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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 […]

by Administrator × April 20, 2023 × 0 comments

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, […]

by Yung Wu × February 5, 2022 × 0 comments

How will the global economy recover from COVID-19?

The past six months have had a catastrophic impact on the global economy and recovery will require serious collaboration between private and public sectors. It’s hard to believe, but even though many countries have been shut down for months, we are still in the COVID-19 response phase. However, I do believe the innovation economy –– where we’ve seen so much […]

by Yung Wu × September 13, 2020 × 0 comments

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To actually change the world, Big Tech needs to grow up | TechCrunch

Yung Wu OpEd TechCrunch 4:00 pm EDT•October 30, 2018 Image Credits: Yuri_Arcurs “Fierce competitor” is one of the biggest, and most culturally ingrained, compliments that exists in sports. The same is true in the technology world. However, as competitors originating from outside of Silicon Valley rise, so do the stakes for previously unchallenged tech firms, like Uber,Facebook and Google, to enter new […]