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Want 140 characters of information about leading companies? Kyle Lacy reviews Kevin Eikenberry's book #LeadershipTweet by writing his 15 favourite leadership tweets from the book.

The Scientist spoke with researchers who are automating and commercializing the latest technologies to aid life science work. Ameer Taha, founder, Certo Labs, Toronto and Veronika Litinski, health-care and life sciences practice lead at the MaRS Centre, a Toronto-based innovation cluster that engages researchers in commercializing their inventions were interviewed. Litinski states that "Before people start spending money on [developing] a product, we want them to think about the value chain and how the industry ecosystem is organized."

Tom Rand, Cleantech Advisor at MaRS Discovery District is helping Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited to spread the message about electricity conservation.

The rapidly changing makeup of home insurance rates means that finding the right company at the right time may be the best way to save on insurance costs.

Th 20th anniversary of the Rio Earth Summit to place in Ottawa and was intended to chart a course for global sustainable development. Jon Dogterom, MaRS Discovery District Lead Advisor, Cleantech was a member on the panel that discusses how canada was performing in "greening the economy."

Seasoned entrepreneurs and investors select a few founders with sound business ideas, provide space to work, hands-on coaching, strategizing and butt-kicking. The incubator companies go on be profitable. It's a recipe for success.

Outlines Event schedule for Toronto Innovation Forum June 16, 2009 Program "Opportunity, Creativity and Partnership"

Outlines Event schedule for Toronto Innovation Forum June 16, 2009 Program "Opportunity, Creativity and Partnership." Veronika Litinski, Practice Lead, Healthcare and Life Sciences, MaRS will talk about Best Practices in Venture Creation.

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

Expert Forensic Evidence in Criminal Proceedings: Avoiding Wrongful Convictions, is jointly organized by Osgoode Professional Development (the professional development program of York's Osgoode Hall Law School) and the Centre for Forensic Science & Medicine at the University of Toronto. Mention that the conference will be held at the MaRS Centre.

The Rise of the Creative Class gives a provocative new way to think about why people live as they do today--and where they might be headed. Weaving storytelling with masses of new and updated research, Florida traces the growing role of creativity in the economy.

Tom Rand, Practice Lead, Cleantech and Physical Sciences, MaRS Discovery District explains the 'soft' problems and difficulties in deploying green technologies.

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.

MaRS is hosting a forum on Jan. 29 for the finance sector on investment opportunities presented by the Green Energy Act. The forum is intended primarily for financial institutions who will be putting cash into projects under the act and the "sector players who will require that finance."

Great article on business models for digital media by Adam Cahan on paidContent (a site that discusses the value/econom of content).