5 May 2013
We all love David and Goliath stories. Take the movie Avatar for example. The story pits the seemingly more primitive, but highly spiritual, connected, guardians of the natural world “Na’vi”, who wear loin cloths, wield spears and ride prehistoric birds into battle, against the Transformer-esque Colonel Miles Quaritch and his corporate financed high tech forces. [...] More →
1 May 2013
I am pleased to share with you the news that I have accepted a new role as the Executive Director of the Imagination Catalyst at the Ontario College of Art & Design University starting May 2013. The Imagination Catalyst is a student and alumni-centred entrepreneurship and innovation incubator/accelerator. It provides workspace, mentorship, workshops, and networking [...] More →
16 Apr 2013
The work of the individual entrepreneur and the process of entrepreneurship are reasonably well explored. One only needs to type in the word “entrepreneurship” into Amazon.com to generate a list of over 35 000 books written about the subject. Narratives about successful entrepreneurs, their brilliance, and how their products or services have re-shaped our modern [...] More →
25 Mar 2013
Until this year, there has been no social purpose business or limited liability legal organizational structure option available in Canada. You may recall from reading this blog that back in May, 2012, the British Columbia Business Incorporations Act was amended to create Canada’s first such option. The new structure is called a Community Contribution [...] More →
16 Mar 2013
As Guelph’s first Entrepreneur –in- Residence, I have had the wonderful opportunity to share ideas and beliefs about entrepreneurship with faculty, administrators, students and many others across campus. Most agreed that fostering entrepreneurship is the software of innovation, and that innovation is the key to solving today’s important environmental, social and economic issues. Most also [...] More →
9 Feb 2013
Avrim Lazar is quite a guy. Knowledgable. Learned. And clearly sincere about the importance of forest conservation to our collective future. I know first hand. As I had the priviledge of being in a room with him and 15 others at the University of Guelph to to hear the inside story about the much heralded [...] More →
5 Feb 2013
It is a first as far as I know. And maybe other First Nations groups should take heed. We all know that First Nation peoples around the world work hard, or better said battle hard, to ensure they have continued sovereignty over their lands as insured by treaties (when treaties exist) signed long ago. [...] More →
5 Feb 2013
We all agree on this. Including the Conference Board of Canada (an independent, not for profit applied research organization) who in 2010, created the Centre for Food in Canada (CFIC) in recognition of the need. The Centre’s goals include the following: to raise public awareness of the nature and importance of the food sector to Canada’s [...] More →
30 Jan 2013
Wow. The term social enterprise continues to create confusion. No wonder. Different communities use this term to describe their unique perspectives on a typology of enterprise types. For example, the tech community tends to use the term “social enterprise” to refer to organizations which effectively leverage social media technologies to further their objectives. In [...] More →
25 Jan 2013
And this is exactly what I intend to do while I am there! Me, and about 1500 other attendees. This year’s conference (Feb 8/9) features over 100 speakers, 25 sessions, and 6 tracks including impact investing, a spotlight on water, and host of skill building sessions. There are also 4 keynote speakers including Tracy Pilandjian [...] More →
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