Archives
Innovation Factory is pleased to announce the finalists for the third annual Synapse Life Science Competition! Synapse will provide eleven companies with the chance to pitch their ideas to a panel of top life science experts to solicit over $30,000 in cash and professional resources. After careful evaluation of all the applications, we’re happy to […]
Nov-2015
We’re happy to welcome Randy Hendriks to the iF team as our new Client Services Coordinator! Randy has spent his career empowering young leaders, developing community initiatives, and equipping organizations for success throughout North America. Having completed programs at Mohawk College in Civil Engineering, and Ottawa University in Theology, he recently defended his Doctoral Thesis […]
Nov-2015
Technology is so accessible now that it’s easy to come up with an idea for an innovation and simply hire developers to execute on your vision. As a result, non-tech founders are starting tech companies all over the place, and in corporations, department managers are launching apps and cloud software to offer to their customers. […]
Our Fall Innovation Night took place on November 10, and iF was pleased to feature a roster of 11 brave local startups who mustered up the courage to pitch to our live audience. Innovation Night takes place three times a year, with local startups taking the stage at McMaster Innovation Park to present a succinct, […]
Nov-2015
We’re happy to welcome Monika Yazdanian to our team as the new Director of our Campus-Linked Accelerator, The Forge! Prior to joining The Forge, Monika was a Program Director for a group of 40+ solar cell researchers in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Toronto, where she raised funds, promoted technology development, […]
Although we celebrate entrepreneurship and innovation regularly here at Innovation Factory, we’re excited to see a number of noteworthy events that will be taking place around this year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW, #GEW2015) – the world’s largest celebration of entrepreneurship. GEW is from November 16-22 this year, and it’s geared at inspiring people around […]
