This blog post was written by Allyson Tighe, Manager of Measured Innovation and Business Development at TechAlliance. Most of you know us just as TechAlliance, but our actual full name is TechAlliance of Southwestern Ontario. This means that, while the majority of the companies we work with are here in the City of London, we…
This blog post was written by Deniz Temelli, Business Analyst at TechAlliance. Commercializing a medical device is not easy and unfortunately, there are no great ways to learn how to go about it other than experiencing it first-hand. The commercialization path is rarely the same for different devices as there are so many nuances that…
Canadian history is packed with technological advancements and discoveries. Our home-grown inventors and entrepreneurs have been responsible for technologies that have saved lives, gone to space, powered our stuff, and entertained us. As we celebrate Canada Day, here is our pick of top 5 Canadian inventions. 1. Medicinal insulin: invented by Frederick Banting, Charles Best…
This guest blog post was written by Adam Malamis, Creative Director at Simalam. Our team at Simalam loves London. Each one of us is a transplant, meaning that we didn’t grow up here but actively decided to make it our home. Although we give back and contribute to the community in various ways, we thought…
This blog post was written by Deniz Temelli, Business Analyst at TechAlliance. Commercializing a medical device is not easy and unfortunately, there are no great ways to learn how to go about it other than experiencing it first-hand. The commercialization path is rarely the same for different devices as there are so many nuances that…
This guest blog post was written by Josh Linkner and originally published at joshlinkner.com. In the late 1980s, millions of us tuned in to witness Angus MacGyver’s ability to always find a creative way to get out of a jam. Regularly finding himself in an impossible life-or-death situation, he managed to come out on top…
This blog post was written by Howie Chan, Business Analyst at TechAlliance. I recently read “the Black Swan” by Nassim Taleb and it opened my eyes to how I should perceive random events. Applying this to entrepreneurship, there is an interesting lesson in the Black Swan on how to tackle risk associated with launching your…
Tom Wujec speaks internationally on innovation: why it matters, why it is a vital engine of economic growth (especially today), and how to foster it. TechAlliance is pleased to welcome Tom as our keynote speaker at this year’s Gearing Up for Growth Conference. We were able to sit down with Tom for a brief Q…
This blog post was written by Deniz Temelli, Business Analyst at TechAlliance. Late last fall genetics testing company 23andMe was ordered to stop marketing and selling their Personal Genome Service by the FDA (recap in my last blog post here). The company soon complied and limited their services to providing only ancestry related information. However,…
This guest blog post was written by Amanda Stratton, Director of Startup Grind London. This post was originally published at StartupGrind. The year was 1826, and the first settler to put down stakes in the city at the Fork of the Thames established not a residence, but London’s first business. Peter McGregor’s tavern consisted of…