Contest: Win a ticket to HOHOTO!

Technology related? R&D driven? Innovative? Like to Network?

We want to hear about it!

Tweet us (use hashtag: #sredunlimited) in 140 characters or less on what makes your company innovative. The best answer will be awarded a free ticket to #hohoto! Deadline is Monday, December 14th at 5pm!

Official HOHOTO website: http://hohoto.ca/

$10 million Open Screen Project Fund announced by Nokia and Adobe

The $10 million Open Screen Project Fund, announced by Nokia and Adobe, awards grants to help developers create exciting new applications and content over the next two years up to December 2010. The fund also provides marketing and educational support for the Open Screen Project, which aims to establish cross-platform runtimes, remove development and distribution barriers, and innovate through industry collaboration.

More information here

Product camp reminder

ProductCamp Toronto is fast approaching, on Sunday, October 4th at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, downtown Toronto (55 Dundas Street West, above BestBuy and Canadian Tire).

Registration and breakfast is at 9am.

It’s free to attend!

Here are a few links to give you more detail about what to expect:

- ProductCamp Toronto home page: http://www.productcamp.org/toronto/

- Schedule:  http://www.productcamp.org/toronto/event/

- Suggested Sessions: http://www.productcamp.org/toronto/sessions/

- Pre-registration site: http://pct2009prereg.eventbrite.com/

Follow the latest news on Twitter via the #pct2 hash tag.

ENTERPRISE TORONTO SMALL BUSINESS FORUM 2009

ENTERPRISE TORONTO
SMALL BUSINESS FORUM 2009
METRO TORONTO CONVENTION CENTRE
255 Front Street West, North Building, 100 Level
October 19, 2009 — 9am to 4:30pm

Small Business Forum 2009 brings together entrepreneurs and business development experts, all levels of government, and business product and service providers.

ADMISSION IS FREE BUT YOU MUST REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE

Free Entrepreneurship 101 Lecture Series starts at MaRS again

Interested in learning more about entrepreneurship? Looking to start a new venture? Wondering what can be done for your career during this recessionary climate? Look no further!  Sponsored by CIBC, MaRS offers a free, non-credit introductory course on entrepreneurship that introduces you to the nuts and bolts of building a business.

http://marsdd.com/mars/Events/Event-Calendar/Ent101

MIT Open Course Ware for Entrepreneurship in Innovation

MIT Open Course Ware (thanks @davidcrow for the links)

• 15.351 Managing Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• 15.352 Managing Innovation: Emerging Trends
• 15.391 Early Stage Capital
• 15.394 Designing and Leading the Entrepreneurial Organization
• 15.615/15.647 Law for the Entrepreneur and Manager
• 15.431 Entrepreneurial Finance
• 15.835 Entrepreneurial Marketing
• 15.821 Listening to the Customer
• 15.818 Pricing
• 15.975 The Nuts and Bolts of Business Plans
• 15.912 Technology Strategy
• 15.389 G-Lab: Global Entrepreneurship Lab

GIVEAWAY: 1 FREE TICKET TO #DemoCamp Toronto 20

I, as a sponsor, am entitled to 1 extra ticket and I am giving it away: send me an e-mail (the address is on Contact Me page) or leave a comment here telling me why you want to go.

Find information on Democamp here.

Microsoft, PHP, Open Source and free food!

Information courtesy of Joey DeVilla:

Garret Serack is a Calgary native who joined Microsoft two years ago as a software developer and program manager – working exclusively on open source at the Microsoft Open Source Technology Centre in Redmond. Garret’s current role at the lab is making PHP run faster on Windows,as well as working closely with the Open Source communities on similar projects. He’s going to be in Toronto on Tuesday, May 12 at Kultura Restaurant at 5:30 p.m. for an informal session to discuss his role at the lab over appetizers and drinks.

Kultura is at 169 King St. East (just east of Jarvis).

If you want to attend, drop a line to Joey DeVilla: joey.devilla@microsoft.com

Free access to Translation World Toronto (May 11-13)

You can get free access to the forum (exhibitor track only, no sessions). Registration is mandatory, though. Go here to register and select this option: $0 – Exhibits & Exhibitor Track Only (excluding translation and interpretation tracks; includes coffee breaks only). The includes coffee breaks only part means that you are not entitled to lunch, but you get full access to the exhibit area for the full day. (Please note that there is no exhibitor track on Wednesday.)

Free Microsoft software for startups

The Linked .Net Users Group (LIDNUG) is now a BizSpark Network Partner.

BizSpark program run by Microsoft gives you access to all kinds of Microsoft software for development, test and production. There is no cost to enroll and you pay just USD$100 when you exit the program.

LIDNUG is now a BizSpark Network Partner. To get access to BizSpark, send an email, and LIDNUG will respond to you with a code you can use to register.

For more details about what you get through the program, please visit “What Do I Get”.

Startup Eligibility Requirements

An eligible startup must have the following characteristics at the time of joining:

* Actively engaged in development of a software-based product or service that will form a core piece of its current or intended business
* Privately held
* In business for less than 3 years, and
* Less than US $1 million in annual revenue