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The world’s biggest hackathon comes to MaRS: #AngelhackTO

Posted: May 22, 2013   by: Jennifer Marron

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Last Saturday morning, over 180 energetic developers and designers came to MaRS for AngelHack’s Toronto hackathon, quashing initial worries about potential low attendance levels due to the long weekend.

MaRS brings 10 startups to CDMN’s Canada 3.0 Innovation Alley

Posted: May 11, 2013   by: Jennifer Marron

THE CANADIAN DIGITAL MEDIA NETWORK - Netflix CEO Joins Lineup

MaRS is excited to bring ten amazing companies to CDMN Canada 3.0′s Innovation Alley May 14 + 15.

Our MaRS booth (table #44) will also host Chris Bryson, CEO and Co-founder of Unata. Be sure to …

Apply to pitch at International Startup Festival – deadline is Friday!

Posted: April 30, 2013   by: Jennifer Marron

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The International Startup Festival is a 3-day event on the business of startups held in the historic Old Port of Montreal. Happening July 10-12, 2013, it brings together aspiring founders, groundbreaking innovators and veteran entrepreneurs …

New programming, pricing for CDMN Canada 3.0

Posted: April 25, 2013   by: Jennifer Marron

THE CANADIAN DIGITAL MEDIA NETWORK - Netflix CEO Joins Lineup

It’s just under three weeks until CDMN Canada 3.0 2013! It will be the biggest national digital media conference of its kind – going well beyond marketing and into how to leverage technology to drive …

Building a software development team: Three hot tips for startups

Posted: April 8, 2013   by: Jennifer Marron

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Last week’s MaRS Best Practices event featured Khurram Virani and Jake Hirsch-Allen, partners at Functional Imperative, a Toronto-based boutique web design and development agency. Khurram and Jake discussed and highlighted the software development needs of …

The dos and don’ts of pitching to the media: MaRS Media Mashup

Posted: April 4, 2013   by: Jennifer Marron

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“Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.” <em>— …