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Amazon.com: The Innovator's Solution: Creating and Sustaining Successful Growth (978157... - 0 views

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  • Sarah Hickman on 28 Aug 09
     
    From Publishers Weekly\nChristensen (The Innovator's Dilemma) analyzes the strategies that allow corporations to successfully grow new businesses and outpace the other players in the marketplace. Christensen's earlier book examined how focusing on profits can destroy even well-run corporations, while this book focuses on companies expanding by being "disruptors" who are able to outpace their entrenched competition. The authors (Christensen is a professor at Harvard Business School and Raynor, a director at Deloitte Research) examine the nine business decisions integral to growth, including product development, organizational structure, financing and key customer base. They cite such companies as IBM, AT&T, Sony, Microsoft and others to illustrate their points. Generally, the writing is clear and specific. For example, in discussing whether a company has the resources necessary for growth, the authors say, "In order to be confident that managers have developed the skills required to succeed at a new assignment, one should examine the sorts of problems they have wrestled with in the past. It is not as important that managers have succeeded with the problem as it is for them to have wrestled with it and developed the skills and intuition for how to meet the challenge successfully the next time around"; they then provide a real-life example of a software company. Similar important strategies give readers insights that they can use in their own workplaces. People looking for quick fixes may find the charts, diagrams and extensive footnotes daunting, but readers familiar with more technical business management tomes will find this one both stimulating and beneficial.
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World Creativity and Innovation Week: Ideas - 0 views

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 25 Mar 09
     
    This webstorm (from Bright Ideas) collects, reviews and votes on questions we can use for World Creativity and Innovation Week (WCIW) that would advance creativity in all fields. Contribute new questions so we can look for new answers! Like online brainstorm software.
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Tungle - Scheduling Made Easy - 0 views

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 24 Apr 09
     
    Canadian (Montreal) start-up! Web based software that helps you schedule meetings with people on different calendaring systems.
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Technology To Help Aging Population - Boomer Watch - 0 views

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  • Assunta Krehl on 04 Dec 09
     
    Linda Ko blogs about The Business of Aging Summit which was jointly organized by Toronto's innovation incubator, the MaRS Centre, and the Ontario government. This event plans to showcase the work of 14 up-and-coming Ontario companies now developing software, diagnostic tools and other technologies aimed specifically at the aging population. Dec 1, 2009
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TC50: Yext Offers Local Businesses A Smart Inbox For Phone Calls - 0 views

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  • Local businesses can use the Yext Calls software to process incoming phone calls and organize them based on semantic analysis of what was said during the conversation, providing them with an easy way of searching or browsing through them at any point
  • Based on keywords that occurred in the call, the software can detect that e.g. price estimates were requested for a car repair or which part of what type of vehicle the caller was having problems with exactly
  • The program can even automatically detect if any appointments
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  • Expert panel Q&A
  • how do you convince business owners of your value proposition?
  • it’s an end-to-end solution for them to advertise smarter on the Web
  • is there adverse selection? are the merchants who are most likely to want phone calls least likely to get the web to get them?
  • We found most merchants overall prefer to receive phone calls
  • What’s the biggest of the 12 categories you support now?
  • Health and fitness
  • Tim T on 20 Dec 09
     
    Local small businesses want phone calls, not click-throughs?
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Twenty Top Ideas for a Better MBA: Third Place: Practical Entrepreneurship Education - ... - 0 views

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 20 Jan 11
     
    MaRS Associate, Patrick Cheung wins third place in Business Week's Top 20 Ideas for a Better MBA. His idea: create a cross-functional entrepreneurship program where MBA students form teams with graduate students from other faculties around them (software engineers, design students, etc) to create a new venture.
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Web startup crosses the language barrier - Toronto Star, March 18, 2011 - 0 views

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 22 Mar 11
     
    The Star features MaRS client, WeblishPal, an online tutoring software that pairs English-speaking tutors with foreign-language students to find each other, set up tutoring sessions and rate the teacher.
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Wave partners With Box, MailChimp, General Assembly and more to launch one-stop shoppin... - 0 views

