Posted by Allyson @ MaRS, September 1st, 2010
Are you ready to lead this city to change?
Great companies need a team of dedicated individuals to make it fly. How will you inspire that teamwork? How will you persuade your team to follow your lead? My suggestion: sign up for the DiverseCity Leadership Program.
A few weeks ago I addressed the current group of DiverseCity Fellows on the issue of social impact metrics. They are part-way through their projects and they wanted to determine how best to evaluate their impact—they knew counting “bums in seats” just was not good enough. It was an incredible group: engaged, committed and keen to use their “lived experience” to make our communities better.
So what exactly is a DiverseCity Fellow and how can you—emerging leader that you are—become one?
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Posted by Keri @ MaRS, August 31st, 2010
Do you ladies have a patent for that?
No patent? No problem.
The results of a recent study challenge the standard notion that most businesses started by academics are based on patents (“Start-up model patently flawed” in Nature magazine, July 2010).
The study found that the majority of companies started by US academics are started without patents. This is contrary to the generally accepted wisdom about how entrepreneurship occurs in a university, which usually goes something like this: academics disclose their invention to universities, get it patented and then spin-out their company from the university. This is actually only part of the entrepreneurial picture in universities — and a smaller part of the picture at that.
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Posted by Barry @ MaRS, August 30th, 2010
Giving a boost to life sciences in Ontario
We’ve got $7-million for Ontario life sciences firms.
Got your attention? Since joining the Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF) in July, the most common question I’ve had from my contacts in the venture capital and angel investing world is: “Is the IAF going to be making new investments?” The answer I want everyone to hear is: “Yes!”
And now we’re in an even better position to boost Ontario-based private life sciences companies with this newly-announced fund.
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Posted by Vanessa @ MaRS, August 27th, 2010
The latest from MaRS clients
Want to know what’s going on with some of the most interesting start-ups in the province?
At MaRS, we work with hundreds of early-stage companies to help them grow their businesses. Sometimes, some of those companies do great things: they win awards, secure financing, enter into partnerships or get great media coverage. Entrepreneurs in Action is a regular round-up of our clients’ successes.
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