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Kostas Platanioti and Karl Martin

Publically private

Paul Gallant Wednesday, March 17, 2010
A University of Toronto grad-student project turned market-ready product shows that you don't have to give up your privacy for increased security.
Ignite Toronto

Video: Ignite Toronto

Rose Bianchini Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Ignite Toronto captures the best of geek culture in a series of five-minute speed presentations on a wide range on topics and innovations.
The Morgan brothers

The Brothers Morgan moment in the sun

Piali Roy Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Morgan Solar is a family business that plans to revolutionize the solar energy industry. Is 2010 the year they make good on that promise?
Patricia Brusha and Alicia Whalen of A Couple of Chicks

Hatching an idea

Anna Olejarczyk Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The women behind A Couple of Chicks noticed a need for simplified online marketing strategies and created a company that not only targets the tourism industry, but hosts educational seminars to help businesses find the right audience.
Tom Hobson at Toronto Hacklab

Play leads to innovation at Toronto Hacklab

Ivor Tossell Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Part workshop, part tree house, and part revolutionary lair, the Toronto Hacklab is a home for geeks that mixes the urge to create with the ideals of a venerable movement. Also, there's a laser in the bathroom that plays the theme from Super Mario Brothers.
Vive Nano

The Little Nano that Could

Piali Roy Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Vive Nano, a start-up born in a University of Toronto chemistry lab, is part of a new and confident class of innovation-based firms in the city.  But is it possible to save the world with nanotechnology and stay local at the same time? 
Colin Henderson & Duarte Da Silva of Community Lend

Peer to peer lending: taking the bank out of banking

Carla Lucchetta Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Two forward thinking entrepreneurs and their small team at CommunityLend may change the rules of banking with the launch of Canada's first peer-to-peer lending model. Borrowers put their loans up for auction, it's all done online and there is no need to dress up for that formal bank loan interview.
Freshbooks

Starting Fresh

Paul Gallant Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Web-based billing company Freshbooks recovers from a false start with pluck, focus and global aspirations. The online brower-based application helps people manage their client lists and invoices and has 1.25 million users.
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