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Assunta Krehl

Toronto's $25 million commercialization "engine" celebrates the appointment of its Boar... - 0 views

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MaRS Innovation Ilse Treurnicht John Evans Ron Close The Hospital for Sick Children MaRS

shared by Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09 - No Cached
  • MaRS Innovation is honoured to announce its permanent Board of Directors, who brings together a remarkable and broad set of experiences and networks to support the development of this dynamic partnership of Toronto research institutions.  Designed to enhance the commercial output of Toronto’s world-leading research cluster, MaRS Innovation is positioned to make a significant contribution to Canada’s innovation economy and the quality of life for Canadians and others around the world.
  • upported by the Government of Canada through the Centres of Excellence in Research and Commercialization (CECR) program, and its member institutions, MaRS Innovation is focused on converting important discoveries into a new generation of products, services and high value jobs. The newly appointed Board of Directors, which includes academic and business leaders from across Canada and the United States, has the targeted expertise to guide MaRS Innovation to deliver on this critical mission.   MaRS Innovation represents a unique collaborative model, which aggregates the exceptional discovery pipeline of 14 leading Toronto academic institutions to build a diversified portfolio of assets, and harness the economic and job creation potential of the best opportunities for Toronto, Ontario and Canada.
  • “MaRS Innovation is privileged to announce a Board of Directors of this caliber and breadth of skill,” said Mary Jo Haddad, Chair of the MaRS Innovation Board and President and CEO of The Hospital for Sick Children. “The collective experience and guidance of these individuals will be critical to developing a collaborative, integrated and agile approach to this transformational organization that will move Canada into its next phase of economic development.”
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  • W. Geoffrey Beattie – Deputy Chairman & President, Woodbridge Company Limited, Thomson Reuters Corporation, Toronto Christopher C. Capelli – Vice President, Technology Based Ventures, Office of Technology Commercialization, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Ron Close – Information technology entrepreneur, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, MaRS, and Executive Entrepreneur-in-Residence, The Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON Nicholas Darby – Formerly Director of Physical Sciences, Corporate Venture Capital, Dow Chemical Company, President, Darby & Associates Consulting LLC, Midland, MI  Mary Jo Haddad – President & CEO, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto Jacqueline H.R. Le Saux – Former General Counsel, North America and Corporate Secretary, Patheon, Inc., Toronto David A. Leslie - Chair, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, and Former Chairman & CEO, Ernst & Young, Toronto Michael H. May – President & CEO, Rimon Therapeutics, Toronto Chandra J. Panchal – Founder, President & CEO, Axcelon Biopolymers Corp., Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC Ilse Treurnicht – CEO, MaRS Discovery District, Toronto Donald A. Wright – President & CEO, The Winnington Capital Group Inc., Toronto
  • MaRS Innovation serves as a business accelerator platform with a single point of entry for industry partners and investors.  It will increase the scale, scope and viability of IP offerings, and the quantity and quality of deal flow from partner institutions.  MaRS Innovation will also facilitate strategic research collaborations with industry partners, strengthen the innovation capacity of Canadian industry through adoption of new technologies from its member institutions, and launch a new generation of robust, high-growth Canadian companies that will become global market leaders.   The quality of the combined discovery pipeline will catalyze and attract sources of risk capital for translational research, market validation, company formation and growth.  “MaRS Innovation represents a unique and timely platform to contribute in a meaningful way to Canada’s knowledge economy, leveraging Toronto’s remarkable research excellence.  The vision and serious commitment of its members to work together to transform our commercialization results, and the support of the Federal Government, made this possible.  The announcement of this outstanding group of leaders to the Board of Directors for MaRS Innovation is an exciting step forward,” said Ilse Treurnicht, MaRS CEO and interim Managing Director of MaRS Innovation.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    MaRS Innovation announced its permanent Board of Directors. MaRS Innovation is focused on converting important discoveries into a new generation of products, services and high value jobs.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    MaRS Innovation announced its permanent Board of Directors. MaRS Innovation is focused on converting important discoveries into a new generation of products, services and high value jobs. Feb 6, 2009
Tim T

