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[Translate] Until March 2012, along with the Startup Canada Team, I will be working exclusively on building Startup Canada in preparation for our public launch. Thank you to everyone for your support and understanding as we focus, focUS, FOCUS ! Have a brilliant holiday and a Happy New Year.

2011 in Review

[Translate] As 2011 comes to a close, I wanted to re-cap the year with my family and friends, old and new. The theme of the year it seems was that of transition and development. January 2011 – Spent New Years with Cyprian in Cuba – on New Years eve, our resort was set ablaze due to an...

iCUE 2012 Global Summit Announced

[Translate] April 25-26, 2012, London, United Kingdom     The  2012 iCUE Global Summit will convene leaders of youth entrepreneurship organizations from over 20 countries and takes place over two days. Highlights include: Rigorous TEDx style global best practice sharing sessions VIP...

ICUE’s New Look

[Translate] This week the International Consortium of University Entrepreneurs (iCUE) launched its new branding and website. The new website not only contains information about iCUE and its more than 17 member organizations, but it also features an interactive World Map, a Global Events Calendar, a video...

NACUE and University Enterprise – Government support for Student Entrepreneurs

[Translate] Tuesday 15th November Government to boost young enterprise and encourage a new wave of student entrepreneurs with significant investment in university enterprise societies Innovation fund will award individual university enterprise societies up to £8,000 to kick-start entrepreneurial...

Re-engineering Canada’s Manufacturing Sector through Re-engineering Culture

[Translate] Published in CME 20/20 – Click here to read the entire article.  Canadians like to think of themselves as great collaborators. The label Team Canada is used both within diplomatic circles and as a sports metaphor to describe our national character as collegial competitors. But in the...

Silicon Valley Comes to the UK

[Translate] In 2008, when President of Oxford Entrepreneurs, I was thrilled to have the opportunity to dine with some of the top entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley at the Oxford Castle – Biz Stone (Twitter), Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Philip Rosedale (SecondLife), Elon Musk (SpaceX) and Joe DiNucci...

Innovation 2011 Registration Now Open

[Translate] INNOVATION 2011 – Canada’s R&D Partnership Conference will take place November 20-22 at the Hilton Hotel in Montreal, PQ. INNOVATION 2011 is a networking and professional development conference that draws from the global community of technology transfer and industry engagement...

The Best City in Canada to be an Entrepreneur

[Translate] Earlier this week I had the opportunity to visit beautiful Saskatoon for the Growing Saskatchewan Conference thanks to the support of Community Futures Saskatchewan and Western Economic Diversification Canada. Over 200 enterprise support professionals from all sectors and regions of the...

Building Relationships & Networking

[Translate] Networking is the key to success in business according to Keith Ferrazzi, business coach and author or Never Eat Alone, a book about the power of relationship building and networking. Networking helps you find jobs, recruit talent, win new customers and discover investors who will support...

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