Creating a Venture Culture
Canadian entrepreneurs need to take responsibility for their industry, not blame others for its failures.
Arts & Life
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Goodbye Real World, Hello Digital Realm
Mar 16, 2010 - 7:16 AM
People are disconnecting from their physical surroundings and going digital.
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Does Canadian Culture Need Protecting?
Mar 15, 2010 - 1:14 PM
There's a fight going on between American-owned e-commerce giant Amazon.com and the Canadian Booksellers Association. The digital distributor wants to open a warehouse in Canada to get its books to cus...
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Generation YouTube: Taking Back Our Culture
Mar 14, 2010 - 10:42 PM
My esteemed colleague Tim Blackmore recently wrote an article for The Mark entitled “The Internet Slowdown,” in which he bemoans the lackluster quality of entertainment on the electronic frontier. ...
Politics & Policy
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Advice for the PM
Mar 16, 2010 - 7:13 AM
As Stephen Harper prepares to address the nation via YouTube, here are some tips on how to answer pesky questions about marijuana.
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Stalling on the Afghan Detainee Issue
Mar 16, 2010 - 7:06 AM
What does a government do when it wants to hide a deeply troubling topic? It issues a press release about it on a Saturday afternoon. That is what the Harper government did with the much anticipated te...
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Canada's Looming Succession Crisis
Mar 14, 2010 - 10:42 PM
Imagine the following scenario. As Parliament prepares to reconvene in September following its summer break, the prime minister is suddenly stricken by a grave ailment that results in his immediate dea...
Science & Technology
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The Fusion Breakthrough
Mar 14, 2010 - 10:43 PM
We might very well be on the verge of producing a clean, safe, small, and unlimited supply of electrical energy.
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Is the iPad the New Newspaper?
Mar 12, 2010 - 7:57 AM
There has been plenty of speculation about how the iPad will change newspapers. But this question misses the mark. The more important concern is what the iPad and devices like it mean for society as a...
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Sex, Bombs, and Burgers: An Interview
Mar 10, 2010 - 8:48 AM
In an interview about his new book Sex, Bombs and Burgers, Peter Nowak joins audio producer Chris Mitchell to talk about how our basest human needs have driven technological innovation. (Run-time: 14 m...
Business & Economics
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Creating a Venture Culture
Mar 16, 2010 - 4:19 PM
Canadian entrepreneurs need to take responsibility for their industry, not blame others for its failures.
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Sustaining the Startup
Mar 16, 2010 - 3:19 PM
Understanding what's wrong with venture capital in Canada isn't a simple task. We first need to understand the role of VC generally, what is happening in the industry overall, and how this applies in t...
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A VC Ecosystem
Mar 16, 2010 - 3:19 PM
Many entrepreneurs these days are talking about how the venture capital model is broken. This is the wrong way to approach the lack of capital Canadian entrepreneurs face. The venture capital model can...