Los Angeles Hires a Jobs Chief - WSJ.com - 0 views

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economy business jobs

shared by Tim T on 11 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Los Angeles Hires a Jobs Chief
  • unemployment stuck above 12%
  • Beutner will have broad powers. About half of city government departments -- from the Port of Los Angeles to the city's sprawling Department of Water and Power utility -- will report to him
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  • In a letter Mr. Villaraigosa sent to Mr. Beutner when hiring him, the mayor said, "I recognize we need a top to bottom revitalization and refocus of our economic development team here at City Hall to make certain job creation is the overarching focus at all levels and in all offices and departments."
  • Chief Deputy Mayor Jay Carson. "We have to view every decision we make through the prism of job creation."
  • Southern California's economy has been among the hardest hit in the country. The area's housing market was one of the first to collapse. And in Los Angeles, mainstays such as the film industry have suffered as other states woo productions away with rich tax incentives
  • Last week, the city was dealt a psychological blow when Northrop Grumman Corp., the last major firm of the region's once-dominant aerospace industry, announced it was moving its headquarters to the Washington, D.C. area
  • Los Angeles has slashed services as it tries to close an $80 million budget gap
  • His annual salary is $1.
  • Some major stores that sell big-ticket items have moved to neighboring cities to avoid the high cost and difficulty of doing business there, such as delays in obtaining building permits, and a range of fees and taxes higher than most other cities in the area, business leaders said.
  • "The hardest thing is going to be to change the mindset here," Mr. Beutner said. "For the first time in a long time the city is going to be forced to change the way it does things. The most fundamental thing is to change the mindset of those who work in the city [government]. We serve business. They're our customers as opposed to the other way around."
Assunta Krehl

Creativity, innovation and film festivals - The Star - 0 views

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creativity Innovation mars

shared by Assunta Krehl on 25 Sep 09 - Cached
  • At the corner of College St. and University Ave. sits a growing monument to this kind of original thinking. MaRS – short for Medical and Related Sciences – is all about a building becoming much more than the sum of its users and programming. Already, MaRS has become a global leader in biotech research; it has certainly become a city builder, creating jobs and spawning companies; and, of course, it does all this by being a creative cauldron – just like the film festival.
  • Assunta Krehl on 25 Sep 09
     
    TIFF is essential for Toronto's future but corporate support lags for its new home. Small mention of MaRS becoming a great global leader in biotech research, a great city building and creating new jobs. Sept 24, 2009
  • Assunta Krehl on 25 Sep 09
     
    TIFF is essential for Toronto's future but corporate support lags for its new home. Small mention of MaRS becoming a great global leader in biotech research, a great city building and creating new jobs.
Assunta Krehl

Innovation Hub in stagnation - Ottawa Business Journal - 0 views

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innovation hub

shared by Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Almost two years after Ottawa's 'Innovation Hub' was first proposed, documents show the province has serious concerns as to whether the Hub can garner enough private-sector support or will create enough jobs to qualify for funding.
  • The Hub is modelled after similar centres around the world, including the MaRS Discovery District in Toronto. But the concept has local critics, including Ottawa serial entrepreneur John Ogilvie, who said governments looking to promote innovation should focus on setting up commercialization facilities at universities.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    Almost two years after Ottawa's 'Innovation Hub' was first proposed, documents show the province has serious concerns as to whether the Hub can garner enough private-sector support or will create enough jobs to qualify for funding.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    Almost two years after Ottawa's 'Innovation Hub' was first proposed, documents show the province has serious concerns as to whether the Hub can garner enough private-sector support or will create enough jobs to qualify for funding. Feb 9, 2009
Assunta Krehl

Diversity critical to future growth - The London Free Press - 0 views

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Peter Evans business

shared by Assunta Krehl on 10 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Peter Evans, adviser to the Toronto technology organization MaRs, believes Canada's economy is at a crossroads, as critical to job growth as the Industrial Revolution was at the turn of the last century.
  • Assunta Krehl on 10 Aug 09
     
