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Assunta Krehl

Grand Opening of the Stephen Hawking Centre at Ontario, Canada-based Perimeter Institut... - 0 views

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Stephen Hawking Centre Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Phase 2 Phase II MaRS innovation

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  • Assunta Krehl on 09 Dec 11
     
    The Stephen Hawking Centre is now open at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI) in Ontario, Canada.The Phase II of the MaRS Discovery District construction is just one in a series of recent, major investments that are increasing Ontario's innovation, research and development capacities.
Assunta Krehl

Bullfrog Power(R) Becomes One of Canada's First Certified B Corporations - Marketwire -... - 0 views

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Bullfrog Power MaRS B Corporate social impact

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  • Assunta Krehl on 22 Dec 11
     
    Bullfrog Power received certification as one of Canada's Founding B Corporations by B Lab, a nonprofit organization working to build a community of socially and environmentally conscious businesses. The Centre for Impact Investing has a partnership with B Lab, acting as the Canadian Certified B Corp Hub.
Assunta Krehl

RBC Announces $20 Million in Commitments to New Social and Environmental Initiative - R... - 0 views

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RBC Royal Bank of Canada Board Members MaRS Gordon Nixon Ilse Treunicht The Centre for Impact Investing Social Finance investment

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  • Assunta Krehl on 08 Feb 12
     
    "RBC announced a $20 million commitment to a new social and environmental initiative aimed at facilitating solutions to social and environmental problems. "Ilse Treurnicht, CEO of MaRS and chair of the Canadian Task Force on Social Finance. "This announcement is an important watershed moment for impact finance in Canada. RBC's commitment is both innovative and forward-thinking."
Miguel Amante

Three Toronto innovators receive $1.5 million seed money -- will create 65 jobs - Yonge... - 2 views

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capitalization clients_tenants IAF financing

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  • Miguel Amante on 25 Aug 10
     
    Three of Toronto's innovative technology companies will each receive $500,000 in funding from the province's Investment Accelerator fund, designed to support the launch of innovative companies in sectors considered important to the future of the province's economy. It is administered by MaRS Discovery District.
Sarah Hickman

MaRS Discovery District - Recommended Resources - Commercialization Resources - Your He... - 0 views

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canada innovation commercialization business models research & development

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  • Sarah Hickman on 21 Aug 09
     
    The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) publishes yearly reports on Canadians' research dollars at work. In addition to reporting on specific health care 'research successes' and developments, the site links to regional profiles (Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ontario, The Prairies, and British Columbia). The 2006-2007 editions are now up.\n\nCIHR's 2-page Commercialization report (PDF) for 2006-2007 reveals Canada's Innovation Index for the year as well as the country's shift towards investing in new companies and capacities. CIHR's commercialization strategy includes research, talent, capital, and linkages.
Cathy Bogaart

The Entrepreneurial Effect - 0 views

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advisors lance laking startup basics

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 23 Sep 09
     
    Several in the tech industry, including MaRS advisor Lance Laking, have gotten together to produce this book, "The Entrepreneurial Effect" with the foreword by Terry Matthews. It is a collection of practical lessons learned. The book is meant to be a knowledge source for those decisions we face as we start and grow our companies, for example, the real story behind risk and investment, how to pick resellers or strategic partners, selling in China, and the only reasons to consider M&As. It is also worth noting that all the authors have donated their knowledge. All proceeds of the book will go to support student technology entrepreneurship - via University of Ottawa grants and scholarships.
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

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  • 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
Assunta Krehl

Google Translate - 0 views

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  • Assunta Krehl on 10 Aug 09
     
    Sandra Pupatello, Minister of International Trade and Investment of Ontario's exlusive interview to Biotech Finances. Mention of how MaRS fits in the strategy her Ministry's strategy and the Primer of Ontarios.
Sarah Hickman

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funding investors finance ventue capital

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  • Sarah Hickman on 08 Sep 09
     
