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Melissa Hughes

Get to know a Toronto startup: Stylekick - blogTO - June 13, 2013 - 0 views

  • What are the chances that the pair of jeans you just bought online will fit like your favourite worn in pair? Not good. In fact, 40 per cent of apparel purchased online is returned, and 75 per cent of those returns are because of a poor fit, according to Stylekick. The new Toronto-based search and comparison engine uses your wardrobe as a guide to help you buy the right size online.
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    What are the chances that the pair of jeans you just bought online will fit like your favourite worn in pair? Not good. In fact, 40 per cent of apparel purchased online is returned, and 75 per cent of those returns are because of a poor fit, according to Stylekick. The new Toronto-based search and comparison engine uses your wardrobe as a guide to help you buy the right size online.
Melissa Hughes

Local education startup Crowdmark aims to change how teachers grade - YongeStreet - Jun... - 0 views

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    It is the bane of every teacher's existence: grading. Though essential, it's also repetitive and time-consuming. It is also increasingly prone to concerns about inequity: from grade inflation to inconsistent standards across different classrooms, sometimes parents, students, and even teachers themselves have a hard time deciding just what the grades they have assigned actually mean.
Karen Schulman Dupuis

Peter Adams Talks Canadian Healthcare IT - rdigitaLife - 0 views

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    It's time for a checkup. And the patient is the Canadian healthcare system. According to Peter Adams, the healthcare system is having problems.
Melissa Hughes

Why Canada's tech entrepreneurs prefer American backers - Financial Post - July 21, 2013 - 0 views

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    "Carol Leaman recently raised $3.3-million for her Waterloo-based startup, Axonify. The funding round involved two U.S. investors: Harmony Partners, a venture capital firm, and education giant Kaplan. Ms. Leaman, who sold another company, PostRank, to Google in 2011, had the choice of adding a Canadian investor to the round, but declined. "
Karen Schulman Dupuis

The UX Springboard Program and Hypejar | Usability Matters™ - putting users a... - 0 views

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    "MaRS was extremely important in helping us nurture our network base. Further, we have had access to awesome mentors and professional advisors that have been invaluable to the progress of Hypejar."
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