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IC Week 12: Jan 28 – Feb 1

At Thursday’s peer crit, Henry & Mark practiced the elevator pitches they’d be giving that night at the CN Tower, for the International Startup Festival’s Elevator World Tour. We’ve confirmed two events in the next few weeks: an Imagination Catalyst … Continue reading

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IC Week 11: Jan 21-25

It’s been one of those weeks where it feels like the most honest representation of progress would be by a count of the number of emails sent and received. The short update: project summaries are nearing completion, I’m making progress … Continue reading

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IC Week 10 (Jan 14-18)

At this week’s peer crit, we heard from: Jess & Mark about teamWave: they’re working on demos, and continuing to search for a faculty advisor for their REB application Mandad about HealX: making progress with IP issues, and exploring funding … Continue reading

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IC Week 9 (Jan 7-11)

One of the great things about being involved with the Imagination Catalyst in its current phase (I’ve been describing it as “in beta”) is that we have the space to prototype processes. The prototype I’ve been working on this week … Continue reading

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IC Weeks 6-8 (Dec 17 – Jan 4)

Late December is always a bit of a blur, but there’s lots to report on the past few weeks. Right before the holidays, a small team of us was working hard on completing a financing proposal for the IC. It’s … Continue reading

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IC Week 5 (Dec 10-14)

This week was mostly “heads down”: working on the discussion paper. But I had a bunch of good meetings, too: Sunil Sharma is spending the next several weeks helping OCAD build connections with companies. On Monday I gave him a … Continue reading

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