On Human Trafficking in Canada and Beyond: Part One.Of all the human tragedies that occur in our modern-day society, it seems none match the inhumanity of sex trafficking. Poverty, still…
Skyworker’s Co-Founder, CEO on War, Ukraine, Guilt, and the Startup Dream
Imagine creating a startup and then a war breaks out in your home country. Then you move to an underground shelter, only to move to another city and eventually settle…
Techstars CEO Maëlle Gavet at Collision Conference; Corporate Empathy and the Secret Sauce to Mentoring Startups
I’m guided around a black curtain by a Techstars rep who tells me Maëlle Gavet is now free for her interview. I see Gavet sitting in a black leather chair. It…
With A Possibility For CRISPR To Cure “All” Diseases, Should All New Biotech Companies Be Designated Public Benefit Corporations (PBCs) To Thwart Potentially Specious Big Pharma Takeovers?
A neoteric philosophy on CRISPR (Cas9 and other variants): biotech startups; takeovers; Big Pharma (potentially comprised with executives susceptible to unscrupulous profit motives); a designate known as 'PBC'; and China. It…
Toronto’s Spacefy Set To Make Noise: Lights, Camera, Action!
If you think your home, loft or commercial space would make for an interesting backdrop for a movie; an event space; a studio or for other audio/visual production content, then…
Tesla’s RoboTaxi announcement could be its iPhone moment, and a problem for Nvidia (among Nvidia’s other challenges)
The word hasn't gained parlance yet, but 'RoboTaxis' are likely the future; chipsets and software will process our hands-free, navigational needs and Tesla looks to be leading the way by…
ProteinQure, AI and the Future of Drug Design
Protein Origami CRISPR is all the rage these days in the Biosciences, for its ability to edit DNA and to potentially treat and/or cure a host of inborn illnesses and…
One Man’s Complaint To The Toronto Ombudsman Regarding King Street Pilot Proposal Prompts Admission Of Data Misrepresentation From Transportation Services
A query from an Ombudsman Investigator reveals that the King Street Pilot proposal to council misled with a false comparison and a lack of vehicle data.With the King Street Pilot…