This guest blog post was written by: Sasha Sud, Energy Data Manager, MaRS Discovery District Yesterday, the Ontario Minister of Energy, Bob Chiarelli, announced the Energy Apps for Ontario Challenge, a contest organized by MaRS and funded by the Ministry of Energy that encourages developers to create the best new, proof-of-concept apps to help Ontarians…
by Sandra Desrochers When Diana Robbins was a young girl she would accompany her mom to popular scratch-and-save retail events at Sears. Diana’s mom always let her scratch the card to reveal the discount. Diana loved scratching the card and her mom loved getting the deal. Years later during Robbins’ career in marketing and sales,…
Crowdfunding has become a popular funding source for many industries, though biotech-related projects are still relatively new to the scene. That seems to be changing, as the Scanadu Scout recently became the highest grossing Indiegogo campaign ever, raising over $1.6 million. Scanadu Scout is a device that measures and records a person’s blood pressure, heart…
This blog post was written by Howie Chan, Business Analyst at TechAlliance. Although debatable, the best and easiest way to start your business in today’s highly connected technology world is to bootstrap together a minimal viable product at zero outside investment. How do you do this? First, it’s about having a founding team that is…
This blog post was written by Alec Miller, Manager, Measured Innovation at TechAlliance. According to Adeo Ressi of the Founder Institute – a startup training centre in Silicon Valley – entrepreneurs with the best chance of success tend to exhibit the following characteristics (professional experience, fluid intelligence, high openness, moderate agreeableness): generally 28 or older…
This blog post was written by Suzanne Morrison, Communications Coordinator at TechAlliance. By now, many Londoners have heard the buzz around Voices.com CEO David Ciccarelli and his new specs. David is Canada’s first Google Glass Explorer and he has been proudly sporting his hi-tech eyewear all over town. David is one of 8,000 people who…
There are many community projects, events and groups that entrepreneurs, startups and community members can get involved with in London and Southwestern Ontario. We’ve started a community tree that maps out some of these growing grassroots initiatives. If you have any recommendations for additions or changes to the tree please contact Suzanne Morrison, Communications Coordinator…
This blog post was written by Suzanne Morrison, Communications Coordinator at TechAlliance. The London Public Library let robots loose on the main floor of the Central Library on Friday – but don’t worry, we aren’t expecting the likes of the Terminator any time soon. As part of the Library’s summer programming schedule a handful of…
This blog post was written by Deniz Temelli, Business Analyst at TechAlliance. After the recent success of one of our life science clients, Jack Lee of MDDT Inc. who was awarded an OBI-OCE Fellowship award, I was invited to attend the inaugural Ontario Brain Innovation Council (OBIC) Plenary Session hosted at the McMaster Innovation Park.…
This blog post was written by Howie Chan, Business Analyst at TechAlliance. Late last week the Advisory Services team had a chance to tour the technology facilities at Fanshawe College with Industrial Research Chair John Makaran, and Anne-Marie DeCicco-Best, Government and Business Relations Advisor. It was a great opportunity for the team to see, first-hand,…