By: Shamini Sellvaratnam According to comScore, the growth of mobile commerce has exploded in recent years with mobile-generated retail commerce predicted to rise 15% in spend by the end of this year from 3% seen in 2010. Based on a report from BI Intelligence, Business Insider has identified the drivers in the growth of mobile [...]
By: Shanza Anwaar The Public Health Agency of Canada reported that an estimated 22,400 women were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2004. Fast-forward 8 years, the number steadily increased to 22,700 in 2012. Still the most common cancer affecting Canadian women, breast cancer is a disease that kills nearly 5,200 women annually. Breast cancer is [...]
By: Shanza Anwaar The Wall Street Journal reports that “the Healthcare IT market will be worth $56.7 billion by 2017”. Healthcare IT has the “potential to generate valuable information to improve workflow, safety, and efficiency within healthcare organizations”. Applications and other software innovations are converting storage, access, and exchange of medical information into an online [...]
By: Shanza Anwaar On average, it takes newbie entrepreneurs a shocking 37 months to raise funds for their startup. Veteran entrepreneurs fare slightly better at 21 months. It is critical for entrepreneurs to show expertise with their financials when pitching to investors – it’s a sign that both the entrepreneur and the venture capitalist comprehend [...]
By: Shanza Anwaar Search Engine Journal reports that “online searching is the #1 driver of traffic to content sites, beating social media by more than 300%”. Google’s search algorithm is under constant transformation and is continuously evolving to become a better “Search Engine Optimization Detector” which is “the ability to detect artificial backlinks and attempts [...]
By: Dr. Raphael (Rafi) Hofstein In my previous blog post during BIO2012, I talked about how MaRS Innovation and CQDM had jointly collaborated to form Encycle Therapeutics, a startup that was created around disruptive technology, developed by Professor Andrei Yudin of the University of Toronto, involving the cyclization of biologically active peptides. A year later, I’m pleased to report that Encycle [...]
By: Dr. Tom Corr, CEO of Ontario Centres of Excellence This week, Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) is joining companies, researchers and agencies from Ontario’s vibrant life sciences sector at the annual BIO conference taking place in Chicago. For those working in this busy space, BIO is the ‘must-attend’ event of the year. More than [...]
By: Shanza Anwaar The hallmark of a successful entrepreneurial dream is most often a high-valued exit through the sale of the business to bigger players in the market. The Globe and Mail reports that 2013 will be a “year of slim growth for Canada.” Economists reveal that Canadians can expect a meager “1.5% growth in [...]
By: Shanza Anwaar The TechNext 2013 Conference ignited discussions, introductions, and a growing awareness of the need for innovation in healthcare. In partnership with NSERC CRSNG, YourMississaugaBiz.com and Rogers TV, the RIC Centre organized the event to bring together professionals from the healthcare and tech industries to discuss how to incorporate ICT in health, discover [...]
By: Shanza Anwaar CNBC News reports how “3D printing has been successfully used in the health care sector to make prosthetic limbs, custom hearing aids and dental fixtures”. The innovative technology is now being used for creating more intricate structures such as human tissue. 3D printing is an affordable way of “making three-dimensional solid objects [...]
