The road to technology commercialization can take researchers through dangerous territory – and one of the scariest areas is intellectual property. Research is all about ideas, and working out who owns them and how to share the profits can be more complex than you’d think. Just ask the University of Regina. The University last year […]
By Danny Bradbury — Feb 25 '14
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Here’s the good news: If your goal is to write valuable, insightful and even game-changing articles and blogs for consumer or industry trade publications, your digital media background is a gift. Why? Because much of what you research, ponder, live and breathe hits all the right notes for newsworthiness. When editors and writers consider if […]
By Kira Vermond — Feb 20 '14
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As athletes gave it their all during the first days of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, BlackBerry employees from around the world hunkered down for their own version of competitive excellence at the second annual BlackBerry Employee Hackathon earlier this month. While no uniforms were worn or anthems sung, 419 men and 21 women gathered […]
By Angela Pause — Feb 19 '14
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Good ideas were not meant to languish in the library. Commercialization involves getting them out to market, but licensing a technology to a third party isn’t the only way to do it. Spinning off a technology into a startup company can offer high returns, if researchers are willing to put in the time and effort […]
By Danny Bradbury — Feb 11 '14
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Getting technology from the lab into the marketplace can be a daunting process, fraught with potential problems – and yet it could be one of the contributing factors to an ongoing innovation gap. The Conference Board of Canada’s report, Canada’s Competitiveness and Innovation Doldrums, says that Canada was 25th on the global innovation charts last […]
By Danny Bradbury — Jan 29 '14
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Does a new app stand any chance of standing out in today’s overcrowded market? It might, if you crowdsource the entire development process. That’s the approach being taken by Dandy, a graduate of Waterloo, Ont.’s Hyperdrive incubator. With an initial product that came straight out of academia, the startup is changing the way apps make […]
By Christine Wong — Jan 28 '14
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In this week’s roundup of UX design, gamification and interactive display news, three big Canadian brands show retailers the value of smart technology.
By The CommerceLab — Jan 20 '14
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It’s startup mania out there. Startup Canada, Startup Grind and Startup Weekend are just a few of the programs offering advice, pitch sessions and funding opportunities for enterprising young innovators. Despite the frenzy of startup initiatives in recent years, the odds of successfully making the leap from innovation to commercialization still aren’t super-great. The Canadian […]
By Christine Wong — Jan 17 '14
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Commercialization is not a new term or strategy, but it is a strategy that an increasing number of small businesses and entrepreneurs are learning to use to their advantage. A recent infographic released by Ryerson University shows that small business is thriving and now is the time to commercialize your ideas. In simple terms, commercialization […]
By The CommerceLab — Jan 13 '14
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Canada plays host to an exciting variety of research projects. Many of them could be of use to commercial partners, but how can companies find them? The Canadian Foundation for Innovation hopes it has the answer. The CFI has launched a search engine designed to help companies find research projects that they could use commercially. […]
By Danny Bradbury — Dec 13 '13
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