By: Debbie Stephenson Each year, over 3,000 tech startups are financed in the US and Canada. Starting a tech company can be challenging, yet exciting, giving you the opportunity to wear many different hats. At the start, growing your business is the main focus. Building customers, employee headcount and refining your product offering can be a [...]
By: Shamini Sellvaratnam Interested in building and growing a local vendor ecosystem, but not sure where to start? In his article, Professor Walter Van Dyck, Partner and Associate Professor of Innovation Management at Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, recognizes that in order to create a collaborative innovation ecosystem, interdependent relations among all partners need to [...]
By: Mariya Shynlova Starting a small business is a proposition that’s frightening and exciting in equal measures. If you can source adequate capital while juggling the logistics of establishing a new company, you’ll stand a much better chance of surviving and thriving. The old adage about spending money to earn money isn’t strictly true, but [...]
By: Shanza Anwaar “Business plan competitions provide a number of benefits … the most valuable were the confidence that came with competing, the publicity that the win generated, and most important, the pressure-testing that came from the judging panels.” – Geoff Gloeckler, Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Besides offering an opportunity for your startup to showcase its products [...]
By: Ruslan Dorfman & Simone Panesar Ever considered getting a genetic test? It’s not completely unheard of these days. People go to great lengths to collect and analyze extensive data sets in order to tackle a problem with a greater knowledge base to improve outcomes. Your genome is largely fixed in time and can be [...]
By: Shamini Sellvaratnam Do you suffer from nail fungal infection? It is estimated that about 10% of the North American population suffer from this infection. Toe nail “Onychomycosis “ is a common fungal infection. Chances in getting affected are higher for people over 60, for diabetics and for patients who have lower immunity. Patients affected with nail [...]
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 [...]
