Posts Tagged ‘MaRS’

  • MaRS Future of Medicine

    MaRS Future of Medicine

    December 11th, 2012 | News & Events | Chris Casemore | No Comments

    MaRS, one of Toronto’s most reputable Regional Innovation Centres (RIC), is hosting a new event series called the Future of Medicine. The event is intended for businesses and researchers in the med-tech and life science sectors that are interested in learning about industry best practices related to medical device and drug development. Dates & Times: [...]

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  • MaRS Cleantech Fund: Equity Investments for Cleantech Startups

    MaRS Cleantech Fund: Equity Investments for Cleantech Startups

    October 2nd, 2012 | Blog, Government Funding | Mike Pearce | No Comments

    The MaRS Cleantech Fund is one of the most recent program additions by the MaRS Organization to provide funding for small business in the clean technologies sector. The program is funded through the highly regarded MaRS Discovery District, which provides equity investments to small business and start-up organizations looking to commercialize new and innovative technologies. [...]

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  • MaRS Entrepreneurship 101 Workshop

    MaRS Entrepreneurship 101 Workshop

    August 29th, 2012 | News & Events | Cynthia Woo | No Comments

    MaRS, one of Ontario’s Regional Innovation Centres (RIC), is hosting an entrepreneurship workshop every Wednesday from September 26th, 2012 to May 15th, 2013. It is a non-credit, complimentary introductory course about entrepreneurship. Over these 30 weeks, Entrepreneurship 101 will take you through all the steps of building a successful business. It serves people who are [...]

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  • Ontario’s Angel Network Program – Tools and Services for Start-Ups and Small Business

    Ontario’s Angel Network Program – Tools and Services for Start-Ups and Small Business

    July 27th, 2012 | Blog, Business Consulting | Mike Pearce | No Comments

    The Ontario’s Angel Network Program (ANP) is an Ontario Government funded program that serves to create new Angel Groups in Ontario where none existed, and foster their success with initiatives and information to transfer best practices from successful Angels. ANP currently accounts for just one of the several Ontario Government Funding Programs for Start-Ups that [...]

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  • Canadian Government Loans for Small Business and Start Ups

    Canadian Government Loans for Small Business and Start Ups

    May 15th, 2012 | Government Funding | Mike Pearce | No Comments

    Over the past decade, a large number of successful software development and technology firms have originated in the Southwestern Ontario Region. These success stories have sparked the imaginations and interests of hundreds of young and talented entrepreneurs within the region. These individuals have identified a problem along with an innovative solution; they now require the [...]

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  • MaRS Event Series – Best Practices for Small Business

    MaRS Event Series – Best Practices for Small Business

    May 4th, 2012 | News & Events | Mike Pearce | No Comments

    The MaRS organization is one Ontario’s largest and most well established not-for-profit groups to provide government funding for research and development. The organization’s goal is to support innovation by fostering collaboration between the worlds of science, business, and government. MaRS also provides useful advice and support to small businesses looking to adopt the industries’ best [...]

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  • Commercializing Cleantech Event for Green Innovators

    Commercializing Cleantech Event for Green Innovators

    January 17th, 2012 | News & Events | Bernadeen McLeod | No Comments

    For those of our followers who are interested in the clean technology and innovation movement, The Canadian Institute will be holding another Cleantech conference in Toronto during January 2012. This conference will be held as an interactive workshop to display the effective strategies required to innovate, develop, market, and implement new green technologies and products [...]

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