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Bay St. snubs green revolution - The Star - January 26, 2010 - 1 views

www.thestar.com/...-bay-st-snubs-green-revolution Cleantech events Green Energy Act Finance Forum Advisors Tom Rand MaRS
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  • Assunta Krehl on 26 Jan 10
     
    The Green Energy Act Finance Forum is taking place at the MaRS Centre on January 29, 2010. Tom Rand, MaRS Cleantech Advisor, states, "The one-day event, held at the MaRS Centre, was put together to "unlock" local capital and help accelerate the flow of investment into Ontario's booming renewable power sector."
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Ontarians honoured for achievement - National Post - January 26, 2010 - 1 views

www.nationalpost.com/...story.html Board Members Lawrence Bloomberg leadership
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  • Assunta Krehl on 26 Jan 10
     
    Paul Godfrey, president and CEO of the National Post, War Child Canada founder Dr. Samantha Nutt, and businessman Lawrence Bloomberg topped the list of 29 Canadians named to the Order of Ontario yesterday. Lawrence Bloomberg is also a Founder and Director of MaRS.
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Finance forum: how to make green from the Green Energy Act - Yonge St - January 27, 2010 - 1 views

www.yongestreetmedia.ca/...greenenergyforum0127.aspx Cleantech Finance events Green Energy Act Finance Forum
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  • Assunta Krehl on 29 Jan 10
     
    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."
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Cruickshank: Good news for newspapers - for a change - The Star - January 30, 2010 - 1 views

www.thestar.com/...ws-for-newspapers-for-a-change Media The Canadian Association of Journalists CAJ Education Foundation events
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  • Assunta Krehl on 01 Feb 10
     
    John Cruickshank, publisher of the Toronto Star., will be speaking to the Canadian Association of Journalists at the MaRS Centre. Cruickshank will share his view about the fate of the journalism profession.
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Busy Week - Kelvin Young Photography - January 25, 2010 - 1 views

kelvinyoung.wordpress.com/...busy-week-2 marketing advertising Advertising Week 2010 events
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  • Assunta Krehl on 01 Feb 10
     
    Kevin Young, sent by the Cabinet Office, blogs about his experience about taking photos at the MaRS Centre during Advertising Week 2010.
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Blogosphere on Bootstrapping - 1 views

www.sramanamitra.com/...n-bootstrapping-luke-timmerman finance bootstrapping
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  • Cathy Bogaart on 11 Feb 10
     
    Sramana Mitra has put together a series on bootstrapping by surveying the blogosphere and collating the best pieces out there. Read her summaries and follow the links to the stories and articles for more detail. It includes a link to the MaRS Blog post, "Bootstrapping or "How to be a cheap b@st@rd"" by me, Cathy Bogaart.
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Stuck In A Rut? 20 Places to Find Entrepreneurial Inspiration - 1 views

www.sitepoint.com/...find-business-inspiration business resources
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  • Cathy Bogaart on 11 Feb 10
     
    A list of business magazines, success stories, and business blogs for inspiration.
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Start-Up | The Small Business Idea Generator - 1 views

smallbusinessideagenerator.com/start-up business resources
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  • Cathy Bogaart on 11 Feb 10
     
    Ideas, inspirations, tips, news and other useful information to small business owners and entrepreneurs. Written by Allysa Gregory, this section is specifically for start-ups.
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London to power city with energy-saving street slabs for Olympics - Everyday Money - Fe... - 1 views

www.everydaymoney.ca/...street-slabs-for-olympics.html cleantech engery Tom Rand Advisors
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  • Assunta Krehl on 12 Feb 10
     
    The city of London announced Monday it will be lining its town with power-saving slabs during the Summer Olympics in 2012.
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Toronto innovators InteraXon light up the city with Olympic brain power - Yonge Street ... - 1 views

www.yongestreetmedia.ca/...interaxon0217.aspx Clients & Tenants InteraXon ICT MaRS
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  • Assunta Krehl on 19 Feb 10
     
    InteraXon is a start-up that has developed the largest thought-controlled computer interface experiment in human history. MaRS Discovery District has been working with InteraXon to develop and market it's products.
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Blue-Zone's cleantech answer to recover anesthetic gases - Cleantech Group - February 1... - 1 views

cleantech.com/...e-zone-cleantech-answer-anesth Blue-Zone Clients & Tenants Cleantech
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  • Assunta Krehl on 19 Feb 10
     
    Concord, Ontario-based Blue-Zone Technologies has come up with a way for hospitals to safely dispose of anesthetics used during surgeries, while extending their potential lifecycle.
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Brain games keep minds nimble - The Star - February 25, 2010 - 1 views

www.thestar.com/...-brain-games-keep-minds-nimble ICT Cognicity Baycrest life sciences neuroscience
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  • Assunta Krehl on 01 Mar 10
     
