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Ottawa Innovation Hub will not go through. Reference is made that about MaRS Discovery District which connects entrepreneurs with business-savvy types.

Ottawa Innovation Hub will not go through. Reference is made that about MaRS Discovery District which connects entrepreneurs with business-savvy types. Sept 23, 2009

In today's information-rich environment, companies can no longer afford to rely entirely on their own ideas to advance their business, nor can they restrict their innovations to a single path to market. As a result, says Harvard Business School professor Henry W. Chesbrough, the traditional model for innovation--which has been largely internally focused, closed off from outside ideas and technologies--is becoming obsolete. Emerging in its place is a new paradigm, open innovation, which strategically leverages internal and external sources of ideas and takes them to market through multiple paths. Arguing that companies in all industries must transform the way they commercialize knowledge, Chesbrough convincingly shows how open innovation can unlock the latent economic value in a company''s ideas and technologies.

Ron Close discusses Police Prep's success and what other entrepreneurs can learn from it.

Ron Close discusses Police Prep's success and what other entrepreneurs can learn from it. April 10, 2009

Agri-Food Innovation Forum focused on agriculture, food and human health and is examining ways to generate business enterprises in the nutraceutical and functional food field. MaRS Landing is quoted indicating that there is a global market for nutraceutical products and good product ideas.

Agri-Food Innovation Forum focused on agriculture, food and human health and is examining ways to generate business enterprises in the nutraceutical and functional food field. MaRS Landing is quoted indicating that there is a global market for nutraceutical products and good product ideas. Feb 12, 2009

Skymeter Corporation - a high-tech upstart that has perfected "financial-grade" GPS telematics - is being hailed as an innovator that has captured the attention of global giants such as IBM, Cisco and Siemens. Mention of MaRS as a business incubator. Feb 14, 2009

Skymeter Corporation - a high-tech upstart that has perfected "financial-grade" GPS telematics - is being hailed as an innovator that has captured the attention of global giants such as IBM, Cisco and Siemens. Mention of MaRS as a business incubator.

Internationally acclaimed creativity expert Michael Michalko's Thinkertoys: A Handbook of Creative Thinking Techniques have inspired business thinkers around the world to create the innovative ideas and creative strategies they need to achieve unimaginable success in today's changing business environment of complexity and uncertainty. Change the way you look at things and the things you look at change.

without failure, you can't drive productivity. without failure, there is no innovation. So we need to fail to improve the economy!

The Globe and Mail investigates the failure and risks with businesses and innovation with business leaders, Tony Chapman, CEO of Capital C, a Toronto communications and advertising company, Charles Plant, Managing Director of the Market Readiness Program for entrepreneurs at MaRS, and Naeem 'Nick' Noorani, founder and publisher of Canadian Immigrant magazine.

Ben Horowitz writes in Business Insider's War Room about an open source legal project, Series Seed documents from Ted Wang. He says that these are the kinds of legal docs that the new kind of investor needs to invest in the new kind of company, which generally doesn't require the VC funding structures of the past.

Ideas, inspirations, tips, news and other useful information to small business owners and entrepreneurs. Written by Allysa Gregory, this section is specifically for start-ups.

Two of MaRS Clients, Shape Collage and Weblish, were two of three that won top spots at the 12th annual IBK Capital-Ivey Business Plan Competition held on March 26 & 27.

The Honourable Peter Van Loan, Minister of International Trade, met with senior Swedish government officials and key business leaders to enhance business opportunities between the two countries and promote Canada-EU comprehensive economic and trade agreement negotiations. Minister Van Loan states, "Science and technology cooperation continues to be an important part of our commercial relationship, and we look forward to intensifying our bilateral partnership in this area, including at Canadian institutions such as the MaRS Centre at the University of Toronto, and the University of Calgary."

The Globe features Good Foot courier service, a MaRS client and social purpose business in Toronto. Their couriers hire developmentally disabled people, sure, but they're really a great business offering great service.

Social innovation practice lead, Allyson Hewitt was on Metro Morning February 22, in a discussion on "social good in business". This segment was inspired by the Civic Action forum about a week ago, in which MaRS was mentioned many times. Fitting, as the forum's focus on building a prosperous and engaged city.

A product of Thomson, VCReporter gives access to market intelligence. One can, for example, access profiles of venture-backed companies and analyze trends by sector, geography, and fund manager. VCReporter also provides market news feeds, statistics, free reports and presentations, and a glossary of business terms.

A product of Thomson, VCReporter gives access to market intelligence. One can, for example, access profiles of venture-backed companies and analyze trends by sector, geography, and fund manager. VCReporter also provides market news feeds, statistics, free reports and presentations, and a glossary of business terms.

Rotman NeXus provides a variety of services to non-profit and social enterprise businesses. In addition to providing organizational help including budgeting, market research, and operational design, Rotman NeXus calculates the social and economic impacts of projects for a small fee. Roman NeXus is staffed by University of Toronto's second year Joseph L. Rotman School of Management top-tier MBA students.

This is the kind of environment that Ontario is trying to build: The EuC2C partnership is an inter-sectoral group of organisations committed to making European businesses more innovative and competitive in the long term. The knowledge, skills and networks of the partnership complement each other, containing as it does a communications focussed SME, the world's most specialised firm in helping develop cluster-based programmes, a Europe-wide network of business innovation centres, a non profit national body for SME development, an independent SME training consultancy specialising in multimedia training and a specialist marketing communication company.

Great article on business models for digital media by Adam Cahan on paidContent (a site that discusses the value/econom of content).

Buzz Aldrin talks about his appearance at The Business of Aging Summit at MaRS Dec 1-2, and about the importance of this emerging market and societal challenge for entrepreneurs.

On Wednesday, Dec 2, 2009 Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 astronaut, will speak about the bold new future of aging to about 200 international researchers, experts on geriatrics and people who work with the elderly. It will be the final session of a two-day summit, The Business of Aging, jointly organized by Toronto's innovation incubator, the MaRS Centre, and the Ontario government. Nov 30, 2009

Dr. Buzz Aldrin is delivering a keynote address as part of The Ontario Innovation Summit: The Business of Aging, programmed and hosted by MaRS Discovery District in conjunction with the Province of Ontario. Nov 30, 2009