Posts Tagged ‘MaRS’

Originally posted February 16th 2011 for MRI blog When I first heard of the MaRS Discovery District initiative to put together a delegation of Ontario digital media companies with the objective of storming down to New York to connect with the Madison Avenue influencers, I was somewhat sceptical of the true impact it could have: […]


Publié pour le MIO le 16 février 2011 Initialement, quand j’ai pris connaissance de l’initiative du MaRs Discovery District destinée à mettre sur pied une délégation commercial de compagnies ontariennes dans le domaine des médias numériques de se rendre à New York pour développer des contacts d’affaires avec les  influents de la Madison Avenue, je […]


Last Wednesday I had the pleasure of participating in one of the MaRS District courses up in Toronto – CIBC Presents Entrepreneurship 101.   I had allot of fun. Peter Tolnai is a good friend and one of the original private VC fund managers in Canada in the mid ‘80s, and is currently Managing Partner […]


I’m walking over to Toronto MaRS District for a speaking engagement, I was invited by Peter Tolnai to a panel titled “What do Investors Look for?”.   Peter is one of the great investor entrepreneurs I know. He doesn’t want me to refer to him as the dean of VC so I won’t… but I […]