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MAP - Mobile Accelerator Program

Toronto, ON

MAP  - Mobile Accelerator Program

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Mobile Accelerator Program CA$250.00 CA$0.00
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You want to be part of the mobile marketplace.
We want to help you get there.

The mobile start up market is booming. The Mobile Accelerator Program (MAP) provides both opportunities and challenges for start up companies to find their place in the marketplace.

MAP is a six-part series of half-day workshops and networking events offered to help entrepreneurs navigate the constantly changing marketplace towards success.

Starting January 19th and running once every two weeks, MAP will bring in the experts.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE
  • Market Trends – January 19, 2012
  • Business Models – February 2, 2012
  • Accessing Markets – February 16, 2012
  • Financing – March 1, 2012
  • Attracting and Retaining Talent – March 15, 2012
  • Sales Strategies – March 29, 2012
 

Speakers for First MAP Session:

Market Trends -  January 19th (1 pm to 6 pm)

NOTE: This workshop takes place at Toronto City Hall, committee room #4

Signals, Trends, Fads                    

Suzanne Stein, Associate Professor: Development and Innovation, OCAD University


Accessibility & Inclusivity             

Jan Richards, User Interface Design Specialist, Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCADU


Assessing the Competition           

Marlon Rodrigues, Director, Business Development, Polar Mobile


Market Trends                                

Stephen Henrik, Mobile Business Planning & Partnerships, The Globe and Mail


Market Intelligence                        

Usha Srinivasanv, Program Director, Business Accelerator Program (BAP), MaRS


Each workshop will be followed by time for networking offering participants time to promote their companies, mingle with angels, VC’s, researchers, and graduate students.

Space is limited to 40 companies at a fee of $250 per company. Each participating company may send up to three representatives per workshop.

Included in the MAP program fee is one Full Corporate MEIC membership. MEIC offers programs for members for the purpose of partnership, collaboration, research, and business development.



MAP is offered in partnership with OCAD University and George Brown College.
 
MAP is made possible with support from the City of Toronto and NRC IRAP.

 
                                                
 


For more information about MAP and MEIC: http://meic.ca/mobile-accelerator-program

Where


Toronto, ON
Canada

Hosted By

Mobile Experience Innovation Centre



The Mobile Experience Innovation Centre (MEIC) is a not-for-profit association that has grown out of an industry/academia consortium, founded by OCAD University in 2007, to form Canada’s only organization focused on design leadership and experience innovation in the mobile industry to accelerate sector growth in mobile content, services, and computing.

MEIC now offers the first mobile-focused design incubator in the Greater Toronto Region operating on OCAD University's campus at 205 Richmond Street West.

The association offers programs and services focused on talent and training.