This blog post was written by Business Services Manager Riley Trottier. From September 12-14, Toronto hosted a new technology festival designed to showcase the best of the Canadian innovation ecosystem and celebrate diversity and inclusion. Several members of the TechAlliance team attended the festival and came away very impressed. The recent announcement around Amazon’s search…
Last month, our Business Analyst Morgan Rosenberg explored the West coast landscape for entrepreneurs. In an effort to expand and improve our program offerings in London, Morgan made connections and ignited partnerships for TechAlliance, and brought back some great insights. Vancouver Overall, Vancouver is doing things right for entrepreneurs. With an abundance of organizations, a…
Hey London, Just over 18 months ago, I arrived to start my MBA at the Richard Ivey School of Business. I’m from Victoria, so moving out to southern Ontario was a bit of change in scenery. But I quickly began to enjoy London and Western – I soaked in the energy that the city had…
This blog post was written by Morgan Rosenberg, TechAlliance Business Analyst. As part of the Digital Disruption Track, OpenText invited 30 of its partners to submit their technology solutions to be part of the first-ever business pitch competition. The field was then narrowed down to just five finalists who would stand on stage to present…
This post was written by Morgan Ronseberg, Business Analyst at TechAlliance. Earlier this month, TechAlliance sent two London locals to Detroit for the annual cross-border Hacking Health competition. The weekend long competition was hosted by our sister organizations, TechTown Detroit and WETech in Windsor. It featured hundreds of competitors with backgrounds in healthcare, software engineering,…
This post was originally written by Joseph Edward, CEO & Chief Innovation Officer at INVORG. This is a question raised by many in organizational leadership. Over the years, technology has been brought into the organizations to resolve a specific problem and to assist some business functions such as accounting. This trend has been continuing for…
This post was originally written by TechAlliance Business Analyst Morgan Rosenberg. This week, the Business Services team attended OCE’s flagship Discovery conference in Toronto. A true meeting of the entrepreneurial minds, the conference was chalked full with a multi-stakeholder expo, concurrent workshops, multiple pitch competitions, impressive keynotes, and great food and networking. Walking onto the…
This blog was originally written by Dmitry Brusilovsky, CEO, SRED Unlimited Recently, the CRA yet again changed their SR&ED procedures. Fortunately, the eligibility criteria remains intact: there’s no difference in what qualifies as SR&ED. However, what they’ve done is clarified how they evaluate claims. Hopefully, this will make for a less confusing process from a claimant perspective. They’re most likely further emphasizing/renewing…
On Saturday, March 18th, TechAlliance had the pleasure of partnering with one of Western University’s largest student entrepreneurship organizations, Western Founders Network, to bring London’s first Future View conference. The conference brought together students, industry and hobbyists alike to learn about the future of technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Featuring speakers from across North America, the…
This blog post was originally written by TechAlliance Business Analyst Morgan Rosenberg. Bryan Addeman, now 29, is leading a cutting edge start-up at IBM Canada. He is a symbol of two important shifting trends in London. First, he represents a growing wave of student entrepreneurs who choose London as their first home to grow their…