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The Comeback of Hardware in the West
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Business Models, Canada, Hackerspaces, Hardware Incubators, Incubators and Accelerators, Innovation Policy, Old Knowledge to New Things, Regional Innovation, Sooke, Uncategorized on April 11, 2015
The following article was reposted from the Sooke Pocket News and was published on 10-04-2015 The comeback of Hardware Innovation in the West presents opportunities for Sooke Posted on April 10, 2015 by SookePub by Michael Clouser Hardware innovation in the West is coming back. We’ll see a surge of new products being invented, especially […]
Lessons from Iceland for Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island and Sooke
Posted by academicentrepreneur in alternative energies, Canada, China, Cornell University, First Nations Innovations, Green Economy, Higher Education, Horticulture, Iceland, Low Carbon Economy, Old Knowledge to New Things, Sooke, Sustainability, Technology, Triple Helix, University Policy, Victoria on April 11, 2015
This article is reposted from the Sooke Pocket News and was published on 11 April 2015. Lessons from Iceland for Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island and Sooke By Michael Clouser With the recent visit by Kinder Morgan to the Sooke Council, and the recent referendum in Sooke regarding the passage of oil tankers through the […]
Canada’s Immigrant Investor Venture Capital Pilot Program Launched
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Canada, Capitalism, China, Immigrants, Immigration Policy, Income Tax, Venture Capital, Venture Capital Policy on March 8, 2015
As anticipated, the Canadian Government has launched its Immigrant Investor Venture Capital Program (IIVC). This was originally announced in December of 2014. The program opened at the end of January. Unfortunately, the Academic Entrepreneur has not been blogging at the usual pace. Apologies are in order. Essentially, here is how The IIVC works: High Net Worth Individuals […]
Twenty Questions for Canadians Regarding Scottish Independence
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Arc of Prosperity, BC, Canada, Creativity through Reorganization, Currency innovation, Ice Hockey, Immigrants, Immigration Policy, Referendum Debate, Regional Innovation, Scotland as a Spinout, Sooke, tech currency on September 7, 2014
Questions for the Canadians and on their perspective on Scottish Independence from the Academic Entrepreneur I am asking these because in my “ethnographic experience” in Canada, I’ve noted one or more of the following around the issue of Scottish Independence: a) apathy surrounding the issue; b) a lack of an awareness of the […]
Why Scotland is more like Canada than Quebec: Opinion piece by Harry McGrath
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Canada, Scotland as a Spinout on September 7, 2014
“So, rather than see the independence issue in Scotland as just another version of Quebec, it looks to me a lot more like the small ‘n’ Canadian nationalism of the 1970s onward: welcoming, inclusive, peaceful.” -Harry McGrath, 2012 An exciting time in Scotland now with the possibilities for independence as the polls are showing […]
Border Effects: Canada-USA Lessons by James E. Anderson of Boston College
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Canada, Immigrants, Immigration Policy, Income Tax, Scotland as a Spinout, Tax Policy, Uncategorized on August 26, 2014
This presentation was given at the University of Edinburgh on the 26th of June, 2014. It was highlighted today on the University of Edinburgh’s Referendum blog “Informing the Debate” at www.referendum.ed.ac.uk. Thanks Coree Brown for posting this for us.
Ontario’s Dysfunction a Perfect Case Study of Western Decline
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Canada, Innovation Policy on June 4, 2014
Article today from the National Post See Why Western countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States are immobilized in terms of implementing infrastructure for economic development: their politicians play to an entitled middle class that votes. The newly published book The Fourth Revolution: The Global Race to Reinvent the […]
The Israeli Model: Mode for an Independent Scotland? Major Policy Implications
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Canada, Edinburgh, Entrepreneurial finance, Entrepreneurial risk capital, Entrepreneurs in Scotland, Immigrants, Immigration Policy, Incubators and Accelerators, Innovation Economy for an Independent Scotland, Innovation Policy, Israeli Model, Regional Innovation, Research Policy, Tax Policy, Technology, Triple Helix, Uncategorized, Venture Capital, Venture Capital Policy on June 4, 2014
The New Scientist published a recent article “Ape Israel to build a start-up Nation” by Jessica Griggs in Edinburgh. It suggested that much could be learned from the ecology and policies of Israel. The Academic Entrepreneur gave a talk on this entitled “The Phenomenon of Global Technology Leadership: The Israeli Model” in March of 2010 to […]
Food Incubator of the Year: Canada’s Shining Star in Alberta and its University Interaction
Posted by academicentrepreneur in Canada, Food, Horticulture, Incubators and Accelerators, Innovation Policy, kitchen incubators, Old Knowledge to New Things, Regional Innovation, University-Incubator interaction on May 31, 2014
About a year ago while on the phone with an associate of the Canadian Business Incubation Association (CABI) surrounding food incubators in Canada, the Academic Entrepreneur learned of the Food Processing Development Centre near Edmonton in Leduc, Alberta, Canada. The centre houses a “sister” incubator that is a model for others in the area of food […]
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