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Why the tech sector is key to Canada’s economic success | Toronto Star

By Renee TratchThursday, April 20, 2023 https://www.thestar.com/business/why-the-tech-sector-is-key-to-canada-s-economic-success/article_3676112e-fdd3-510f-90f2-1d90756c1809.html? Over his three decades as a serial entrepreneur and as the head of the MaRS Discovery District, Yung Wu has seen his fair share of economic downturns and challenges. That’s why he’s still bullish on Canada’s tech sector: some of the biggest and most valuable companies were created during hard times. And despite the […]

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Mars head Yung Wu announces plan to step down from role as tech incubator’s CEO | Canadian Press

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 18, 2023.Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press TORONTO — Yung Wu has founded, built and invested in at least seven companies, but there’s one thing that’s not his strong suit: retiring. The first time the serial entrepreneur retired was in 2007, after the sale of his first company, Castek Inc., to […]

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My Manifesto for Canadian Innovation …

I had the pleasure of being invited to speak on the main stage of the Sony Centre during the Elevate Tech Festival, about our window of opportunity to leverage our innovation economy to chalk up wins for Canada on the global stage. It’s something that I am passionate about, and it is the reason why I left a very comfortable […]

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It’s Time to Stand on Guard …

The so called Freedom Convoy is headed to our city, to occupy Queen’s Park including our critically important hospital district where MaRS is located, this morning. It is disheartening to see that the convoy has been co-opted by fringe groups who are using this as a platform to promote racism and hate against our brothers and sisters from the Jewish, […]