    In the last 18 months, venture capital has experienced acceleration in previously established investment hotbeds meanwhile new hotspots such as China and India emerged. The 2007 report focuses on clean technology and renewable energy, FAS 157, and due diligence and auditor independence.
Sarah Hickman

O C E T A - Partnering for a Sustainable Future - 0 views

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entrepreneurship cleantech & physical sciences marketing finance funding social innovation investors

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  • Sarah Hickman on 09 Sep 09
     
    OCETA accelerates the commercialization and market adoption of clean technologies and environmentally sustainable solutions. OCETA provides technical and business services to support technology entrepreneurs and start-up companies with commercializing and bringing their innovations to market. These services include: * Business mentoring and coaching: Strengthening management capability, strategic planning, route to market, IP strategy and protection. * Business networks: Connecting entrepreneurs to networks of established peers, mentors and experts. * Technology: Providing 3rd party assessment, demonstration, verification, scale-up and deployment. * Financing: Finding access to capital and improving investment readiness. * Marketing: Assisting in market niche identification and segmentation and export assistance.
Sarah Hickman

Knowledge@Wharton - 0 views

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business strategy entrepreneurship innovation marketing commercialization finance

shared by Sarah Hickman on 04 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Sarah Hickman on 04 Sep 09
     
    The University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School (of business) provides free online access Knowledge@Wharton, its online business journal. The online journal focuses on: * business trends * interviews (faculty & business leaders) * business research * reviews (conferences, book, etc) * providing a search database to over 1,500 relevant articles and abstracts Major categories include Innovation and Entrepreneurship , Business Ethics, Marketing, Finance and Investment, and more. There is a "Special Sections" page that links to more in-depth articles which readers can post comments to. And last but not least, the site also has podcasts accessible via iTunes.
Sarah Hickman

Gagglescape, world changing technologies meet social networks, sustainability, and capital - 0 views

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entrepreneurship canada social*innovation social*technology

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  • Sarah Hickman on 14 Aug 09
     
    gagglescape is a forum for Canada's entrepreneurs and venture investors. While they have an information technology bias, gagglescape is a place to find or exchange information on all innovation-driven markets. The site uses social networking tools to help promote entrepreneurship and investment in Canadian knowledge based industries.
Assunta Krehl

FIT Program Promises New Technologies for Secure Clean Energy Supply - AltEnergyMag - F... - 0 views

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Cleantech Energy Advisors Tom Rand

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  • Assunta Krehl on 19 Feb 10
     
    "Ontario's lucrative Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) program for renewable energy will mean the development of new and highly efficient energy technologies that will secure the Province's clean energy supply for generations. Tom Rand, head of the clean technology practice at MaRS Discovery District and co-organizer of the renewable energy financing conference held in Toronto last month, said that under the province's feed-in-tariff program, the investments are as safe as a 20-year government bond that pays 8 to 12 per cent per year, and guarantees quick connection to the grid.
Cathy Bogaart

Ontario Venture Capital Fund | Ontario Capital Growth Corporation / Société o... - 0 views

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finance funding

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 01 Mar 10
     
    The $205 million Ontario Venture Capital Fund (OVCF) is a joint initiative between the Government of Ontario and leading institutional investors to invest primarily in Ontario-based and Ontario-focused venture capital and growth equity funds that support innovative, high growth companies. Ontario has committed $90 million to the Fund, with the balance coming from partner institutions. OVCF is structured as a fund of funds with the primary objective of generating attractive returns for its investors. The OVCF is managed by Northleaf Capital.
Cathy Bogaart

Ontario Venture Capital Fund ("OVCF") - 0 views

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finance funding

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 01 Mar 10
     
    The OVCF invests primarily in Ontario-based and Ontario-focused venture capital and growth equity funds that support innovative, high growth companies.
Tim T

