If you’re reading this book right now, there’s a good chance you already know that: In other words – we’re growing fast, we have challenges to overcome, and the future looks extremely bright. Yet, despite the mounting momentum and optimistic outlook, it’s difficult to pin down exactly what our tech sector will look like ten […]
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I used to live out of my car. When things got worse, I slept on gas station bathroom floors, behind buildings, constantly watching my back. I made a series of bad decisions that caused a lot of pain, and left me with a criminal record (now pardoned). But it wasn’t until I was facing a
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LBC Studios cultivates the freshest interactive experiences in the mobile world. From concept to publishing, their free-to-play games are 100% home-grown, an expression of their passion, commitment to quality and driven by purpose that will be remembered forever. LBC Studios is an independent mobile gaming studio and publisher based in Vancouver, BC. It’s home
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A Thriving Tech Ecosystem Is Made up of Several Key Parts It features breakthrough R&D efforts from world-leading post-secondary institutions. It attracts outside capital to accelerate the growth of local companies. It provides industry with access to talent, capital, and markets so they can build successful, homegrown companies. And amidst all of that, it relies
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Immunomind is a scientific consulting business established in 2018 to provide biotech companies with a means to get the job done in a streamlined fashion. The modern scientist has increasingly diverse roles to play and tight deadlines to face on a daily basis. Scientific consulting goes against the traditional grain of full-time permanent hiring but
Customizing our approach to the specific needs of a problem – at New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program (NJMEP) we draw on the expertise of our staff and talented pool of resources to help New Jersey manufacturers meet the challenges of competing in an ever-changing economy. We have the unique ability to identify, analyze, and help
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Founded in 2009 by brothers Jamie and Lyndon Cormack, Herschel Supply Co. is named after the small Canadian town where three generations of their family grew up. Headquartered in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Herschel Supply Co. is a design-driven global travel lifestyle brand producing timeless products with utility design for the modern traveller. ,
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Abbotsford-based Conair Aviation has been busy, to say the least, fighting forest fires not only in BC but all over the world. Luckily, they’ve got 51 years of experience to draw upon, and a slogan – “protecting our world” — to guide them. From modest beginnings in 1969, Conair is now a leader in providing
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7 Gate Ventures is a family office venture capital firm, based in Vancouver, Canada, and Silicon Valley. We invest in early-stage startups, particularly those in the Seed stage. We look for innovative companies along the technology vertical, with a focus on Enterprise Software, Marketplace, HealthTech and Medical Devices. Our mission is to be the first
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OUR PURPOSE 4C Pharma is a comprehensive healthcare solutions company. Owned and operated by Medical Doctors with hands-on expertise in pharmacovigilance (drug safety) and regulatory domains, 4C’s core values of transparency, honesty, ownership, success, and enthusiasm allow it to provide high quality solutions that are compliant with current regulations while anticipating and preparing for future
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Pyxant Labs provides industry-leading GLP bioanalytical services to pharmaceutical companies developing new drugs for lives in need. Our Data for Life® mantra celebrates our participation in an industry which saves lives. We fulfill an essential role in the drug development process. We have developed seminal capabilities which in the past directly supported cures for hepatitis,
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Pro-ficiency provides remote, simulation-enabled training, communication, compliance and performance management tools for clinical trial sites. Run more effective IMs and SIVs through Virtual Study TrainerTM. Pro-ficiency’s Virtual Study Trainer TM is the most advanced training, communications, and automated compliance system for virtual, hybrid and traditional clinical trials. Virtual-IMTM provides a simulation-enabled live or asynchronous Investigator
On joining Phlexglobal in 2007, and becoming immersed in the trial master file (TMF) space, I didn’t imagine that something that seemed to get so little focus (a TMF was really just a paper archive) could turn into such an innovative space. When I started, an eTMF was broadly an unknown apart from a few
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Phlexglobal’s investments into cloud computing, innovative machine learning technology and automation, overlaying their leadership and expertise in both the Clinical and Regulatory spaces, will help the industry to master their path to digitalization. Phlexglobal is known for its leading domain expertise in clinical and regulatory matters. It has led the Trial Master File (TMF) evolution,
I started focusing on the technology sector in the mid -90s when I joined a large national law firm in Vancouver. Over the span of 25+ years, I have been a lawyer, co-founder of a software company, President of the BC Premier’s Technology Council, CEO of a fintech company, Senior Client Partner at the world’s
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Nada is Canada’s first package-free grocery store, located in Vancouver, British Columbia. They’re on a mission to support a more just food system and to inspire people to change the way they shop for groceries. Their team envisions a world where people link their food choices to the health of themselves and the planet. ,
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Medable is on a mission to reduce clinical trial timelines by 50 percent. The company’s global decentralized trial platform streamlines design, recruitment, retention and data quality, replacing siloed systems with integrated digital tools, data and interfaces to accelerate trial execution. As the world has seen with recent events, traditional trial processes and timelines are insufficient
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Virscio is solving significant human health challenges by reducing the time, cost, and risk of translating concept to clinical success. Virscio is a mission-driven organization focused on engaging and supporting innovative companies and organizations that share our goal of rapidly translating promising preclinical findings into effective medical interventions to meaningfully impact the lives of patients.
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From the NHL to NASCAR to Esports, a common thread that resonates throughout the sports and entertainment industries is the talent that emerges from a graduate program begun at the University of South Florida in Tampa just eight years ago. The pipeline that has staffed front offices, from marketing programs to analytics departments across the
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I’ve been fortunate enough to live a life distinguished by constant progression, from understanding to impacting, particularly in my career. Trained as a physicist, I was fueled by a deep drive to understand some of the most complex “whys” of our world. Quickly I learned that understanding is more satisfying when it leads to creating
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Prism Global Marketing Solutions is an award-winning inbound marketing agency and HubSpot Diamond Partner. They work with organizations around the globe to strategize, develop, and implement multi-faceted inbound marketing programs that drive business growth. Innovation Story Elyse Flynn Meyer founded Prism Global Marketing Solutions in 2013. As an in-house leader of marketing and sales teams,
It’s time to rethink rent! Through our state-of-the-art new management platform, we aim to transform the rental experience by making it the smartest and most rewarding part of everyone’s life., Piñata is a PropTech company that is incorporating technology to the outdated industry of property management, which has lacked innovation and has historically been resistant
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startGNV is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focused on supporting and growing the tech/startup/innovation ecosystem of Greater Gainesville through a number of events and programs, including the recently launched community portal shown above. Gainesville’s startup scene and tech companies are growing rapidly, yet even many locals are unaware of the exciting industry-disrupting products and career-defining employment
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With plans of building one of the most sustainable communities designed with entrepreneurs in mind, the San Felasco Tech City has begun to flourish as one of the top spots for companies to grow. You hear a lot about the live-work-play concept, but never before have there been so many connecting characteristics that combine a