IBM opens innovation space for Canadian entrepreneurs and startups

IBM in partnership with Ontario Centres of Excellence and the Government of Ontario launched the IBM Innovation Space, a new startup hub in Toronto to accelerate innovation activities and investments in Ontario by helping businesses propel into the global marketplace.

The IBM Innovation Space is the first initiative to launch under the IBM Innovation Incubator Project, a $54 million dollar initiative funded by a $24.75 million dollar contribution from IBM and $22.75 million from the Government of Ontario’s Jobs and Prosperity Fund.  Other partners include the SOSCIP Research Consortium and members of the Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs (ONE).

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BlackBerry leap advert focuses on startups and young professionals

The BlackBerry Leap, which was revealed earlier at MWC in Barcelona, seems to have been developed with entrepreneurs and startup-fixated professionals in mind. All the features of all-day productivity, security and flexibility plus an understated yet serious design show that this handset was created with a very specific market in mind. The loyalists have their Classic, the CEO's have their Passport and now the maverick startup dudes have the Leap. The BlackBerry Leap also comes with a variety of very interesting accessories including a Sync Pod dock as well as a new Flex Shell case that doubles as a stand for video conferencing.

10-year-old entrepreneur steps into philanthropic 'Love Sandal' startup

Toronto's Abi Smithson is 10 years old and the youngest member of Ryerson University's Digital Media Zone. She started Love Sandal two years ago. “The Love Sandal was an idea I had this summer when I was enrolled in the Girls Learning Code Inventors Camp in downtown Toronto.  I noticed my Mom had ugly tan lines on the top of her foot and thought what if the tan line was a heart, and the Love Sandal was born. Love Sandal is about chasing your dreams and following your heart!"  Love Sandal donates 10% of its sales to Sick Kids. Read more about Abi's exploits in her Indiegogo page. Hit jump for the rest of the release.

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