by Impact Centre | Oct 11, 2018 | Blog |
This is a glimpse into Entrepreneurship 100, our series focused on bringing leading entrepreneurs to the University of Toronto. The event was focused on social media and included the following panelists: Ashlee Froese – specializing in Fashion Law, Ashlee uses...
by Impact Centre | Oct 9, 2018 | Blog |
Flarian was recently named #91 on Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies by Canadian Business Magazine. We sat down with company co-founder Ali Rizvi to ask how the company has grown since participating in Techno2013 and what this recognition means for the company....
by Impact Centre | Sep 18, 2018 | Blog |
by Charles Plant Read the first post in this series on how the growth rates of Shopify and Real Matters have impacted their valuations. Venture capitalists invest in many companies, knowing that some will fail, some will be also-rans or sell in merger transactions,...
by Impact Centre | Sep 17, 2018 | Blog |
by Charles Plant Why Growth? Let’s look at two Canadian companies that were founded in 2004 and went public in the last couple of years. The first is Shopify, an e-commerce company, and the second is Real Matters, which provides services for the mortgage-lending and...
by Impact Centre | Aug 15, 2018 | Blog |
By Scott McAuley Ellen Bjorvatn wants to help people make more sustainable choices. A summer student intern at the Impact Centre’s International Summer Entrepreneurship Academy (ISEA), she has spent the summer working with Impact Centre resident company Just...
by Impact Centre | Jul 26, 2018 | Blog |
While the heat of summer is in high gear outside, tomatoes are ripening inside our air-conditioned office. There is no garden or soil, just a six-foot tall metal tower illuminated by LEDs. Yet the tomato plants are thriving. This is the indoor hydroponic garden...
