I have mentioned before that I am a graduate of Carleton’s Technology Innovation Management program. This is a really unique business/technology program that you will not find anywhere else in Canada. The program helps teach students how to develop technologies between the R&D stage and mainstream adoption. There have been a number of successful business ventures to come out of the program and each year the Talent First Network and the Lead to Win program help entrepreneurs get their new business started.
Next Wednesday, December 2 at Carleton University (in Ottawa) there will be a meet and greet session where TIM students and prospective TIM students will pair up with companies developed out of Lead to Win to create pitches for a $5000 grant. Existing TIM students and students interested in applying to the TIM program are welcome to attend the event. Feel free to pass this invitation on to anyone who may be interested. For more information or to RSVP, go here.
The ideals and ideas that make up the foundation to the open source software movement may be applicable to other fields. One such field is research science. Open source science means that research, data, results and ideas are all freely shared so that new breakthroughs can be made faster cheaper and more collaboratively in a global community. Walter Jessen, of the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital was interviewed by LinuxInsider about what open source science is and how it works.
Legendary rapper and businessman Snoop Dogg sat down with CNBC to talk a bit about how he created his personal brand and how he differentiates himself from the competition. Although he is not what you would traditionally consider a business icon or mentor, Snoop is very successful in both the music and media industry and as a serial business owner and entrepreneur.
Novell VP Miguel de Icaza recently stated that “making a successful open source business has been incredibly difficult” and “If your livelihood depends on the product that you’re selling, until you can figure how you’re going to make money on that thing, I say, keep it proprietary.” Now, while these statements may sound as though open source is a terrible business model, let’s look a bit closer before we decide.
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