The inaugural Founders Fast Track program by Innovation Factory has culminated in the selection of its top 10 finalists. These entrepreneurs, now equipped with refined business plans and pitches, will advance to the highly-anticipated LiONS LAIR 2023pitch competition and gala event.
$50,000 Awarded as 300 Members of the Innovation Community Celebrate HAMILTON, ON – September 29, 2022 – Boardball Inc. was named the grand prize winner yesterday at Innovation Factory’s LiONS LAIR Gala, claiming the top prize of $25,000. Celebrating its twelfth anniversary, the annual pitch competition drew over 300 attendees Read more…
Ron Galaev, founder and CEO of EmergConnect and Amy Ding, founder and CEO of Requity Homes, pitch us their businesses, reflect on their Lions Lair experiences, and share advice to anyone looking to start their own business. LISTEN HERE
LISTEN HERE About Tamvoes Health Empowering the Individual with their Health Information, Empowering Professionals with Client Management. TAMVOES is a health management platform supporting the information of individuals, families, and their professional team. Founded in 2019, and based in Waterloo Ontario, TAMVOES is a women-led startup with the goal to Read more…
The GTA-based start-up uses cutting-edge AI and machine learning to improve emergency room patient wait times, enhance patient care, and save hospitals money.“For us at EmergConnect the win at Lions Lair 2021 will no doubt make a big difference in the future growth of our company,” said Ron Galaev, Founder Read more…
LiONS LAIR has concluded its 11th year with over 500 registrations and awards a whopping $45,000 in cash prizes to winners. EmergConnect, a start-up that uses cutting-edge AI and ML to improve patient waits, enhance patient care, increase ER efficiency and save hospitals money, took home the top prize of Read more…
How to understand and address current customer needs. Since early 2020, everyone’s reality has changed. While many small business owners are still trying to find ways to react to this evolving situation, it’s important to consider how these changes are affecting your customers with customer behaviour analytics. Understanding how your Read more…
Written by: Keith Russell, Hamilton Business Development Officer, Hamilton Business Centre Helping Hamilton’s entrepreneurs succeed. In a nutshell, this is what the Hamilton Business Centre (HBC) does best. Located on the first floor of City Hall at 71 Main Street W, the HBC is your one-stop source for business information, Read more…
We’re once again set to enter a virtual LiONS LAIR, and even though the competition remains online, the stakes are just as high. The 2021 edition of LiONS LAIR, presented by longtime partners Innovation Factory, will pit 16 upstart entrepreneurial teams against each other during a virtual competition slated for Read more…
Three ways to grow your business (in 48 hours or fewer) Digital strategy in its full glory is complex. It requires different types of expertise, and(!) the patience to work within algorithms that change all the time. Many brands have a hard time creating good digital strategies, and even more Read more…