MobileIV wins $10,000 Up-Start! Competition prize
By Marielle Voksepp @ MaRS May 23, 2013Last Wednesday was an exciting day at MaRS—it marked the eighth year of the Up-Start! Competition, an annual business pitch competition where attendees of the Entrepreneurship 101 lecture series are invited to present their business cases for a chance to win a $10,000 prize. We spoke with this year’s winner, Ronny Barrelli, the founder and CEO of TrendyMED Inc. Here’s what [...]
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By Jennifer Marron @ MaRS May 22, 2013Last Saturday morning, over 180 energetic developers and designers came to MaRS for AngelHack’s Toronto hackathon, quashing initial worries about potential low attendance levels due to the long weekend. For those unfamiliar with the term, a hackathon is a 24- or 48-hour event that brings together members of the development community to focus on rapidly [...]
Continue reading" The world’s biggest hackathon comes to MaRS: #AngelhackTO" »EnerMotion: Hot Savings for the trucking industry
By Jennifer Stoneburgh @ MaRS May 21, 2013After a recent discussion with friends regarding greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation industry, I walked away realizing that we hadn’t ventured past personal vehicles. We had covered some interesting topics: the fuel efficiency of different vehicle models, hybrid-electric versus electric vehicles and, of course, alternative methods of transportation, namely walking, biking and public transit. [...]
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By Joseph Wilson @ MaRS May 20, 2013They don’t tell you this at your first guitar lesson, but to succeed as a musician you need more than just killer chops and a refined ear. You need the skills of an entrepreneur. Music and art are often held as ideals too lofty to be tainted by mere commerce, but any musician who has [...]
Continue reading" The lean rock band" »What is a culture of innovation?
By Nicola Hepburn May 17, 2013Note: Through the research she conducted for her PhD dissertation, Nicola Hepburn made some key discoveries about innovation in Ontario. This is the third post in a four-part series that she wrote based on her findings. For further information, read the first post and second post. What is a culture of innovation? In the process of drafting my [...]
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