Expanding the Pool of Entrepreneurs
A U of T initiative aims to support the creation of Black-owned businesses in the university community Read More
Research & Ideas
Artificial Intelligence Is Here. Is It Time to Rethink Your Business Strategy?
To answer this question, consider this thought experiment Read More
A Professional “Safe Space” in the #MeToo Era
U of T alumni created #GoSponsorHer to advance women’s careers Read More
“Everything in Life Requires Confidence”
How a U of T prof taught Alison Wiley the art of negotiation Read More
Business Threats Can Arise at Any Time. Are You Ready?
It’s easy to say “be prepared.” Scouts learn it. Even Scar in The Lion King sang it. So why do executives so often avoid it? Read More
Save Your Money
An app from Vicis Labs aims to help millennials and the precariously employed manage their cash Read More
AI’s Quantum Leap
In combining two of computing’s hottest trends, the Creative Destruction Lab sees new opportunities for startups Read More
Astroturfing
The practice of faking a grassroots movement gets an update in the age of social media Read More
3D Movies in the Sky
A U of T startup is developing a whole new kind of night-time entertainment Read More
So You Want to Build a Startup?
10 tips from some of Canada’s top entrepreneurs Read More
Revealing the True You
New model for assessing personality traits could benefit employers Read More
Forensic Accountants Fight Back Against Fraud
U of T Mississauga aims to create global champions in the battle against white-collar crime Read More
Helping Machine-Learning Startups Succeed
Artificial intelligence could soon transform almost everything. The Rotman School’s Creative Destruction Lab will place U of T entrepreneurs at the forefront Read More
Making Money Out of Thin Air
U of T startup Exact Media finds a way to turn excess space into a business Read More
The Risk of Innovating First
How should companies respond to technological disruption? Read More
The Cost of “Painless” Payment
Making purchases by card and smartphone instead of cash changes our perception of value – and that could spell trouble Read More
Support You Can Bank On
U of T teams up with RBC to create new resources for student entrepreneurs Read More
Improve Your Punch
Hykso creates wearable tech for boxing Read More
Chair for Investor Rights Seeks Better Protections for Canadians
A gift from the Honourable Hal Jackman establishes the J.R. Kimber Chair at the Faculty of Law Read More
Uberization
Companies such as Uber are disrupting entire industries, but this is good for the economy overall, says an economics prof Read More
U of T and MaRS to Host First Canadian JLABS
Partnership with Johnson & Johnson will support up to 50 local biomedical startups Read More
Loan Ranger
Online peer-to-peer lending company hopes to change how Canadians obtain loans Read More
From Dream to Reality
Canada’s next billion-dollar tech start-up might just come from U of T Read More
The Reluctant CEO
Arts grad Dani Reiss wanted to become a writer, then realized there was more than one way to tell a story Read More
Testing the Waters
U of T offers undergrads the chance to try being entrepreneurs – without any of the risk Read More
From Lab to Livelihood
Science graduate students learn how to turn cutting-edge research into viable businesses Read More
The Business Unicorn
Companies that attain a $1-billion market valuation before their 10th year are vanishingly rare Read More
A Quicker Fix
A new app aims to smooth out the often prickly relationship between residents and property managers Read More
A Daring Career Move
Can Kirstine Stewart, a former CBC executive, boost Twitter’s fortunes? Read More
Making Boardroom Equality a Reality
Rotman’s programs for women help bolster careers and leadership abilities Read More
Nanofacturing
From making golf clubs stronger to designing water repellant garments Read More
Taking on Goliath
A Toronto startup is using technology to reinvent how homes are bought and sold Read More
Backpacking with a Purpose
David Berkal wants to change the way people think about tourism Read More
Beauty in Numbers
Nadia Amoroso helps clients interpret complex data quickly and present it memorably Read More
Uncovering Fraud
Computer science grad Stephen Piron is helping banks stay on the right side of regulators Read More
Patent Wars
Intellectual property rights are intended to foster innovation. But could they actually be stifling it? Read More
Frugal Thinking
How do you bring basic sanitation to two billion people in low-income countries? Inventing a toilet that works for pennies a day is a start Read More
The Sage of Bay Street
David Rosenberg warned of a financial crisis few others saw coming. So why, amid ongoing global turmoil, is Bay Street’s most noted pessimist ready to change his tune? Read More
How India Innovates
A new institute will study the country’s successes Read More
Business Boot Camp
U of T’s “technopreneur” program gives scientists such as Mallika Das a crash course in running their own company Read More
Protecting the Jobless
How should employment insurance be reformed? Read More
Risky Business
U of T science students are learning how to turn their high-tech ideas into products the world wants Read More
What’s a CEO Worth?
Rotman dean Roger Martin says executive pay shouldn’t be tied to a company’s stock price, after all Read More
The D-Word
Q&A with Walid Hejazi, professor of business economics and international competitiveness at the Rotman School of Management. Read More
The Credit Crisis
Q&A with Rotman School of Management finance professor, Alan White Read More
Teamwork Differs for Men and Women
Study finds that men prefer more hierarchical groups Read More