There are lots of entrepreneurs and start-ups with great ideas that, on paper, have the potential to be world-beaters.
Many of these ideas never see the light of day because they fail to make the leap from innovation to commercialization. It’s one thing to come up with a better mousetrap, it’s another to actually manufacture it and then sell it.
This is probably a sweeping statement that may get a lot of people up in arms but Canadians need to get a whole lot better at commercialization. This country is teeming with world-class engineers and major amounts of research and development but our ability to turn ideas into products can be significantly improved.
To read the full, original article click on this link: CTV News | Canada falls down on commercialization
Author: Mark Evans
