Innovation

  • Generating renewable energy from a wood floor

    Generating renewable energy from a wood floor

    How do you make a renewable, natural, oxygen-producing, CO2-storing material even more sustainable? Make it as close to zero-waste as possible. Wood waste left over after milling lumber already gets put to myriad valuable uses, from paper products to biomass fuel, and a new innovation will actually enable it to produce clean energy. Engineers…

  • Marketing Using Social Media

    Marketing Using Social Media

    The INS and OUTS of Using Social Media to Generate Revenue  Lisa McKenzie,  founder of McKenzie Moxie Media and Chief Bliss Instigator.talks with host Business Entrepreneur and Advisor Jacques Pilon and with ICN’s Entrepreneurial Interns Shaylene Johnson, Jennifer Harper and Esther Stewart about the INS and OUTS of using social media to launch  product or service and generate both…

  • Women’s Leadership – Men’s Role

    Women’s Leadership – Men’s Role

    Women’s Leadership – Men’s Role from Idea Connector.net on Vimeo. What men can do to help advance Aboriginal women’s entrepreneurship. Q&As from the 2012 Conference on Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Women’s Leadership Panel.

  • Coping as a Life Coach

    Coping as a Life Coach

    Owning her Own Life Coaching Business  In this interview we have explored with Jessica what guided her to take the path of a “Life Coach”.  She tells us about her experiences, tragedies influencing  her life and what keeps her awake at night,. However, Jessica also enables us to discover her beacon that guides her…

  • Building Business Ideas – Ep 01

    Building Business Ideas – Ep 01

    In this series ICN host Steven Price explores with ICN Guy Dancause the creation of business ideas. In this first episode they do look into the history of innovation and how it has come about and evolved over time. You’ll learn how guardian angels where at on time made responsible for human inventiveness but…

  • Aboriginal Innovation – Fresh Produce

    Aboriginal Innovation – Fresh Produce

    Sponsored by: AboriginalLink.ca The Metlakatla village is a progressive community, located 5km north of Prince Rupert, on an ancient site occupied for thousands of years by the Metlakatla people. They have recently built a “Green House”, a community initiatives supported financially by the Prince Rupert Port Authority. ICN host Bob Crane talks with Heather…

  • Blueprints for Success – Finding funding

    Blueprints for Success – Finding funding

    Launching a Cosmetics Business (Funding) Getting funding is not an easy task, however if a person is truly determined and committed and he/she has a well thought out plan built on tested assumptions, a product with some sales, process to delivery , and measurable milestones, chances are with perseverance she will succeed in getting…