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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.

How to develop a web presence: the theory and the practical. Part of the session held at MaRS (including MaRS client, gShft) on November 12, 2010.

George Tsiolis, Founder and President of AGORACOM will be speaking at Mesh, Canada's leading Web conference, being held at the MaRS Centre in Toronto on April 7th & 8th.

George Tsiolis, Founder and President of AGORACOM will be speaking at Mesh, Canada's leading Web conference, being held at the MaRS Centre in Toronto on April 7th & 8th. April 6, 2009

Teaches social benefit organizations to leverage the tools of the social web

Digital Media interactive spend is increasing. Mention of the Mesh Web Conference held at the MaRS Centre.

Digital Media interactive spend is increasing. Mention of the Mesh Web Conference held at the MaRS Centre. April 9, 2009

Open Culture explores cultural and educational media (podcasts, videos, online courses, etc.) that's freely available on the web, and that makes learning dynamic, productive, and fun. Items of interest to entrepreneurs are: * Business category of resource blog posts * MBA Podcast Collection * Industry podcast collections: science, technology * Web/Tech category of resource blog posts

Technology innovators will have an opportunity to jump start their ideas with a new accelerator program from MaRS Discovery District. Called JOLT, the program is focused on building high-growth Web and mobile companies in the information, communications and entertainment sectors.

Technology innovators will have an opportunity to jump start their ideas with a new accelerator program from MaRS Discovery District. Called JOLT, the program is focused on building high-growth Web and mobile companies in the information, communications and entertainment sectors.

Benecaid is a health benefits administrator. Jonathan Graff has been announced as a Co-President in which he will share senior executive responsibilities with Marla Schwartz, who has been Benecaid's President since 2005. Graff sits on the Market Advisory Panel for Web Businesses at the MaRS Centre.

Benecaid is a health benefits administrator. Jonathan Graff has been announced as a Co-President in which he will share senior executive responsibilities with Marla Schwartz, who has been Benecaid's President since 2005. Graff sits on the Market Advisory Panel for Web Businesses at the MaRS Centre. Sept 8, 2009

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."

Canadian (Montreal) start-up! Web based software that helps you schedule meetings with people on different calendaring systems.

Major news portals - like Yahoo News, Google News, AOL, and Topix - are the most commonly used online news sources, beating out the web sites of major news outlets like CNN, CBS, and the New York Times.

Erin Bury writes for BlogTO about the top 10 Toronto web start-ups of 2010. Seven are MaRS clients!

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.

A Web 2.0 focused resource site for entrepreneurs, Virtual Handshake provides links to industry blogs, wikis, and discussion groups. Links to informative social networking sites, software (freeware), and other virtual communities can also be found, as is a comprehensive directory of other online networking/social software companies.

The Association of Chinese Canadian Entrepreneurs presented its 15th annual awards on April 2, 2011, including one to Vincent Cheung of Shape Collage. Shape Collage, a MaRS client, won Best Start-up for their web application that creates collages in shapes using digital photos.

"MaRS Discovery District is dedicated to building high-growth web and mobile startups that promise to transform the way consumers and businesses interact with technology. This week, Venngage learns how to scale a successful consumer app for a business audience."

"The Scotiabank EcoLiving Innovators Award valued at $15,000 was awarded to Quinzee from Toronto , Ontario, a company that built a web and mobile application to enable Ontarians with smart meters to be smarter homeowners. Using consumer social benchmarking as a motivator for influencing efficient energy choices and behaviours, consumers can easily track and compare their energy use for free."

MaRS announced the creation of JOLT, 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. JOLT will select up to 15 high-potential startups annually, providing them with space, seed financing and mentorship, as well as access to partners and some of the top angel and venture capital investors in the industry. The goal of the program is to accelerate market validation and, in turn, help these companies secure the capital and talent necessary to scale efficiently.