The “this” I’m referring to might surprise you. It’s not education, although you do need a good education to go into such a cerebral undertaking. It’s not a J.D., although …
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I wanted to share an idea on this blog that I found fascinating. Our neighbors to the north, the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce presented an innovative concept of mandatory entrepreneurial …
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Become the face of innovation in Calgary, Alberta. Innovate Calgary, an award-winning business incubator and technology transfer centre, has exclusively retained the Vortechs Group in their search for a Director of …
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While universities are a hot bed of research and innovation, they often lack an entrepreneurial culture outside of the technology transfer department. It’s left up to this hard-working department to …
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Several years ago medical schools began offering coursework on small business management. After all they noted doctors, in addition to becoming physicians upon graduation and coursework completion, became small business …
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Venture capitalist Jeff Clavier has heard 10,000 pitches. His firm receives 2,000 business plans a year. They meet with 300 of those. They work on ten companies a month. They …
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Facebook, Groupon, Zynga. Looking at these companies now it is hard to remember where they started, but hard work, dedication, and of course a lot of funding are what made …
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