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Apply for JOLT’s Fall 2013 cohort!
Posted by Jennifer Marron | May 10, 2013
The applications for JOLT’s FALL 2013 COHORT are now open! JOLT is looking to accelerate high growth web and mobile startups that cross both the consumer and enterprise markets. We’re exclusively focused on the IT, communications and entertainment (ICE) industries. … Continue reading
Wojciech Gryc from Canopy Labs at JOLT today
Posted by Jennifer Marron | April 30, 2013
We are pleased to welcome Wojciech Gryc, CEO of Canopy Labs to JOLT for a lunch and learn session. Wojciech is hot off of his time at Y Combinator, raising over $1.5M from investors such as Peter Thiel and BDC. … Continue reading
Softlayer team at JOLT today!
Posted by Jennifer Marron | April 15, 2013
We are excited to welcome Softlayer to JOLT this afternoon, all the way from Texas! They will be performing 1-on-1 office hours with each JOLT company. Visiting members of the Softlayer team are: Rita Radi, Community Development Manager … Continue reading
Welcoming Sandee Kastrul to JOLT
Posted by Jennifer Marron | April 3, 2013
We are excited to welcome Sandee Katrul to JOLT this week, all the way from Chicago! Sandee will host a two-hour session focusing on leadership and development. Sandee Kastrul is president and co-founder of i.c.stars, an innovative nonprofit leadership and … Continue reading
Alistair Croll returning to JOLT today!
Posted by Jennifer Marron | March 19, 2013
We're thrilled to welcome Alistair Croll back to JOLT today! Alistair will be hosting a special private session on lean startup analytics for our Winter 2013 cohort and then one-on-one office hours with each team. Tonight, Alistair is hosting a … Continue reading
Intense, fast-paced, creative: An inside look at JOLT
Posted by Sarah Katyal | March 19, 2013
Ever wonder what it's like to be part of an accelerator program? On the heels of our successful trip to the LAUNCH event in San Francisco, I thought I'd give you an inside peek into JOLT, MaRS' accelerator, just as … Continue reading
IDEO coming to JOLT this week!
Posted by Jennifer Marron | March 12, 2013
We are very excited to host IDEO @ JOLT this Friday, March 15. Chicago-based IDEO is an award-winning global design firm that takes a human-centered, design-based approach to helping organizations in the public and private sectors innovate and grow. Joining … Continue reading
MaRS’ response to the potential crowdfunding exemption
Posted by Jennifer Marron | March 12, 2013
In a previous post, we mentioned that the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) was in the process of reviewing a potential crowdfunding exemption to enable the issuance of crowdfunded equity for local companies, and that they had prepared a detailed paper … Continue reading
Dan Martell joining us today via Skype
Posted by Jennifer Marron | March 1, 2013
Dan is the co-founder of Clarity a marketplace that connects entrepreneurs to get great business advice. Previously he co-founded Flowtown, a social marketing platform for small businesses. An award-winning entrepreneur, at 25, Dan formed his first start-up. Now he spends … Continue reading
JOLT startups heading to LAUNCH Festival!
Posted by Jennifer Marron | February 28, 2013
Big news – the six startups from JOLT's Winter 2013 cohort are heading to Silicon Valley next week for LAUNCH Festival's Demo Pit! LAUNCH Festival is a premiere conference that attracts over 5,000 attendees … Continue reading