Nintendo's Game Designer Unfazed by Profit Drop - BusinessWeek - 0 views

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Innovation

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  • Shigeru Miyamoto expresses patience with the recession but wishes rivals would innovate more and copy less
  • smart priority: consumers over investors
  • Nintendo is generally insensitive to investors and sensitive to consumers
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  • What can we do that really nobody else can?
  • It's the query that sparked the DSi's dual/touchscreen action, the Balance Board's super-accurate weight and mass measurements, and the Wii's revolutionary motion-sensing gameplay
  • Nintendo has sold 4.02 million Wiis this year, compared with Micosoft's (MSFT) 2.39 million Xbox 360s and 1.94 million Sony (SNE) PlayStation 3s, according to market trackers NPD Group
  • Miyamoto says their mimicry shows that Nintendo was right to gamble with the Wii. But he worries that a sameness will turn off gamers. "I don't necessarily think all the companies should move in the same direction," he says. "I would like to see each individual company take advantage of its own uniqueness and specialties."
  • For Miyamoto, that means coming up with a sequel to the Wii. Or does it? Updates such as the Wii MotionPlus accessory and Wii Fit Plus are proof that "there are still a lot of different opportunities and possibilities that haven't been exhausted yet on that console," he says. And it's clear he works by his own schedule. Miyamoto is notorious for scrapping or rebooting projects he thinks aren't up to snuff. Even the new Mario Bros. game ran late, nearly missing the upcoming holiday season because, as Miyamoto admits, "I got deeply involved rearranging elements and polishing it." Although Nintendo investors may want a blockbuster, you can bet the company won't be introducing any new products until Miyamoto says so.
Tim T

The Disposable Worker - BusinessWeek - 0 views

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economy entrepreneurship business

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  • LiveOps, a Santa Clara (Calif.) provider of call-center workers
  • from Eastman Kodak (EK) and Pizza Hut (YUM) to infomercial behemoth Tristar Products. She's paid by the minute—25 cents—but only for the time she's actually on the phone with customers
  • independent agent, Smith has no health insurance, no retirement benefits, no sick days, no vacation, no severance, and no access to unemployment insurance
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  • some economists predict it will be years, not months, before employees regain any semblance of bargaining power
  • this recession's unusual ferocity has accelerated trends—including offshoring, automation, the decline of labor unions' influence, new management techniques, and regulatory changes
  • forecast for the next five to 10 years: more of the same, with paltry pay gains, worsening working conditions, and little job security. Right on up to the C-suite, more jobs will be freelance and temporary, and even seemingly permanent positions will be at greater risk
  • We're all temps now.
  • the brutal recession has prompted more companies to create just-in-time labor forces that can be turned on and off like a spigot
  • Employers are trying to get rid of all fixed costs
  • Everything is variable
  • people who graduated from college in a recession earn 2.5% less than if they had graduated in more prosperous times, research has shown
  • Diminishing job security is also widening the gap between the highest- and lowest-paid workers. At the top, people with sought-after skills can earn more by jumping from assignment to assignment than they can by sticking with one company. But for the least educated, who have no special skills to sell, the new deal for labor offers nothing but downside.
  • All the employees had just stopped working
Assunta Krehl

Media Advisory - Green Energy Financial Experts Meet in Toronto - TradingMarkets.com - ... - 0 views

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events Green Energy Act Finance Forum cleantech finance

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  • Assunta Krehl on 27 Jan 10
     
    The Green Energy Act Finance Forum will be taking place on Jan 29. This forum will bring leading experts from around the world to Toronto to speak to Ontario's financial community about investing in renewable energy under Ontario's new Feed In Tariff program. The forum is presented by the MaRS Discovery District, the Green Energy Act Alliance and D & D Securities.
Assunta Krehl

Bay St. snubs green revolution - The Star - January 26, 2010 - 1 views

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Cleantech events Green Energy Act Finance Forum Advisors Tom Rand MaRS

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  • Assunta Krehl on 26 Jan 10
     
    The Green Energy Act Finance Forum is taking place at the MaRS Centre on January 29, 2010. Tom Rand, MaRS Cleantech Advisor, states, "The one-day event, held at the MaRS Centre, was put together to "unlock" local capital and help accelerate the flow of investment into Ontario's booming renewable power sector."
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