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Ontario's Finance Community Key to Growth of Green Energy Economy - TradingMarkets - Ja... - 0 views

www.tradingmarkets.com/...een-energy-economy-737891.html Finance cleantech Events The Green Energy Act Finance Forum
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  • Assunta Krehl on 01 Feb 10
     
    International financial experts meet in Toronto to encourage local investment in renewable power at The Green Energy Act Finance Forum on January 29, 2010.
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The Relentless Foundation entrepreneurship website - 0 views

www.netsquared.org/...entrepreneurs-around-the-world entrepreneurship resources
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    The Relentless Foundation is starting up an entrepreneur's website and are looking for donations to support it. NetSquared writes about the ask.
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Building Canada's Culture of Entrepreneurship: Sure-bet to Startup Survival, Lisa Torjm... - 0 views

www.osbr.ca/...996 canada entrepreneurship
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  • Canada is well stocked in technological know-how and has solid skills and traditions in the research and development (R&D) sector.
  • our ability to grow Canada’s R&D-intensive sectors that proves weak
  • Canada’s science and tech expertise is among the world’s best and have in fact competed over talent coming out of Canadian universities. However, due to the lack of commercial skills among Canadian graduates, CEOs were instead relying upon American and other foreign nationals for executive talent.
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  • promotion of role models and success stories more opportunities for mentorship better learning opportunities in educational and public policy realms higher levels of entrepreneurship literacy and access to training
  • 23% of the respondents had marketing and sales as the biggest challenge for entrepreneurs.
  • Access to talent was the second most common challenge
  • Following access to talent was mentoring
  • Strategic partners
  • lack of government financing and support, and protection for intellectual property.
  • Cathy Bogaart on 01 Feb 10
     
    An article in OSBR by Lisa Torjman, Associate, SiG@MaRS and Jon Worren, Advisor, MaRS. The article talks about the factors contributing to the weak culture of entrepreneurship in Canada.
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As U.S. eases protectionism, Canada moves a step closer to economic union - The Globe a... - 0 views

www.theglobeandmail.com/...article1457100 economy
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  • But to get that access, Canadian provinces must open their own markets to outside governments, both foreign and domestic, seeking to bid on provincial and municipal contracts. In Ontario's case, $10-billion worth of work will be open to all comers.
  • The EU enjoys internal free trade, and wants access to provincial as well as national markets.
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Beijing plays hardball with Washington - thestar.com - 0 views

www.thestar.com/...plays-hardball-with-washington economy business
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  • Western countries were preparing for a more assertive China to emerge over the next decade. No one thought it would happen virtually overnight.
  • "Before the (Beijing) Olympics everyone believed it was going to be gradual. People would have time to adapt. But over the past 18 months things have just developed so rapidly."
  • China's ability to survive and thrive through the financial crisis left many Chinese feeling their system is just better, says Stubbe Ostergaard
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  • While many Western countries experienced negative growth last year, China registered a jaw-dropping 8.7 per cent increase. Though much of it was achieved by a generous stimulus package, it maintained jobs and, in the end, helped fuel feelings of superiority.
  • Economic power is inexorably shifting away from the U.S. and towards China, he says, and coming with it is power and influence. "China is stronger now. It's more influential," says Yao. "And the Chinese banking sector looks better than the Western banking system."
  • "Saving face matters to the Chinese," he says. "But if you slap the Chinese face once, twice, three times, four times – that's too much." That language underlines the stark differences in the two nations' perception of issues such as Taiwan, Tibet and the Dalai Lama.
  • "China has risen to a different place. ... It's clearly an unsettling stage in U.S.-China relations, a new paradigm. No one is really sure how it's going to shake out."
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Samsung and the Economy - The Agenda - February 2, 2010 - 0 views

www.tvo.org/...index.cfm MaRS Cleantech Energy Tom Rand Advisors Green Energy Act Economy Samsung
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  • Cathy Bogaart on 08 Feb 10
     
    Watch MaRS cleantech advisor and practice lead, Tom Rand, as he appears on a panel on TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin. The issue: the Samsung deal - good for Ontarians or not? Other panelists on the Feb 2, 2010, show include: Randall Denley from the Ottawa Citizen; Kristopher Stevens from the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association; and Norm Rubin from Energy Probe.
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    With Steve Pakin host of The Agenda, Norm Rubin, Director of Nuclear Research, Randall Denley, Columnist with the Ottawa Citizen, Tom Rand, Cleantech Lead at the MaRS Discovery District, and Kristopher Stevens, Executive Director of the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association discuss the harnessing nature to boost Ontario's economy--what the Samsung deal means for Ontario.
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SCM Risk Management Services Reception - Canadian Underwriter - February 1, 2010 - 1 views

www.canadianunderwriter.ca/...story.aspx events SCM Risk Management Services (RMS)
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  • Assunta Krehl on 12 Feb 10
     
    SCM Risk Management Services (RMS) officially unveiled its new insurance-to- value (ITV) indexing technology at a reception at the MaRS Innovation Centre.
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News business should look at wireless delivery, aggregation, experts say - The Wire Rep... - 0 views

www.thewirereport.ca/...livery_aggregation_experts_say Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) events media
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    Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) at the MaRS Centre in Toronto Saturday Feb 6, 2010.
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Daryl Copeland to Speak at MaRS Discovery District - Guerrilla Diplomacy - February 1, ... - 0 views

www.guerrilladiplomacy.com/...eak-at-mars-discovery-district events
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  • Assunta Krehl on 12 Feb 10
     
