Ten entrepreneurs with ideas ranging from e-publishing, e-health, biofuels, mechanical engineering, and audio special effects will begin working on turning their ideas into businesses as finalists in the Tech Venture Challenge. The finalists were announced May 10th in Saskatoon.
“These programs give you the opportunity to create something, and the confidence to take the leap. They force you to be bold, take risks, and work like you’ve never worked before,” says finalist Jacqueline Cook of TRIUMF Mobile Rewards.
Over the next three months, the finalists will be mentored and guided through
The test version of a new mobile application, or “app,” for caregivers was released this week by Canadian company EDO Mobile Health. The app, available for iPhone and iPad, is designed to help co-ordinate care of a person living with dementia between several care partners, and has several initial features that include an interactive family calendar, a family journal and a medication adherence tool.
Download the app at edomhealth.com/signup/
The app was created by a group of university students and entrepreneurs who are working to apply technology to help relieve caregiver stress.
Whether playing the drums, sinking a basket or blazing a trail as one of Canada’s top young entrepreneurs, Simon Jalbert doesn’t skip a beat.
“It’s all very rewarding,” says Jalbert, a 21 year-old Saint Mary’s business major whose May 2012 graduation coincides with his initiation into The Next 36, a Toronto-based Canadian mentorship program that helps launch the careers of Canada’s most promising and innovative undergraduates.
Through The Next 36 and a $50,000 grant, Jalbert and three other Next members developed a cutting edge health sector business producing a rehabilitation app for
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 7, 2012) - Wladyslaw Lizon, Member of Parliament for Mississauga East-Cooksville, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), today announced a contribution of up to $787,500 for The Next 36 that will provide graduates in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) with the skills and support they need to start their own businesses.
"Our government is investing in the ideas of STEM graduates and graduate students to provide them with
