June 9-11, 2009. The conference will look at the interconnection between 'Place' and 'Creativity' through a number of different lenses.
Tim T

GOP's Brown grabs lead in Massachusetts Senate returns - CNN.com - 0 views

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  • Obama and former President Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail over the past three days in an attempt to save Coakley's campaign, which observers say has been hampered by complacency and missteps.
  • Obama and former President Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail over the past three days in an attempt to save Coakley's campaign, which observers say has been hampered by complacency and missteps.
  • Obama and former President Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail over the past three days in an attempt to save Coakley's campaign, which observers say has been hampered by complacency and missteps.
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  • Obama and former President Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail over the past three days in an attempt to save Coakley's campaign, which observers say has been hampered by complacency and missteps.
  • Obama and former President Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail over the past three days in an attempt to save Coakley's campaign, which observers say has been hampered by complacency and missteps.
  • cnnRelatedTopicKeys.push('Martha_Coakley'); Martha Coakley cnnRelatedTopicKeys.push('Scott_Brown'); Scott Brown cnnRelatedTopicKeys.push('Edward_M_Kennedy'); Edward M. Kennedy cnnRelatedTopicKeys.push('Health_Care_Reform'); Health Care Reform The latest poll, however, showed Brown leading Coakley by 7 points, 52 to 45 percent. The American Research Group survey, taken Friday through Sunday, had a sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. No polls released in the past few days showed Coakley ahead. In a sign of the high stakes involved, the Coakley campaign held an afternoon news conference Tuesday to complain that voters in three places received ballots already marked for Brown. McNiff confirmed that the secretary of state's offices received two reports of voters saying they got pre-marked ballots. The suspect ballots were invalidated and the voters received new ballots, McNiff said. Kevin Conroy, the Coakley campaign manager, said the "disturbing incidents" raised questions about the integrity of the election. In response, the Brown campaign issued a statement criticizing Coakley's team. "Reports that the Coakley campaign is making reckless accusations regarding the integrity of today's election is a reminder that they are a desperate campaign," Daniel B. Winslow, the counsel for the Brown campaign, said in the statement. Obama has been both "surprised and frustrated" by the race, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Tuesday. Obama and former President Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail over the past three days in an attempt to save Coakley's campaign, which observers say has been hampered by complacency and missteps.
  • Obama and former President Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail over the past three days in an attempt to save Coakley's campaign, which observers say has been hampered by complacency and missteps.
  • Obama and former President Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail over the past three days in an attempt to save Coakley's campaign, which observers say has been hampered by complacency and missteps.
  • Obama and former President Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail over the past three days in an attempt to save Coakley's campaign, which observers say has been hampered by complacency and missteps.
  • Obama and former President Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail over the past three days in an attempt to save Coakley's campaign, which observers say has been hampered by complacency and missteps.
  • Tim T on 20 Jan 10
     
    Complacency put the U.S. health bill at risk
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