    Daryl Copeland will be speaking at MaRS, at 2:00PM on the 29th of January at the offices of the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health on the 4th floor.
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A Look At The Five Teams Vying To Reinvent Toronto's Birthplace - CityNews - February 1... - 0 views

www.citytv.com/...-reinvent-toronto-s-birthplace Design Adamson Associates Architects
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  • Assunta Krehl on 12 Feb 10
     
    Five architectural teams face the challenge of reinventing a site considered to be Toronto's birthplace. Adamson Associates Architects is on the short listed firms. Mention of Adamson being responsible for the restoration and renovation of the MaRS Centre at College and University. The project included the reformation of the College Wing of the historic Toronto General Hospital and stitching that into contemporary buildings and public atrium space.
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Creative. Competitive. Canada. (Video on Vimeo) - 0 views

www.vimeo.com/9359677 mars canada innovation clients & tenants
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  • Cathy Bogaart on 16 Feb 10
     
    MaRS and MaRS tenant OICR were two of many locations for a great video promoting businesses and sectors across Canada. It's being shown to international media and visitors during the Olympics. See us at time index 00:54.
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Can Starbucks' CEO Really Think Like a Startup? - AOL Small Business - 0 views

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    Advice for the Starbucks CEO ... or anyone in a start-up. If Starbucks can learn, so can you.
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Skymeter protects all your driving secrets - IT Business - February 18, 2010 - 0 views

www.itbusiness.ca/...News.asp cleantech transportation clients & tenants Skymeter Corp.
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  • Cathy Bogaart on 19 Feb 10
     
    Visualize a global positioning system (GPS) device that knows where you've parked, and for how long. Imagine it can send this information directly to a company that will bill you, without allowing that company to spy on you. Skymeter, a MaRS client and tenant, is profiled in IT Business in a video interview.
  • Assunta Krehl on 22 Feb 10
     
    Skymeter has developed a GPS-enabled device that's in direct communication with a satellite orbiting the Earth. The GPS enables drivers to conveniently (and accurately) make good their bills for services such as parking, toll road use, and pay-as-you-go insurance.
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FIT Program Promises New Technologies for Secure Clean Energy Supply - AltEnergyMag - F... - 0 views

www.altenergymag.com/news_detail.php Cleantech Energy Advisors Tom Rand
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    "Ontario's lucrative Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) program for renewable energy will mean the development of new and highly efficient energy technologies that will secure the Province's clean energy supply for generations. Tom Rand, head of the clean technology practice at MaRS Discovery District and co-organizer of the renewable energy financing conference held in Toronto last month, said that under the province's feed-in-tariff program, the investments are as safe as a 20-year government bond that pays 8 to 12 per cent per year, and guarantees quick connection to the grid.
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Thought Control Technology Goes to the Olympics - Business News Network - Squeeze Play ... - 0 views

watch.bnn.ca/...squeezeplay-february-11-2010 Clients & Tenants InteraXon ICT
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    Visitors to the Ontario Pavilion at the Vancouver Winter Olympics will be able to control live light shows on Toronto's CN Tower, the Parliament buildings in Ottawa, and Niagara Falls, using only their thoughts. BNN speaks to Trevor Coleman, COO, InterAxon."
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MobileMonday Toronto Returns March 1st for the Fourth Annual VC Panel Pitch - Earth Tim... - 0 views

www.earthtimes.org/...eturns-march-1st,1169852.shtml MobileMonday Toronto ICT Mobile
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    March 1st, MobileMonday Toronto will open the floor for prospective mobile entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to some of Canada's leading Venture Capital companies. The event is focused on raising capital for mobile ventures.The event will take place at the MaRS Centre.
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Mining the golden years - The Globe and Mail - February 19, 2010 - 0 views

www.theglobeandmail.com/...article1473837 MaRS Pointerware Clients & Tenants Peter Evans Advisors aging ICT healthcare
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    Canadians want to remain in their homes as they age, and that could mean a motherlode for entrepreneurs. According to Jane Barratt, secretary-general of the Toronto-based International Federation on Ageing, "aging is the largest growing business in the world." Peter Evans, an ICT Advisor for companies at Toronto Based MaRS agrees that the "opportunity is huge."
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The Sustainability Leadership Exchange - Earth Times - February 19, 2010 - 0 views

www.earthtimes.org/...xchange-business,1171867.shtml cleantech Sustainability Leadership Exchange events social innovation
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  • Assunta Krehl on 22 Feb 10
     
    On April 1, 2010, The Sustainability Leadership Exchange (SLX) will take place at the MaRS Discovery District. The SLX will bring Canadian business leaders, entrepreneurs, policy makers, and investors together to explore what sustainable business means in practice.
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The man who gives the gift of breath - Healthzone - February 21, 2010 - 0 views

www.healthzone.ca/...n-who-gives-the-gift-of-breath Toronto General Hospital Clients & Tenants Healthcare innovation
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  • Assunta Krehl on 22 Feb 10
     
    Dr. Shaf Keshavjee of Toronto General Hospital has pioneered use of a mechanical lung and a system that keeps harvested lungs from deteriorating. Dr.Keshavjee has a lab at the MaRS Centre.
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Valentine's Global Heart Hour - take an hour and change your world - South Asian Genera... - 0 views

www.sagennext.com/...-an-hour-and-change-your-world Global Heart Hour social innovation social entrepreneurship collaboration
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  • Assunta Krehl on 22 Feb 10
     
    Global Heart Hour is a new grassroots global initiative to make a better world. This new concept was launched on Valentine's 2009 in Toronto. This year's event was held at the University of Toronto on Tuesday February 9th, 2010, with the theme "Think Haiti and Rethink the World.
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