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  • Karen Schulman Dupuis on 12 Jun 13
     
    "A new convergence of startups and Internet companies has come together to provide other early-stage companies with the tools required to get up and running quickly, and most importantly, cheaply. It's sort of like a Humble Indie Bundle, except instead of gaming, GetStartupTools.com offers software from Wave, Box, MailChimp, Zendesk, Uberflip and General Assembly that most brand new internet companies would need or at least appreciate."
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Texas Memory Systems Teams With NEVEX Virtual Technologies to Supercharge Virtual Appli... - 0 views

www.storagereview.com/plications_ssd_storage_devices clients storage software Nevex
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  • Karen Schulman Dupuis on 08 Mar 12
     
    Texas Memory Systems (TMS) has announced their partnership with NEVEX Virtual Technologies, a Toronto-based developer of application optimized caching solutions, to develop joint solutions that will supercharge the performance of VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V virtual applications implemented on TMS' Flash-based SSD storage devices.
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COMPANIES TO WATCH: Nevex targets storage and application performance - 0 views

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  • Karen Schulman Dupuis on 08 Mar 12
     
    Nevex is led by a group of serial entrepreneurs now on their fourth start-up, having focused on areas such as network attached translation and technology and usability in the past. The past start-ups have all been 100 per cent channel-focused, said Nevex product manager Andrew Flint. With Nevex, Flint said they've set out to tackle application performance and I/O caching.
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Drilling Down - On Twitter, a Close-Knit Network - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 05 Jul 10
     
    Data from social media consulting firm Sysomos (MaRS client) says Twitter users are separated by six degrees. Article in the New York Times.
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Battle of the Mobile Social Photo Apps: Instagram vs PicPlz vs Burstn - November 10, 2010 - 0 views

www.readwriteweb.com/...tagram_vs_picplz_vs_burstn.php clients & tenants clients burstn ict mobile software social media
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  • Cathy Bogaart on 11 Nov 10
     
    Which mobile social photo app should you use? Maybe MaRS client, Burstn. ReadWriteWeb compares the apps: their strengths and features and Burstn is looking good against the competitors.
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Wave Accounting launches free service for small businesses - Techvibes - November 20, 2010 - 0 views

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  • Cathy Bogaart on 29 Nov 10
     
    MaRS client, Wave Accounting, launches their online accounting application that is the first integrated online application to track users' business and personal finances. TechVibes' Karim Kanji reports on the benefits to SMEs.
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Email Marketing & Surveying Software - iContact - 0 views

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  • kathryn mars on 19 Feb 09
     
    An e-mail marketing service
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Test-tube industry - Canadian Business - 0 views

