Comments on: Tech Entrepreneurship in Canada http://myownpirateradio.com/2006/04/01/tech-entrepreneurship-in-canada/ Intermittent broadcasts from Oshoma Momoh Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:08:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: My Own Pirate Radio » Dear MaRS… Revisited http://myownpirateradio.com/2006/04/01/tech-entrepreneurship-in-canada/#comment-5334 My Own Pirate Radio » Dear MaRS… Revisited Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:33:14 +0000 http://myownpirateradio.com/2006/04/01/tech-entrepreneurship-in-canada/#comment-5334 [...] Back in April of this year a friend who works at Toronto’s MaRS tech incubator kindly gave me a tour of the facility. I walked away feeling a little conflicted; I wrote: “…Mars is an incredibly well-funded tech incubator, but it isn’t yet offering much in the way of educating the broader community of people outside the four walls of the building…”. And I sent my tour buddy a way-too-long mail with some ideas for improvement. [...] […] Back in April of this year a friend who works at Toronto’s MaRS tech incubator kindly gave me a tour of the facility. I walked away feeling a little conflicted; I wrote: “…Mars is an incredibly well-funded tech incubator, but it isn’t yet offering much in the way of educating the broader community of people outside the four walls of the building…”. And I sent my tour buddy a way-too-long mail with some ideas for improvement. […]

]]> By: MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in Canada » Blog Archive » Beyond our four walls http://myownpirateradio.com/2006/04/01/tech-entrepreneurship-in-canada/#comment-5330 MaRS Blog - Innovation and Commercialization in Canada » Blog Archive » Beyond our four walls Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:09:20 +0000 http://myownpirateradio.com/2006/04/01/tech-entrepreneurship-in-canada/#comment-5330 [...] Cathy Bogaart, MaRS’ web goddess, generously offered this quote as a subject for my blog this week, taken from a post at “My Own Pirate Radio“. [...] […] Cathy Bogaart, MaRS’ web goddess, generously offered this quote as a subject for my blog this week, taken from a post at “My Own Pirate Radio“. […]

]]> By: Rehan http://myownpirateradio.com/2006/04/01/tech-entrepreneurship-in-canada/#comment-148 Rehan Sat, 01 Apr 2006 20:49:28 +0000 http://myownpirateradio.com/2006/04/01/tech-entrepreneurship-in-canada/#comment-148 Osh, Take a look at these links for related efforts: http://www.yea.ca/ http://www.futureleaders.ca/ (Sorry, I'm not sure how to put links in comments here, so I've just pasted the URLs) Neither of those have quite the same aims as what you envision, but there is at least some overlap. YEA was more active in the GTA several years ago, with workshops, breakfast get-togethers, mentoring arrangements, etc., but it's pretty much dormant now. Maybe they'll get revived one day, but their focus is just youth and it's not just for the tech industry. You should also look into what First Tuesday Toronto was doing back in 2000-'02; that would have more overlap because their events were meant specifically for the local tech industry. I'm sure you can find some people that can give you a good idea of what they liked about the events, what they didn't like, why First Tuesday Toronto fizzled away, etc. Osh,

Take a look at these links for related efforts:
http://www.yea.ca/
http://www.futureleaders.ca/
(Sorry, I’m not sure how to put links in comments here, so I’ve just pasted the URLs)

Neither of those have quite the same aims as what you envision, but there is at least some overlap. YEA was more active in the GTA several years ago, with workshops, breakfast get-togethers, mentoring arrangements, etc., but it’s pretty much dormant now. Maybe they’ll get revived one day, but their focus is just youth and it’s not just for the tech industry.

You should also look into what First Tuesday Toronto was doing back in 2000-’02; that would have more overlap because their events were meant specifically for the local tech industry. I’m sure you can find some people that can give you a good idea of what they liked about the events, what they didn’t like, why First Tuesday Toronto fizzled away, etc.

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