    Brain-obsessed boomers map out new ways to navigate toward a brighter future. Cogniciti is a Toronto-based businessand was created in partnership between two non-profit organizations, Baycrest and MaRS Discovery District. This year, Cognicity will begin test marketing Memory@Work, a brain game grounded in 20 years of cognitive research and aimed at helping boomers stay in the workforce longer.
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Tiny particles expand frontier of medicine - The Star - February 27, 2010 - 1 views

www.healthzone.ca/...es-expand-frontier-of-medicine life sciences biology MaRS Innovation MaRS
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  • Assunta Krehl on 01 Mar 10
     
    Nanomedicine is a field that is growing and there will be an exponential growth in products. U of T scientists David Jaffray and Christine Allen are amongst those that are going through clinical trials. Allen and Jaffray's invention is being shephered to market by MaRS Innovation.
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The Top 5 Spaces for Working Remotely in Toronto - Blog TO - February 23, 2010 - 1 views

www.blogto.com/...or_working_remotely_in_toronto MaRS entrepreneurship
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  • Assunta Krehl on 03 Mar 10
     
    MaRS Discovery District is listed as one of the five top spaces for working remotely in Toronto.
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2010: Marketing is not Marketing | - 1 views

blog.tippingpointlabs.com/...010-marketing-is-not-marketing marketing
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  • Don’t just email them one-way marketing spam featuring the next product you want them to purchase.
  • You need to build an entire support ecosystem that allows you to channel conversations to the right place.
  • If you believe in your brand, your workplace, and your employees then you have nothing to hide. If you do have something to hide, fix it, because no amount of marketing will.
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  • They are a visionary; they’re always the smartest person in the room, and they drop gorgeous nuggets of wisdom without even realizing it. Elevate them! They should be blogging and Tweeting daily.
  • But don’t make them just shill for the brand.
  • Give the lowest member of the customer support team a vehicle to share his ideas with the product development team.
  • Cathy Bogaart on 03 Mar 10
     
    Brett Virmalo of Foward Thinking writes a great must-read about what the "new marketing" really is: your customers and your employees and really great products. Stop marketing. Start being genuinely good. It's the "new" secret sauce.
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Change in tax law sends a strong signal to international investors - Deloitte press rel... - 1 views

www.deloitte.com/...10VgnVCM200000bb42f00aRCRD.htm policy finance funding investors Canada
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  • today’s federal budget, which contains tax law changes that give them the advantage they need to compete on the global stage.
  • the government has significantly reduced administrative and, in some cases, economic barriers to foreign investment in Canadian-based innovation and technology.
  • The change means a much more welcoming environment for foreign investors.
  • Cathy Bogaart on 05 Mar 10
     
    The latest federal budget removes tax barriers and stimulates flow of capital across Canadian border - great news for Canada's innovative companies!
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Biotech, drug R&D grew in 2009 - Mass High Tech Business News - 1 views

www.masshightech.com/...tech-drug-RD-grew-in-2009.html Life-Science biotech Investment
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  • Biotech, drug R&D grew in 2009
  • The R&D investments by PhRMA members and non-members in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors reached a record $65.3 billion in 2009, an increase of 1.5 billion
  • there are more than 2,900 medicines in clinical trials or awaiting review
  • George Botos on 18 Mar 10
     
    The R&D investments by PhRMA members and non-members in the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors reached a record $65.3 billion in 2009, an increase of 1.5 billion despite the recession
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Hold the phone: Let's do it together - The Globe and Mail - March 22, 2010 - 1 views

www.theglobeandmail.com/...article1507672 ICT telecommunications Krista Jones Advisors MaRS
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  • Assunta Krehl on 23 Mar 10
     
    Wireless upstarts face a daunting task: Finance and build a network of their own, while taking on the big incumbents. Krista Jones, MaRS Lead in ICT, shares her views on the challenges telecom start-ups face.
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YSEC partner with SIG@MaRS for Revision 2010! - Re:Vision 2010 Conference - March 22, 2010 - 1 views

revision.ysec.org/...with-sigmars-for-revision-2010 Social Innovation Social Entrepreneurship Advisors Cheryl May
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  • Assunta Krehl on 23 Mar 10
     
    SIG@MaRS partners with YSEC for their inaugural conference.
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What it means to be a mentor - The Globe and Mail - March 30, 2010 - 1 views

www.theglobeandmail.com/...article1512996 mars social innovation cheryl may social entrepreneurship mentorship & advice
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  • in partnership with social innovation advisory service MaRS, "to equip a diverse core of leaders with the skills, resources and community essential for creating projects with lasting impact."
  • Cheryl May, advisor and practice lead of social innovation at MaRS, describes re:Vision as "a tremendous force because it brings youth into the realm of social entrepreneurship, and when I see the enormous movement of people who are embracing social entrepreneurship, I am buoyed by the knowledge that the future is in good hands.”
  • Why is mentoring important, and how did you first get involved in it?
  • Cathy Bogaart on 29 Mar 10
     
    As part of the lead-up to the Young Social Entrepreneurs of Canada (YSEC) conference, held in partnership with the social innovation practice at MaRS, speakers were invited to write about mentorship for the Globe and Mail. The result? Mentorship: the good, the bad, the "just-different".
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