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Ep 24: Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs: The Expert Review Panel Report

January 30, 2018 By Gary Will

An expert review panel recently completed a report on the Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs (ONE)—the main program of the Ontario government for providing funding to organizations supporting tech or innovation companies and startup ecosystem. The ONE's Regional Innovation Centres are located in 18 cities across Ontario. And the review panel has recommended big changes: they … [Read more...]

Ep 20: The Founding of the Velocity Incubator with Sean Van Koughnett

October 12, 2017 By Gary Will

Velocity is one of Canada's most successful university-based startup incubators and an integral part of the Waterloo startup ecosystem. Its success helped the Ontario government see university incubators and accelerators in a whole new way, leading to the creation of a multimillion-dollar program across the province to fund "campus-linked accelerators." It had an unlikely … [Read more...]

Ep 12: Updates, Surveys and What’s So Bad About Being Acquired?

July 20, 2017 By Gary Will

No guest this week, so a roundup of recent news and updates from startup ecosystems. [1:50] It's deadline week for applications to Canada's Innovation Superclusters program. $950 million up for grabs. [2:50] The new Grand Innovations hub in Cambridge is coming along and looking at a January opening. [3:56] Volta Labs is tripling its space in downtown Halifax. [4:30] … [Read more...]

Ep 07: Lessons Learned Running the Velocity Incubator with Mike Kirkup

June 13, 2017 By Gary Will

For over four years, Mike Kirkup was the director of Velocity—the startup incubator at the University of Waterloo. It's been a huge addition to the Waterloo startup community since opening in 2008. He stepped down just over a year ago to become CTO at Encircle—a Velocity graduate—and on this week's show looks back at lessons learned from Velocity's growth (and how a huge space … [Read more...]

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Recent Episodes

  • Ep 26: Startup Ecosystem Success Factors and Startup Genome
  • Ep 25: Do tech incubators make sense in small urban areas?
  • Ep 24: Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs: The Expert Review Panel Report
  • Ep 23: The Biggest, Fastest Growing, Most Concentrated Tech Hubs in Canada – From the 2016 Census
  • Ep 22: Hot DesQ: Helping Startups Grow in Queensland, Australia with Murray Love and Paul Martyn
  • Ep 21: The Montreal Startup Ecosystem with Isaac Souweine of Real Ventures
  • Ep 20: The Founding of the Velocity Incubator with Sean Van Koughnett
  • Ep 19: Surveying Australia’s Startup Ecosystem with Monica Wulff of Startup Muster
  • Ep 18: The Challenge of Startup Ecosystem Metrics with Jesse Rodgers of Volta Labs
  • Ep 17: The Evolution of Ottawa’s Startup Community with Ian Graham of TheCodeFactory

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