    Discussion around diversity being the key to growing the economy. Peter Evans, MaRS Advisor is quotes as saying he "believe Canada's economy s at a crossroads, as critical to job growth as the Industrial Revolution was at the turn of the last century.
  • Assunta Krehl on 10 Aug 09
     
    Discussion around diversity being the key to growing the economy. Peter Evans, MaRS Advisor is quotes as saying he "believe Canada's economy s at a crossroads, as critical to job growth as the Industrial Revolution was at the turn of the last century. April 6, 2009
Cathy Bogaart

Q&A with Tom Rand: Creating jobs through clean-energy investment | SmartBlog on Leadership - 0 views

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tom rand cleantech economy policy

shared by Cathy Bogaart on 14 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • Cathy Bogaart on 14 Mar 11
     
    Bryan McBournie interviews MaRS cleantech practice lead, Tom Rand, about why investing in clean energy is so important. It ties directly into the overall mission of MaRS: creating jobs through innovation and entrepreneurship.
Cathy Bogaart

The Path to Prosperity - Creative Class - 0 views

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mars Innovation creativity economy

shared by Cathy Bogaart on 27 Feb 09 - Cached
  • How do we create the climate for innovation that will lead to new industries and jobs based on new goods and services we can sell the rest of the world?
  • We are not just calling for more creative class jobs, but for increasing the creativity content of all jobs - service as well as manufacturing and agriculture too
  • 3Ts of economic development. Technology is the first T
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  • wo other Ts - talent as Romer’s work points out and tolerance - or openness to new people and new ideas.
  • Cathy Bogaart on 27 Feb 09
     
    The Martin Prosperity institute believes that an innovation strategy has to be tied to creativity and place and the ecosystem ("city"). Here they critique a blog by David Crane which critiques the recent MPI report.
Assunta Krehl

Ontario Welcomes Cleantech Report - Canada Newswire - 0 views

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Mentorship and Entrepreneurship Program Cleantech globalization commercialization

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  • Mentorship and Entrepreneurship Program (http://www.marsdd.com/mars/About-MaRS/Partners/mrp.html),
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    McGuinty Government on track to turn Cleantech into jobs of the future. Mention of MaRS Mentorship and Entrepreneurship Program as one of the programs that participated in the Cleantech Growth & Go-to-Market Report.
  • Assunta Krehl on 14 Aug 09
     
    McGuinty Government on track to turn Cleantech into jobs of the future. Mention of MaRS Mentorship and Entrepreneurship Program as one of the programs that participated in the Cleantech Growth & Go-to-Market Report. Feb 17, 2009
Assunta Krehl

Liberals launch Jobs of Tomorrow tour to emphasize the importance of science and techno... - 0 views

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commercialization

shared by Assunta Krehl on 10 Aug 09 - Cached
  • Liberal Critic for Industry, Science and Technology Marc Garneau will be traveling across Canada beginning Tuesday to consult Canadians on how to revitalize Canada’s scientific industries and discuss the importance of research and innovation in creating the jobs of tomorrow.
  • Other stops on Mr. Garneau’s tour include Toronto’s MARS Innovation Centre
  • Assunta Krehl on 10 Aug 09
     
    Liberal Critic for Industry, Science and Technology Marc Garneau will be traveling across Canada to consult with Canadians on how to revitalize Canada's scientific industry and will include MaRS Discovery District on his tour.
  • Assunta Krehl on 10 Aug 09
     
    Liberal Critic for Industry, Science and Technology Marc Garneau will be traveling across Canada to consult with Canadians on how to revitalize Canada's scientific industry and will include MaRS Discovery District on his tour. April 13, 2009
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

Growing Ontario's Economy, Creating Clean Energy Jobs - Ministry of Research and Innova... - 0 views

