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Content: use HTML Edit Content <h1 style="text-align: center;">CREATE-article# #</h1> <h2>[previously]</h2> <ol> <li><strong>[2017-03-26][00:00] NEW task IN ?</strong></li> <ol> <li>] # 7179 - <a href="/view/task?id=7179" target="_blank">CREATE-article# #&nbsp;</a></li> </ol> <li><strong>[00:00] NEW article IN&nbsp;</strong></li> <ol> <li>x] # 5672 - <a href="/view/article?id=5672" target="_blank">SUMMARY-PODCAST-betakit-episode-060</a> -&nbsp;</li> </ol></ol> <h2>[currently]</h2> <ol> <li>] &nbsp;</li> </ol> <h2>[next]</h2> <ol> <li>] c</li> </ol> <div> <div>- ART betakit&nbsp;</div> <div>- Making big bets on innovation, the budget called for a national AI and IP strategy, a plan to spend $1.4 billion on cleantech companies through funding initiatives, and a focus on improving the digital literacy of young students.</div> </div> <h2>[REFERENCE]</h2> <div><ol> <li>x] PODCAST ep:60 -&nbsp;<a href="http://betakit.com/cancon-podcast-ep-60-will-budget2017-help-canadian-startups/" target="_blank">http://betakit.com/cancon-podcast-ep-60-will-budget2017-help-canadian-startups/</a></li> <li>] ART http://betakit.com/canadian-tech-community-reacts-to-budget2017/</li> <li>] ART&nbsp;http://betakit.com/budget2017-calls-for-950-million-towards-superclusters-national-ai-strategy/</li> <li>]&nbsp;http://www.startupcan.ca/ourwork/startupconnect/&nbsp;</li> <li>]&nbsp;<strong>http://www.startupconnect.ca/</strong></li> <li>]&nbsp;http://www.startupcan.ca/get-involved/start-a-community/&nbsp;</li> <li>]&nbsp;<strong>http://www.startupcommunities.net/</strong></li> <li><strong>] .ca -&gt; bc -&gt; nanaimo -&gt; listnerd, inc - combination of travelocity + , now rank.ly</strong></li> <li><strong>]&nbsp;</strong>g?='ken bergen'&nbsp;</li> <li><strong>]&nbsp;</strong>http://www.cantechletter.com/2016/03/ben-bergen-appointed-executive-director-of-council-of-canadian-innovators/&nbsp;</li> <li>] balsillie article -&nbsp;</li> <li>] g?=' council of canadian innovators' r# 1.ad -&gt; https://innovation150.ca</li> <li>]&nbsp;https://twitter.com/Richardjforbes</li> <li>]&nbsp;https://twitter.com/mattroberts&nbsp;</li> <li>] https://www.sbir.gov/ gov program to assist small business with selling products/services to gov, CC https://sbri.innovateuk.org/&nbsp;</li> <li>] * award winning betakit 101 series</li> </ol> <h2><strong>[RELATED]</strong></h2> <div><ol> <li>x]&nbsp;https://www.cvca.ca&nbsp;</li> <li>x] https://innovation150.ca</li> </ol></div> </div> <div><strong>PODCAST SUMMARY</strong></div> <p>&nbsp;- rolled up spending total of $ a "trajillion" or 5 bitcoins</p> <p>&nbsp;- talk&nbsp;bout the value of vcap to date -&nbsp;</p> <p>-&nbsp;</p> <p>- stories of funds -&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>[40:00] VCAP ?=? VCCI - @</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>- fee on fee structure, gov didnt like,&nbsp;</p> <p>- power &amp; politics show, mar. 26th&nbsp;</p> <p>- late stage investment,&nbsp;</p> <p>- certain sectors didnt get any of vcap&nbsp;</p> <p>- gov has other mandates in term of environment</p> <p><strong>[45:00] superclusters - @mikeserbinus</strong></p> <p>- 950M commitment to "supercluster" growth strategy</p> <p>- what are they? are they needed? where?</p> <p>- mike serbinus &nbsp;quote - says - betting on superclusters is a super strategy</p> <p>- mike s is all about the winning and the steps needed to get there&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>[50:00] superclusters - @richard forbes</strong></p> <p>- ontario's quantum valley -&nbsp;mike lazaridis fund</p> <p>- contributions of 'superclusters' = ...</p> <p>- linked microsite -&nbsp;</p> <p>- there is no part of canada that does not include&nbsp;</p> <p>- perfect way to distribute money politically, not&nbsp;</p> <p>- infrastructure mentioned in description, EX light rail in KW, BUT 950M goes down very quickly, with infrastructure spending, it not really a 'tech' venture</p> <p>- not enough money to be an "infrastructure" program</p> <p>- commited to 5 or 6, not 25 or 30 (where it gets spread too thin),&nbsp;</p> <p>- regions need to come together,&nbsp;</p> <p>- why not say - we have -&nbsp;</p> <p>- each region has different needs</p> <p>- setting up the parameters, for each region to define their needs, &nbsp;</p> <p>- seen this story before, dalton mcguinty, ontarion PM, funding innovation, ended up with 17 regional centers</p> <p>- DS - biggest PRB, is we have all these "innovation centers", none of them talk to each other, will be even worse if they are competing for funding/$</p> <p>&nbsp;- TO, KW and Ottawa have popped, in the last "years",&nbsp;</p> <p>- lots of VC capital in the 2000, 2016 was the first year we surpassed what was invested then</p> <p>- there are superclusters for different industries,&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>[58:00] pan canadian AI strategy&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>- public knife fight for funding between universities (TO vs MTL vs KW)&nbsp;</p> <p>- debates about which approach is better</p> <p>- 300M cities challenge - &nbsp;</p> <p>- #cancon,&nbsp;</p> <p>- more news to come in the coming weeks ...</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h1><strong>TABLE - expeditures allocated</strong></h1> <p>AMOUNT | initiative | timeframe |&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>7.8M - global talent strategy&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>50M - SBIR style gov procurement program</strong></p> <p><strong>125M - Pan-canadian AI strategy</strong></p> <p><strong>221M - coop spaces&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>400M - VCCI venture capital funding for&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>950M - supercluster growth strategy&nbsp;</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;[CUT]</p> <p>- 950M over 5 years, to help reach those goals, the gov placing a bet&nbsp;</p> <p>- renewal of VCAP - for later stage growth company&nbsp;</p> <p>- give them credit for proceeding vs waiting&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>