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Tuesday, June 11, 2019 | Category: PSE Fairs, Videos

Radical Ideas: RADIUS @ Simon Fraser University

This week, Ken gets a “taste” of social innovation at Simon Fraser University’s RADIUS incubator, speaking with co-director Shawn Smith and social entrepreneur Dylan Jones about their work. We learn how innovation requires bureaucratic flexibility, and Ken winds up at a loss for words with his mouth... Read more

This week, Ken gets a “taste” of social innovation at Simon Fraser University’s RADIUS incubator, speaking with co-director Shawn Smith and... Read more

Saturday, April 22, 2017 | Category: Videos

Waterloo’s Innovation Ecosystem

While the “Ten with Ken” team was at the University of Waterloo to profile the Velocity incubator, we sat down with President & Vice-Chancellor Feridun Hamdullahpur to discuss the overall innovation ecosystem at what has been ranked Canada’s #1 most innovative university for the past 25... Read more

While the “Ten with Ken” team was at the University of Waterloo to profile the Velocity incubator, we sat down with President &... Read more

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 | Category: PSE Fairs, Videos

Waterloo’s Velocity

Ten with Ken goes onsite at the University of Waterloo, home to the world’s largest free business incubator, Velocity. The program’s facilities include a campus Residence, Science facility, Start lounge, and the downtown Garage. In this extended episode, director Jay Shah gives us a tour of the... Read more

Ten with Ken goes onsite at the University of Waterloo, home to the world’s largest free business incubator, Velocity. The program’s... Read more

Sunday, August 21, 2016 | Category: Blog, Videos

Incubators & Accelerators

Governments invest in higher education hoping to see short-term economic benefits in the form of job creation, knowledge mobilization, and increasingly, the launch of entrepreneurial new start-up businesses. In this week’s episode, Ken Steele provides a quick overview of college and university research... Read more

Governments invest in higher education hoping to see short-term economic benefits in the form of job creation, knowledge mobilization, and... Read more