www.canadianbusiness.com/...article.jsp MaRS MDS Sciex John Evans Calvin Stiller Kenneth Knox Eli Lilly Joseph Rotman Lawrence Bloomberg
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  • For Dr. John Evans, growing a strong biotechnology industry is much the same: cities must provide a nurturing environment where science and business can thrive together.
  • That's why Evans, former president of the University of Toronto and current chairman of Torstar Corp., is spearheading the $345-million Medical and Related Science initiative, or MaRS--a petri dish of sorts for commercializing science research. "A lot of intellectual property is being commercialized outside Canada," says Evans. "I think we've been slow in realizing just how important technology developments are to the economic future of the country. MaRS is an attempt to give this a kick into a higher gear." The centrepiece of the MaRS plan, which will officially launch May 12, is a 1.3-million-square-foot, five-building complex in downtown Toronto that will provide office and lab space for small and medium-size companies and incubators, including the not-for-profit Toronto Biotechnology Commercialization Centre. While Evans is reluctant to limit its scope, MaRS will generally focus on health-related technologies, from new drugs and genetic treatments to medical devices and imaging software. Branded a "convergence centre," it will also house a careful mix of support services: intellectual property lawyers, accountants, marketing experts, government funding organizations and venture capital financiers. Plus, start-ups will have access to all the latest equipment on site. For instance, MaRS is in talks with MDS Sciex to supply mass spectrometers, used in proteomics research.
  • But MaRS will be more than just a New Economy real estate development. Evans's intention is to funnel tenants' rent money into services--such as entrepreneurship seminars and angel-matching programs--that MaRS will offer to the broader biotech community. That's why MaRS's location is key: the centre will be built in the heart of what Toronto has dubbed the "Discovery District," a two-square-kilometre chunk of the downtown core, encompassing U of T and four major hospitals. From there, MaRS hopes to act as a network hub across Ontario, with links to research-intensive universities. "None of them," says Evans, "have the critical mass to put it all together on their own."
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  • MaRS's primary goal is to get Toronto and the rest of Ontario on the global biotech map. Evans came up with the concept in the late 1990s with Dr. Calvin Stiller, CEO of the labor-sponsored Canadian Medical Discoveries Fund, and Kenneth Knox, a former deputy minister for the Ontario government who's now CEO of MaRS
  • As far as schemes to support fledgling industries go, MaRS is refreshing. To start, it's a nonprofit corporation, not a government program, which will hopefully ensure that it runs more efficiently. The feds and the province of Ontario have each doled out $20 million for MaRS, and Toronto has donated in-kind $4.5 million. More than $12 million has come from a small pool of corporations, including Eli Lilly Canada and MDS, as well as individual donors like Joseph Rotman and Lawrence Bloomberg (who both sit on the MaRS board). U of T pitched in $5 million, and MaRS also did some innovative bond financing to round off the $165 million needed to build Phase I. "It was very important for us to not belong to anybody," says Evans.
  • Now MaRS's challenge is to get the word out. Its posted rate of $26 per square foot is very competitive for prime downtown real estate and is sure to attract attention, especially considering its customized lab space. But MaRS's success won't be measured by a low vacancy rate; getting the right mix of scientists, entrepreneurs and professionals is critical if it plans to commercialize some sustainable businesses. It won't happen overnight--in fact, it may be 10 years before anyone can gauge MaRS's impact. Seems growing a biotech industry isn't quite as easy as growing E. coli in a petri dish.
  • Assunta Krehl on 27 Aug 09
     
    John Evans spearheads the MaRS project which will help to accelerate commercialization for scientific research. The official launch of the MaRS plan will happen on May 12, 2003.
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Kicking out the jams - The Star - 0 views

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  • In November, Skymeter moved into the incubator at the MaRS Centre, where marketing expert Peter Evans has become their mentor and godfather. "Being surrounded by other entrepreneurs is inspiring and enlightening," Hassan says. "MaRS is an amazing place, with excellent speakers and events that are open to the public."
  • The father of Skymeter Corp. – which developed a BlackBerry-sized device that uses GPS signals; placed in vehicles, it meters the use of roads, parking and pay-as-you-drive insurance
  • Skymeter's black box will be attached to the windshield of cars so the box has a clear view of the sky. (Grush has figured out how to cope with tall buildings blocking signals.) The box contains a GPS receiver, some memory, a processor and a telecommunications chip. The satellite beams down to the earth, the GPS receiver computes where it is and uploads its history to a data centre to generate the bill. The vehicle measures its own use; the bill is itemized like a cellphone bill. If you prepay, the bill can be calculated on board.
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  • But the next steps – getting the Skymeter vehicle location billing system tested in Europe, the U.S. and Canada – are crucial to the realization of Grush's entrepreneurial dreams.
  • pay-as-you-drive insurance. He spent two years driving around, collecting data, writing a little software.
  • Another person at the Innovation Centre offered to "take me in and help write a business plan – for a 40 per cent stake in the business," Grush says. "Fortunately, I found Kamal."
  • Assunta Krehl on 27 Aug 09
     
