Looking at entrepreneurship and Canada’s start-up environment.
We all
know that the Canadian economy is facing some challenges, and so figuring out
strategies to grow our most innovative businesses makes sense. So how do we do
that? Do Business Accelerators and Incubators produce meaningful results? The
federal and Ontario governments commissioned a study to evaluate Canada’s
start-up ecosystem and identify strategies for supporting entrepreneurs and
growing start-ups. Check out a summary here,
or download the full (five-part) report here.
Among the
findings of that research is that there is room
for improved collaboration among Canada’s many accelerators, incubators, and
hubs. They also suggested that an increased emphasis on internationalization
could help start-up companies grow. It’s fitting, then, that a new joint
initiative called Canada House will create a collaborative
workspace for Canadian startups in Silicon Valley.
While
fostering international connections is a great idea, a low-value loonie and the
state of the economy may arouse fears of ‘brain-drain,’ where entrepreneurs
pack-up and leave, taking potential jobs and tax revenue with them. But at
least one entrepreneur thinks that Canada
remains a great place to start a business. He highlights a number of
strengths, ranging from outstanding access to top talent, to the fact that
we’re so gosh-darn polite.
An
important, but often overlooked issue in the entrepreneurship world is the
underrepresentation of women. Yes, it’s 2016, but men continue to seriously
outnumber women in the world of entrepreneurship and venture-capital backed
startups. So what’s the deal? In a podcast, American management professor Ethan
Mollick discusses his research, which looks at how
women and other disadvantaged groups can overcome barriers to success.
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Refs
http://www.macleans.ca/society/feds-explore-strategies-to-help-startups-become-billion-dollar-firms/
http://deepcentre.com/billiondollarfirms/do-accelerators-and-incubators-make-a-difference
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/small-business/startups/canadian-tech-boosters-join-forces-in-silicon-valley/article28375202/
http://business.financialpost.com/entrepreneur/why-this-serial-entrepreneur-doesnt-believe-you-have-to-leave-canada-to-succeed?__lsa=cf9d-ac75
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/why-are-there-more-male-entrepreneurs-than-female-ones/
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