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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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IC Week 4 (Dec 3-7)
On Tuesday MPP Rob Leone visited OCADU and the IC; Mark presented a brand new version of Qualia, which is looking great. This week I met with Frances Ryan, who offered some great insight and advice. She also told me … Continue reading
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IC Week 3 (Nov 26-30)
The highlight of this week for me was organizing the first Imagination Catalyst peer critique. We had four presentations: Jess & Mark on TeamWave, Henry on LIFEbike, Stephanie on Thinking Different, and Mandad on Heal.X. It was the first time … Continue reading
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IC Week 2 (Nov 19-23)
It’s been an incredible week of meetings. The biggest was the Imagination Catalyst Advisory Council meeting on Tuesday afternoon, which featured Helmut and Sara presenting an update on the IC to the (very distinguished!) group. Included were some slides depicting … Continue reading
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IC Week 1 (Nov 12-16)
I’ve started working with the Imagination Catalyst — OCADU’s business incubator and centre for commercialization and entrepreneurship. It’s an exciting environment: OCADU has grown rapidly over the past few years, and the IC is one of its newest additions.
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