Dernière mise à jour : 2012-03-18

Canadian Innovation Centre

Information sur l'entreprise

Dénomination sociale :   Canadian Innovation Centre
Nom commercial :   Canadian Innovation Centre
Adresse postale Accelerator Centre, Waterloo Research & Technology Park 15-295 Hagey Blvd WATERLOO, Ontario N2L 6R5	Adresse civique Accelerator Centre, Waterloo Research & Technology Park 15-295 Hagey Blvd WATERLOO, Ontario N2L 6R5
Téléphone : (519) 885-5870
Télécopieur : (519) 513-2421
Courrier électronique : info@innovationcentre.ca
Site Web : http://www.innovationcentre.ca

Information sur les personnes-ressources

Andrew Maxwell
	Titre :   Directeur
	Téléphone :   (416) 433-9805
	Courrier électronique :   amaxwell@innovationcentre.ca
Josie Graham
	Titre :   Directrice
	Téléphone :   (519) 574-7625
	Courrier électronique :   jgraham@innovationcentre.ca

Description de l'entreprise

We advance innovation by leading our clients to better business decisions through information, development and commercialization services. Our mission is to provide support to individuals, corporations and the communities that support them, such that the rate of commercialization is significantly improved. The Canadian Innovation Centre (CIC) is a national, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping innovators, inventors, and entrepreneurs transform their ideas into market successes. Since our founding over 30 years ago, we have provided our expertise to over 20,000 people and their companies. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the Centre is in a unique position to help you. Early stage innovators are challenged by many strategic questions such as validating market need, building a business model and securing partners - daunting tasks for those with limited resources and experience.
Pays propriétaire :	Canada
Année d'établissement :	1975
Exportation :	Oui
Industrie primaire (SCIAN) :	541619 - Autres services de conseils en gestion
Autres industries (SCIAN) :	541910 - Études de marché et sondages d'opinion 813910 - Associations de gens d'affaires
Activité principale de l'entreprise :	Services
Nombre d'employés :	10

Produit / Service / Licence

Nom du service :	Consulting
With any orgainization heavily involved in research and education for over 30 years, the CIC engages in a variety of purpose-driven consulting with government, investors and coporations as well as inventors.
Nom du service :	Innovation Assessment
While technological issues drive the desirability of the product, other issues of the business – historical and competitive in nature influence adoption and profitability. By examining these multiple issues upfront, the prudent innovator can decide what the best way to monetize the venture is and whether requisite factors are favourable to proceed. The Critical Factors Assessment (CFA) is the flagship product of the Centre, having been used to evaluate over 20,000 innovations with high validity. This predictive power is made possible by the proprietary, peer-reviewed tool covering 40 factors, key to any commercialization endeavour which is supported by extensive library of cases and secondary research. These factors are rated from low to high risk and clear guidance for the next steps are included in the detailed written reports, Oftentimes a technological innovation lends itself to multiple fields which in turn leads to other market opportunities. Entrepreneurs who are able to develop two or more businesses are more likely to succeed by the virtues of flexible cash flow, synergized learning curve and diversification of risk. In addition, having an income stream early on can supplement the cash need of a larger, more ambitious venture and help to preserve the equity stake of the entrepreneur. For those interested in exploring these opportunities, the Centre offers an expanded version of the Critical Factors Assessment - the Multiple Market Assessment (MMA). The MMA consists of both primary and secondary research along with an in-house review and covers technological, business, historical and competitive issues.
Nom du service :	Market Research
Key to an innovation's successful entry and positioning in the market place, it is essential to have a clear understanding of the market space. This includes technological, business, historical and competitive issues necessary for market entrey decisions.
Nom du service :	Market Validation
Driven by primary research of the users and influencers (trade associations and regulators) along with an in-house review, the Market Validation shifts the entrepreneur focus to what is practical and incorporates customer voice into the solution. A written report clarifies the issues of value proposition and adoption rate. It simultaneously provides insight with a To-Do list taking the particular client's technology situation and business experience into account. Market Validation is also invaluable in providing stakeholders with an objective common framework for discussing milestone financing, monitoring progress and focusing activities of the enterprise getting to market.
Nom du service :	Technology Development Diligence
Once first customers have been identified and the value proposition for them laid out, the next step is to confirm that the feature set being built in to the product or service are truly relevant for the customer. Not only would this reduce avoidable headaches and delay in the final development phase, but it would also clarify the ROI for customers and allow for compression of the selling cycle. Ideal for both an existing or new company starting its development work, the Technology Market Alignment (TMA) examines the unmet needs of the customer – functions product and services currently available lack; the TMA investigates interoperability requirements and, business challenges en route to market as well as competitor strengths and weaknesses. The result is a set of robust recommendations on how to align development and business efforts to satisfy customer demand.
Nom du service :	Training and Education
Since 1975 the CIC has been involved with a number of events, conferences, workshops, curriculum devekopment and intern programs. We continue to be involved at the inventor, entrepreneur, investor, government staff and graduate levels. Monthly webinars are offered and the free online Canadian Innovation Assistor (CIA) -Ask the Expert offers advice and help while the Inovator's Assistance Program (IAP) hands-on consulting service offers low cost consultation to entrepreneurs and SME's.