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Karen Schulman Dupuis

Science-class dropout starts world-beating website for researchers - The Globe and Mail - 1 views

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    How did a woman who dropped science in high school come to develop and run one of the world's top scientific websites?
Karen Schulman Dupuis

How a small startup can attract a big partner - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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    Founded in 2009 and launched late in 2010, Locationary Inc. is a Toronto-based company that synchronizes local business information from many different sources and broadcasts it to diverse kinds of customers. Its mission is "managing the world's local data."
Assunta Krehl

MaRS creates new tech accelerator - The Globe and Mail - April 24, 2012 - 0 views

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    MaRS Discovery District announced the creation of JOLT, a new Toronto-based tech accelerator aimed at helping high-growth Web and mobile companies.
Karen Schulman Dupuis

An online marketplace for the off-line world - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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    Uniiverse, which has employees in Toronto and Montreal, is a service that lets people share services or activities. Some of these services and activities are free, while some are fee-based. For example, you could advertise your interest in babysitting, teaching a cooking course, shovelling snow, or finding people who share an interest in stamp collecting or playing pickup hockey.
Assunta Krehl

Fantasy sports company scores funding round - The Globe and Mail - March 14, 2012 - 1 views

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    InGamer Fantasy Inc.which produces "real-time second screen gaming" for sports publishers, has received funding from a group of five angel investors. InGamer Fantasy Inc is a MaRS Discovery District Client. 
Karen Schulman Dupuis

Locationary finds $2.5-million in financing - The Globe and Mail - 1 views

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    Locationary Inc., which is dedicated to improving the quality of local business data for mobile and web content, has secured $2.5-million from new investors, including the Investment Accelerator Fund and Trellis Capital. Existing investors Extreme Venture Partners, Plazacorp Ventures, Angels and Management were also involved in the financing.
Assunta Krehl

Canada must fight its addiction to the old economy - The Globe and Mail - July 5, 2012 - 1 views

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    Dezso J. Horvath is Tanna H. Schulich Chair in Strategic Management and dean of the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto and Matthias Kipping is a professor of policy and chair in business history at Schulich state " Canadian businesses to wean themselves off traditional industries and tried-and-true markets, to instead develop - and commercialize - innovative technology." MaRS Discovery District is bridging the commercialization gap.
Assunta Krehl

Summer camp for entrepreneurial teens set to launch - The Globe and Mail - July 5, 2012 - 0 views

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    MaRS Discovery District is offering a one-week boot camp for students between the ages of 13 and 15, where they will invent and test original business ideas and learn skills to help them succeed in business. The program is called "MaRS Future Leaders."
Assunta Krehl

Setting up a Web-based company is easier than ever - The Globe and Mail - August 1, 2012 - 0 views

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    Sunjit Khamba, Co-founder of I AM Mpowered, talks about his story of starting-up a web-based company . JOLT was created by MaRS and is a new technology accelerator dedicated to building high-growth web and mobile companies that promise to transform the way consumers and enterprises connect, work and play.
Karen Schulman Dupuis

Why aren't there more women in tech start-ups? - The Globe and Mail - 0 views

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    "We need to get the word out that, whether you're male or female, this is an exciting field with limitless opportunities," she says.
Assunta Krehl

How realistic is Wall Street meltdown movie Margin Call? We asked the experts - The Sta... - 0 views

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    Laura Stone, Toronto Star reporter, reviews the movie Margin Call where a young analyst discovers a fatal flaw in the company's system - one that threatens to bring down the entire American financial industry and evaluates how realistic it is by interviewing 3 experts. Tom Rand, MaRS Senior Cleantech Advisor is one expert that was interviewed.
Cathy Bogaart

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

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    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).
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