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Matt Kettlewell — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:07:43 +0000

Good point, social media sites need to come up with a profit model soon or the end could be near.

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Linda Chreno — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:07:54 +0000

Is the relevant information above the fold or does the viewer have to scroll and scroll to find what they need?

Comment on Troubling Facts about MaRS Discovery District (Part 3.5 of 4) by Growth Times » Troubling Facts about MaRS Discovery District (Part 4 of 4): Suggestions for Public Support to Entrepreneurs

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Comment on Troubling Facts about MaRS Discovery District (Part 3 of 4) by Ian

Ian — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:33:55 +0000

IMHO these challenging economic times should be a catalyst to investigate new avenues and paradigms with respect to economic development. OAR Open, Accountable and Results based economic development is important. Your post definetly highlights the need for more OAR’s in all aspects of economic develoment.

Here is a link to an Ottawa blog post I wrote along those lines; http://bit.ly/bTcUx9

Comment on Troubling Facts about MaRS Discovery District (Part 3 of 4) by Stephen van Egmond

Stephen van Egmond — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:40:47 +0000

About time someone called b……t on MaRS. I looked at co-locating my startup there, but the absurdly overbuilt building and astronomical fees sent me the other direction.

I’m curious what your approaches are to improve public support for entrepreneurs.

It’s hard not to think of the e-health fiasco, with the widely-quoted $1B lost. A venture capital program that spreads around 250 x $200K investments with 25×10M follow-up investments in the big winners would yield results that would transform health care in the western hemisphere, with half the money left over for important stuff like public transit.

Comment on Background Note on Whistleblowing (in Context of the Series on MaRS Discovery District) by Greg Boutin

Greg Boutin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 15:03:23 +0000

One more thing I forgot to add, on the tenants. From what I gather, those pay their rent to MaRS, then that rent is reinvested in the hub salaries and expenses to support commercialization. The issue for me here is proximity to the public sources of money. They are clearly there for the referrals, which is a dangerous “public-private” partnership (see my reference in part 3 to the U.S. choosing Washington as their capital city b/c it was away from the business interests…)