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Clients & Tenants Woodland Biofuels Cleantech Energy Environment

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  • Assunta Krehl on 22 Apr 10
     
    Ontario is supporting new clean energy technology and creating jobs as part of its Open Ontario Plan. Woodland Biofuels, a client of MaRS advisory services, was awarded $4M to build a plant that will efficiently produce cellulosic ethanol from renewable wastes.
Cathy Bogaart

Guardly lands partnership with largest REALTOR association in US - Techvibes.com - 1 views

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mars clients guardly ict mobile

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 17 Jan 12
     
    Toronto startup and MaRS client Guardly announces that it has entered into a partnership with the California Association of REALTORS (C.A.R.) to provide a smartphone app that helps real estate agents stay safe on the job.
Cathy Bogaart

Job skills aren't everything when it comes to the right hire - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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hr recruiting management

shared by Cathy Bogaart on 19 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Cathy Bogaart on 19 Jan 12
     
    Hire people with the right attitude: coachable, emotionally intelligent, motivated, well-suited temperament, and yes, still have the technical skills (but that's the easy part).
Assunta Krehl

Life on MaRS: Help for over 2,000 startups and counting - IT Business.ca - December 14,... - 0 views

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MaRS Phase 2 Phase II Don Duval Krista Jones Advisory Services ICE Polar Mobile

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  • Assunta Krehl on 22 Dec 11
     
    MaRS Discovery District is expanding. MaRS' Phase 2 development will be completed in 2013. Don Duval, Vice President of Advisory Services states " Our mandate is to work with early stage ventures and help these companies grow ... The program's success, he says, is measured by "the amount of jobs and wealth our companies notable successes.
Assunta Krehl

The anti-Steve Jobs: Why innovation pioneer John Evans donated millions to MaRS - The S... - 0 views

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John Evans Board Members MaRS MaRS Discovery District Solutions Lab

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  • Assunta Krehl on 05 Mar 12
     
    Dr. John Evans, co-founder of MaRS Discovery District doanted $10 million to MaRS last week to launch a Solutions Lab.
Cathy Bogaart

Building New York City's Innovation Economy - Center for an Urban Future - 1 views

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Innovation policy economy innovative organizations

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 30 Sep 09
     
    Looks like Toronto/Ontario/Canada is not the only place having problems... A report released by the Center for an Urban Future, a Manhattan-based think tank, finds that while New York City is home to several of the world's leading scientific research institutions, these universities and research centers have not yet become powerful catalysts for entrepreneurship and local economic development the way similar institutions have in a number of other regions. The study concludes that New York has long failed to harness the full potential of its pre-eminent academic research institutions to build a meaningful innovation economy; an enormous missed opportunity given that the city desperately needs to diversify its economy and cultivate new engines of job growth.
Cathy Bogaart

How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen | Derek Sivers - 1 views

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ict startup basics hr

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 14 Dec 10
     
    You've got an idea. But you're all business. You need to bring your brilliant idea to a technical reality (virtual or otherwise). Here's the step-by-step on how to find the right guy or gal for the (coding) job.
Cathy Bogaart

Go to MaRS - 0 views

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mars Innovation business employment Career human resources

shared by Cathy Bogaart on 26 Feb 09 - Cached
  • We measure our success through the companies that emerge after receiving help from MaRS
  • MaRS does not just provide research space, they are bringing business people, people with money
  • Cathy Bogaart on 26 Feb 09
     
    Newcomer Magazine writes about MaRS as a business incubator -- a place for newcomers to make connections, find a job, or start a business. They highlight tenants Kanata Chemical Technologies, AXS Biomedical Animations Studio and Clera Inc.
kathryn mars

LinkedIn: Groups: Sign In SFF08 - Social Finance Forum - 0 views

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networking

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  • kathryn mars on 19 Feb 09
     
    LinkedIn strengthens and extends your existing network of trusted contacts. LinkedIn is a networking tool that helps you discover inside connections to recommended job candidates, industry experts and business partners.
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