    As stated in the Toronto Star, "Skymeter Corp., a MaRS Tenant has developed a BlackBerry-sized device that uses GPS signals; placed in vehicles, it meters the use of roads, parking and pay-as-you-drive insurance. Skymeter's goal is to put a dent in urban traffic congestion."
  • Assunta Krehl on 27 Aug 09
     
    As stated in the Toronto Star, "Skymeter Corp., a MaRS Tenant has developed a BlackBerry-sized device that uses GPS signals; placed in vehicles, it meters the use of roads, parking and pay-as-you-drive insurance. Skymeter's goal is to put a dent in urban traffic congestion." Feb 19, 2007
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Creators should take long view of mobile app success | Tech Media Reports - 0 views

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  • Assunta Krehl on 04 Aug 09
     
    Apple Inc.'s App Store features 70,000 applications for download. How can individual app developers stand out in such a big crowd? According to a researcher at the MaRS Centre in Toronto, patience is the name of the game.
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Mensante named one of Top 10 Healthcare Companies to Watch | Markets | CNW GROUP | Cana... - 0 views

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  • Market research leader IDC Canada has featured MaRS client Mensante as one of its "Ten Canadian Health Companies to Watch" in 2009.
  • Leading international psychiatrists, family physicians, psychologists, work place mental health experts and mental health economists developed an innovative web-based mental healthcare system called FeelingBetterNow(R).
  • Dr. Ozersky, Mensante's CEO, was selected by the Canadian Association of Health Informatics as recipient of the 2008 Community Physician Leader and Innovator of the Year Award.
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  • About Mensante Corporation Mensante Corporation (www.feelingbetternow.com) is a privately owned Canadian corporation, founded in 2003. The Toronto-based company developed FeelingBetterNow(R) with the assistance of leading Canadian and American psychiatrists, psychologists, family physicians, a mental health economist, and work place mental health-care experts. FeelingBetterNow(R) is a valuable benefit for many, including insurance companies, employers, government agencies, professional associations, family physicians, patients and their families.
  • About MaRS MaRS (www.marsdd.com) is a non-profit innovation centre connecting science, technology and social entrepreneurs with business skills, networks and capital to stimulate innovation and accelerate the creation and growth of successful Canadian enterprises.
  • Mensante named one of Top 10 Healthcare Companies to Watch
  • Assunta Krehl on 07 Aug 09
     
    As stated in MaRS Press release "IDC Canada has featured MaRS client Mensante as one of its "Ten Canadian Health Companies to Watch" in 2009. Leading international psychiatrists, family physicians, psychologists, work place mental health experts and mental health economists developed an innovative web-based mental healthcare system called FeelingBetterNow(R).The College of Family Physicians of Canada has reviewed and approved FeelingBetterNow(R) as a practice management tool available to assist family physicians in patient care. The Ontario Medical Association approved the program for its members' personal use."
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MeshU - Global Nerdy - 0 views

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  • Assunta Krehl on 13 Aug 09
     
    Mentions of the Mesh Conference and MeshU happening at MaRS on April 6-8, 2009.
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    Mesh Conference and MeshU happening at MaRS on April 6-8, 2009. April 13, 2009
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Entrepreneurs doing good | Saving the world | The Economist - 0 views

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  • The temple has a conference room equipped with state-of-the-art audio-visual aids. Its board of directors includes several leading software billionaires and their wives, providing it with money as well as connections.
  • The monks are entrepreneurs as well as holy men, one moment talking about reincarnation and the next about sustainable delivery models.
  • he temple provides 200,000 local schoolchildren with free meals every day.
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  • purpose of feeding India’s rural poor. He invested $1m—and many years of his life—in breeding a superchicken
  • invented a “lapdesk” that sits on the child’s lap and provides a stable surface. The desks are covered in advertisements, so Mr Immelman is able to hand them out free,
  • In the long run, however, the best thing that entrepreneurs can do for the poor may be simply to see them as workers and customers.
  • Cathy Bogaart on 01 May 09
     
    The Economist shows how different entrepreneurs around the world are creating businesses with the goal of improving the world, while still making money: social entreprenuership
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