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Assunta Krehl

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

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    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."
Assunta Krehl

Ontarians honoured for achievement - National Post - January 26, 2010 - 1 views

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    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.
Assunta Krehl

Finance forum: how to make green from the Green Energy Act - Yonge St - January 27, 2010 - 1 views

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    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."
Assunta Krehl

Cruickshank: Good news for newspapers - for a change - The Star - January 30, 2010 - 1 views

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    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.
Assunta Krehl

Busy Week - Kelvin Young Photography - January 25, 2010 - 1 views

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    Kevin Young, sent by the Cabinet Office, blogs about his experience about taking photos at the MaRS Centre during Advertising Week 2010.
Cathy Bogaart

Blogosphere on Bootstrapping - 1 views

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    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.
Cathy Bogaart

Stuck In A Rut? 20 Places to Find Entrepreneurial Inspiration - 1 views

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    A list of business magazines, success stories, and business blogs for inspiration.
Cathy Bogaart

Start-Up | The Small Business Idea Generator - 1 views

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    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.
Assunta Krehl

London to power city with energy-saving street slabs for Olympics - Everyday Money - Fe... - 1 views

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    The city of London announced Monday it will be lining its town with power-saving slabs during the Summer Olympics in 2012.
Assunta Krehl

Toronto innovators InteraXon light up the city with Olympic brain power - Yonge Street ... - 1 views

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    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.
Assunta Krehl

Blue-Zone's cleantech answer to recover anesthetic gases - Cleantech Group - February 1... - 1 views

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    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.
Assunta Krehl

Brain games keep minds nimble - The Star - February 25, 2010 - 1 views

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    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.
Assunta Krehl

Tiny particles expand frontier of medicine - The Star - February 27, 2010 - 1 views

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    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.
Assunta Krehl

The Top 5 Spaces for Working Remotely in Toronto - Blog TO - February 23, 2010 - 1 views

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    MaRS Discovery District is listed as one of the five top spaces for working remotely in Toronto.
Cathy Bogaart

2010: Marketing is not Marketing | - 1 views

  • 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.
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    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.
Cathy Bogaart

Change in tax law sends a strong signal to international investors - Deloitte press rel... - 1 views

  • 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.
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    The latest federal budget removes tax barriers and stimulates flow of capital across Canadian border - great news for Canada's innovative companies!
George Botos

Biotech, drug R&D grew in 2009 - Mass High Tech Business News - 1 views

  • 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
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    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
Assunta Krehl

Hold the phone: Let's do it together - The Globe and Mail - March 22, 2010 - 1 views

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    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.
Assunta Krehl

YSEC partner with SIG@MaRS for Revision 2010! - Re:Vision 2010 Conference - March 22, 2010 - 1 views

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    SIG@MaRS partners with YSEC for their inaugural conference.
Cathy Bogaart

What it means to be a mentor - The Globe and Mail - March 30, 2010 - 1 views

  • 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?
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    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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