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Publication: MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in Canada

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

Off the Cuff: Kelly Fallis from Remote Stylist

Note: The Off the Cuff video series features informal, two-minute interviews with entrepreneurs across MaRS’ key sectors. There seems to be a common belief that the life of a technology startup involves one giant pizza party with some coding in between. ... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Startup, Entrepreneur

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Using video to tell your company story

Making a company video that is memorable and has impact is a craft. The wildly successful Dollar Shave Club video, for example, has sparked a wave of conversations about the company’s service, and addresses how consumers buy regular-use products in ... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Entrepreneur, Dollar Shave Club Inc, Cross-cultural

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

World Health Organization

World Blood Donor Day: It’s in you to give!

I lay on the chair staring hard out the window, ignoring my friends and squeezing a latex glove filled with warm water. It was a cloudy Saturday afternoon and my first experience donating blood. It was nerve-wracking—I have a tendency to faint, so you ... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Donor, Blood Transfusion, World Health Organization, Donations

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Why the medical device industry is shifting focus to early health technology assessment

It’s hard to get people to believe in new and innovative products. Products that innovators (and even venture capitalists) regard as game-changers still fail to reach their most important target: the payers. What’s happening to Canadian health technology ... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Medical Devices, Adoption, Health Care, Deb Matthews, Invention

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Event wrap-up: The Road to ‘Smart’ Money

How important is it for Canadian companies to raise money from American investors? Do American investors optimize exit opportunities for Canadian startups? What is the best way to target and get the attention of an American venture capitalist? How is ... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Venture capitalist, Startup, Venture Capital

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

An Avalanche is Coming: Higher education and the revolution ahead

The next 50 years could see a golden age for higher education―but only if all players take initiative and act ambitiously. If not, an avalanche of change could sweep the system away. At least that’s the thinking behind a new report co-written by Sir ... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Education, Invention, Higher Education, Avalanche

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

University of Waterloo

The Toronto startup community gets a JOLT of inspiration at DemoFest 2013!

We may have been at Steam Whistle Brewery again, but there was a slight change to the rhythm of the evening compared to JOLT ’s previous Demo Day. A few twists were added. While a big part of the story was about raising the profiles of JOLT’s winter ... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Startup, Toronto, Push, University of Waterloo

First reported Jun 07 2013 - Updated Jun 07 2013 - 1 reports

The birth of an idea

On Wednesday, my friend Julien Smith launched Breather to much fanfare at LeWeb in London. Julien is a New York Times bestselling author, was the first Demo Day speaker of JOLT ’s inaugural cohort and is now the CEO of what many people, including ... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 07 2013]

Entities: Alex Payne, Opportunity Costs, LeWeb Conference

First reported Jun 06 2013 - Updated Jun 06 2013 - 1 reports

A visual tour of Canada’s startup accelerator landscape

Seed accelerators have exploded onto the startup scene in Canada, with well over 20 accelerator and accelerator-like programs now in place. For the past five months, MaRS Data Catalyst has been taking a closer look at Canadian accelerators and their ... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 06 2013]

Entities: Startup, Canada, Catalyst

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 1 reports

Off the Cuff: Aarash Sofla – founder of uFluidix

MaRS caters to a client base of over one thousand entrepreneurs, each with their own stories, struggles and accomplishments. In Off the Cuff, a new video series, we decided to focus our cameras on some of these unique characters to reveal the personal, ... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Entrepreneur, champagne, Entrepreneurship

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

One billion square metres of energy-positive buildings

I am writing this blog post on my birthday and at my age the focus is less on cake and candles (although I did have some!) and much more on what I want to achieve and how much or how little time I have to do it. Similarly, the climate change clock is ... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership, Low-carbon, best practice, Developing World

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

The technology behind our safe drinking water

As I sat down to write this blog post, news about Montreal’s boil-water advisory lit up my Twitter account after a failed test at a municipal filtration plant. A significant portion of Montreal’s metropolitan area and over 750,000 residents were affected ... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Drinking Water, Wastewater, Contaminate

More Content

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Off the Cuff: Kelly Fallis from Remote Stylist [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - 21 hours ago]
Using video to tell your company story [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 17 2013]
World Blood Donor Day: It’s in you to give! [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 14 2013]
Why the medical device industry is shifting foc... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 13 2013]
Event wrap-up: The Road to ‘Smart’ Money [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 12 2013]
An Avalanche is Coming: Higher education and th... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 11 2013]
The Toronto startup community gets a JOLT of in... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 10 2013]
The birth of an idea [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 07 2013]
A visual tour of Canada’s startup accelerator l... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 06 2013]
Off the Cuff: Aarash Sofla – founder of uFluidix [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 05 2013]
One billion square metres of energy-positive bu... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 04 2013]
The technology behind our safe drinking water [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 03 2013]
Is it a startup lottery or a marathon? [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 31 2013]
Bee update: Dealing with the dying off of a hive [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 31 2013]
The power of data to transform our energy syste... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 30 2013]
MaRS celebrates its creators, makers and innova... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 29 2013]
Online market research in the blink of an eye [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 28 2013]
Are these really the strengths and weaknesses o... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 27 2013]
Advancing Ontario’s research and innovation agenda [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 24 2013]
MobileIV wins $10,000 Up-Start! Competition prize [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 23 2013]
The world’s biggest hackathon comes to MaRS: #A... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 22 2013]
EnerMotion: Hot Savings for the trucking industry [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 21 2013]
The lean rock band [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 20 2013]
What is a culture of innovation? [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 17 2013]
School for Social Entrepreneurs Ontario gets re... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 16 2013]
Canadians are harnessing the power of social fi... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 15 2013]
Canadians are harnessing the power of social fi... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 15 2013]
Crowdfunding and lean startups [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 14 2013]
Meet the finalists: Up-Start! Competition 2013 [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 14 2013]
The art (and science) of pitching to investors [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - May 13 2013]

Blogs

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Off the Cuff: Kelly Fallis from Remote Stylist [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - 21 hours ago] Note: The Off the Cuff video series features informal, two-minute interviews with entrepreneurs across MaRS’ key sectors. There seems to be a common belief that the life of a technology startup involves one giant pizza party with some coding in between. ...
Using video to tell your company story [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 17 2013] Making a company video that is memorable and has impact is a craft. The wildly successful Dollar Shave Club video, for example, has sparked a wave of conversations about the company’s service, and addresses how consumers buy regular-use products in ...
World Blood Donor Day: It’s in you to give! [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 14 2013] I lay on the chair staring hard out the window, ignoring my friends and squeezing a latex glove filled with warm water. It was a cloudy Saturday afternoon and my first experience donating blood. It was nerve-wracking—I have a tendency to faint, so you ...
Why the medical device industry is shifting foc... [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 13 2013] It’s hard to get people to believe in new and innovative products. Products that innovators (and even venture capitalists) regard as game-changers still fail to reach their most important target: the payers. What’s happening to Canadian health technology ...
Event wrap-up: The Road to ‘Smart’ Money [Published MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in ... - Jun 12 2013] How important is it for Canadian companies to raise money from American investors? Do American investors optimize exit opportunities for Canadian startups? What is the best way to target and get the attention of an American venture capitalist? How is ...