This week Karim Kanji had the opportunity to speak with Nikolai Bratkovski. Nikolai is an entrepreneur with a track record in healthcare Internet ventures. He co-founded SIMMS/Diamedx Inc., where he served as a CTO. In this position, he orchestrated the design and development of Web-based enterprise software for medical imaging centres. Nikolai believes that giving […]
My survival through entrepreneurship with difficult clients
One thing that school did not prepare me for was a difficult client. It never occurred to me on “what if they don’t agree with you?” concept since client work in school was always fictional so in the end they were very easy to work with. One of my first few clients was two young […]
Wise words from Robleh Jama of Tiny Hearts
This week Karim Kanji had the opportunity to speak with Robleh Jama of TinyHearts. Robleh presently works out of the Ryerson’s Digital Media Zone and Toronto’s The Work Republic. Robleh is also the recent winner of the Kiip Build Fund. Many people know Robleh as the person who brought live animal cameras to his popular […]
Condition One: The implications of mobile device interactivity
Condition One, recently featured at the TechStars Demo Day in NYC, have created a thrilling innovation in the form of an embeddable immersive video player for the iPhone and iPad. The technology enables viewers to bend the perspective of the video they are watching nearly 180 degrees with a simple swipe of their touchscreen. Let’s […]
My Survival Through Entrepreneurship with Money
Leaving my full-time job that had a nice benefit package in order to start up my own entrepreneurship was a nerve-wrecking decision. Your family and friends give you that look like “are you sure you’re doing the right thing?” but are congratulating you on taking the leap. You try to confidently talk to everyone about […]
EduConnect Explores How Technology Impacts Education
EduConnect #ECTO is a video series and discussion on how technology affects education. On May 30th, 2012 The EduConnect Panel Discussion was held to share how technology is affecting teachers, students and school boards, while exploring how social media is being applied in the classroom along with what startups and entrepreneurs are building to solve […]
Rediscovering Social Discovery
A new wave of startups is bringing ways for you to find like-minded people near you. They are making headlines and are defining a new white-hot space called social discovery. Highlig.ht, an iPhone app was this year’s SXSW darling. Last year, Sonar.me rocked Techcrunch Disrupt and is working furiously, releasing new features. Ntro just launched […]
Entrepreneurship and Dragon’s Den with Gabriel Chan of NoteWagon
In this interview Karim Kanji meets with Gabriel Chan who is the Co Founder and Chief Ninja Officer of NoteWagon. NoteWagon is an online educational community and portal where students can publish their independently-created educational course and revision work to others. Gabriel discusses technology, entrepreneurship and their recent appearance on Dragon’s Den. This video series […]
Insights From Jeremy Friedburg of SpongeLab Interactive
In partnership with XConnect, we are very proud to bring you their video series in which we will share advice, interviews and insights from founders, entrepreneurs and stratups that explores the relationship between a specific industry and how it is being affected by technology. XConnect, a thirdocean project, aims to contribute and support the tech […]
PhonoLapse chops apart recordings to create audio timelapses
Timelapses may be standard fare for nature documentarians and student filmmakers with a predilection for Koyaanisqatsi. But instead of capturing a sequence of images, PhonoLapse, a new PC/Mac freeware by sound designer Andrew Spitz, makes timelapses of recorded sound.It’s a bit strange because in a sense, all digitally