Media Room – News Articles

A Better Mousetrap

Special to Financial Post – Mar 13, 2012, 1:55 PM ET By Av Utukuri While 90% of patents are improvements on existing inventions, legal realities can make filing for such patents complicated because intellectual property law is designed to protect existing patent holders. If the invention you are adding something to is one to which you…

Protect this House: The benefits, pitfalls and costs of filing for a patent

Special to Financial Post – Feb 7, 2012, 6:05 AM ET Patenting your invention is the best way to prevent others from copying it, allowing you to recover the costs of R&D, manufacturing and marketing. If your invention is complex, it will require such protection, but it’s also important to file a patent if your product…

Toolkit: Protective Custody

Special to Financial Post – Dec. 6, 2011 – 6:20 AM ET In the court of law, ideas are free, execution is priceless There are two aspects of an invention: the first is the idea, the second is the implementation. If you suspect somebody has stolen your idea, the first thing to discover is what…

Big Bang Theory

Special to Financial Post – Oct 4, 2011 – 6:05 AM ET There’s no easy way to know if your idea will succeed Some of the wackiest business ideas surprisingly succeed, whilst some apparently serious, and on the surface amazing, ideas miserably fail.

Forward Charge

Andy Holloway Oct 4, 2011 – 6:35 AM ET Canada isn’t known for being a nation of entrepreneurial risk-takers despite years of government hand-wringing, yet we still have one of the world’s best developed economies. Should we care we’re not as productive as we could be?

What do a Venture Tech Firm, A Brewer and a Digital Provider have in Common?

Published Nov. 15, 2009 – TRIEC Magazine Each has tapped skilled immigrant talent to grow their business. Mississauga-based Nytric Limited employs a lean staff of fewer than 30, yet generates approximately $4 million per year in revenue. Ninety per cent of its products are exported.

Ethnic Diversity: ‘New Canadians’ Expand Markets

Published October 13, 2009 – FinancialTimes.com Nytric, a small product development consultancy in suburban Toronto, owes its existence and growth prospects to Canada’s cultural diversity. Two-thirds of the company’s 22 staff are foreign-born and speak a broad range of languages that help the company bridge cultures.

Skilled Immigrants are Key to Business Success

Published Sept. 10, 2009 – Globe and Mail With the end of the recession in sight, all of Canada’s employers need to be thinking about their long-term talent strategies. A global, competitive marketplace means tapping into and investing in the strengths of all of the country’s work force, including skilled immigrants, so that local economies…

Sounds of Triumph – Canadian Bright Ideas Creating Waves Globally

Published April 08, 2009 – itbusiness.ca Today’s economic recession is one of the best times for smaller Canadian businesses to doggedly pursue new inventions say experts in innovation. That’s because most of the big players are acting very cautious, cutting back and sticking to the basics, rather than taking a risk with a pricey new…

Executing Tech Milestones

Published April 7, 2009 – National Post Start-ups with good products need to demonstrate value to VCs. The process of valuing early-stage companies is more of an art than science. This is because traditional valuation methodologies require financial data. But another method venture capitalists use to measure value is a firm’s ability to execute technology

Canadian Vendor wants to take Disk Duplication to Another Level

Published April 6, 2009 – itbusiness.ca Raptor Innovations International Ltd. of Mississauga, Ont., has released a disk duplication device that enables SMB businesses to duplicate information on CD or DVD, 50 at a time, unattended. The device is ideal for any business that produces marketing material on CD or DVD media, records seminars for training…

We’re Creative Canucks

Published April 06, 2009 – Mississauga News Most Canadians view one another as being innovative, a national study shows. The study, commissioned by Mississauga-based innovation consulting firm Nytric Ltd. and released Thursday, also explores Canada’s most recognizable inventions and the relationship between gender and innovation and education and innovation.

The Next Game Changer?

Published April 3, 2009 – Canadian Business Online The goalie mask is as Canadian an idea as they come. Indeed, 71% of Canadians know that a fellow Canuck invented the face-saving device, according to a recent survey of 1,508 people by Leger Marketing.

No Quick Fix for New Canadians in Job Market

Published March 25, 2009 – Mississauga News Dozens of employers gathered this morning at the Living Arts Centre to discuss ways to integrate new Canadians into the work force. Some 85 guests participated in the forum, Getting Back to Prosperity, Overcoming the Labour Shortages of Tomorrow, hosted by the Peel-Halton-Dufferin Training Board.

Small Business Wins at TRIEC Immigrant Success Awards

March, 2009 – TRIEC Newsletter A small consulting and venture technology firm in Mississauga was honoured recently at the Immigrant Success (IS) Awards of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC).

Diverse Staff Propels Local Firm to International Success

March, 2009 – Brampton Board of Trade Peel-based Nytric Limited has found global success through the cutting- edge ideas of its diverse workforce more than two-thirds of their employees are skilled immigrants. This innovation-consulting and venture technology firm turns back-of-a-napkin ideas into marketable products.

Nytric Wins Award as Top Workplace for Immigrants

Published February, 2009 – Mississauga Business Times What makes for a happy workplace? Good pay? Strong leadership? A cappuccino machine in the lunch room? Well, it all depends on how you look at it. Ten-year old Mississauga-based Nytric Ltd., an innovation consulting company, won the RBC sponsored 2008 Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council award for…

Company
Services
Technologies
Media Room
Clients