Collaborative innovation: The Consider Canada City Alliance approach to Foreign Direct Investment

market2world is very proud to have conceived and promoted the Consider Canada City Alliance brand from its inception in 2011, and to have publicized its early beginnings as first the "C-9" and then "C-11". Thanks to the leadership of the now incorporated organization's founding President Michael Darch, the global beacon of the of the "C-12" promises to shine brighter with the addition of the London Economic Development Corporation (LEDC), bringing collaborative innovation to an even higher level to attract more and better Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to our great nation.

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We wish you and your family all the best for the holidays!

Thanks to our clients, suppliers and friends, the market2world team is proud to support Take Young People Seriously (TYPS), the amazing youth centre in Almonte, Ontario. Throughout the year, TYPS youth take part in after-school, mental health, community garden and countless other volunteer programs in a supportive, supervised environment staffed by qualified youth workers and volunteers. Along with the great people at TYPS, we trust that you and yours enjoy a holiday with good health, family and friends, and we wish you a joyful journey in 2014!

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John Jung's riff on collaborative innovation – required reading for EcDev managers anywhere

If you're an economic development manager, anywhere, here's your required reading to launch 2014, as authored by John Jung.

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market2world supports entrepreneurial organizations from hometown to Parliament Hill

market2world’s tradition of supporting entrepreneurs continues from regional to national levels and we couldn’t be more honoured to do this work. Industry Canada reports that 77.7% of all private jobs created in Canada between 2002 and 2012 were created by small businesses. We all have a stake in the success of entrepreneurs.

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Brazilian’s investigation into the world’s innovation hotspots reveals the Ontario Technology Corridor

When Ricardo Sodre, the Founding Partner and CEO of Brazil’s Project-1 accelerator, read Startup Nation, it was a bolt of entrepreneurial lightning. The best-selling book on Israel’s unprecedented startup miracle pointed the way to how he could make a difference in his innovation-starved country of Brazil. And while Israel beckoned, Canada’s advantages also attracted the interest of the CEO who currently has five startups under development in Sao Paulo.

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