Comments on: Demo Camp 4 Roundup: A Treatise from Jerry http://www.michaelmcderment.com/2006/03/28/demo-camp-4-roundup-a-treatise-from-jerry/ Canadian Entrepreneur Currently Adding Value in the Web 2.0 Space Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:31:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike http://www.michaelmcderment.com/2006/03/28/demo-camp-4-roundup-a-treatise-from-jerry/comment-page-1/#comment-104 Mike Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:17:20 +0000 http://www.michaelmcderment.com/blog/2006/03/28/demo-camp-4-roundup-a-treatise-from-jerry/#comment-104 Great post/comment Randy. I'll forward this on to Jerry. Thanks also for letting us know about the McMaster program - sounds like a winner. Great post/comment Randy. I'll forward this on to Jerry. Thanks also for letting us know about the McMaster program – sounds like a winner.

]]> By: Randy Glenn http://www.michaelmcderment.com/2006/03/28/demo-camp-4-roundup-a-treatise-from-jerry/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Randy Glenn Tue, 04 Apr 2006 14:13:51 +0000 http://www.michaelmcderment.com/blog/2006/03/28/demo-camp-4-roundup-a-treatise-from-jerry/#comment-103 "What I meant was that "I had no business model", not that there WAS no business model. This is just something I do for fun. I'm sure someone could bring this to market in a more meaningful and well-thought out way, but I don't have the time, money, etc. right now to take this on. I would certainly agree that there is great potential in emerging economies for inexpensive camera equipment, however I don't think that current technology would make it profitable to do so. (The current cameras are priced based on the manufacturer recycling them several times)<br /><br />As for the idea of Canadian Universities churning out single-minded technologists, the quarter-century-old Engineering and Management programme at McMaster University might interest you. I'm going into my final year in the 5-year Computer Engineering and Management stream (on internship right now) and I can tell you that there is a substantial hands-on, real-world business aspect.<br /><br />http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/engandmgt/" “What I meant was that "I had no business model", not that there WAS no business model. This is just something I do for fun. I'm sure someone could bring this to market in a more meaningful and well-thought out way, but I don't have the time, money, etc. right now to take this on. I would certainly agree that there is great potential in emerging economies for inexpensive camera equipment, however I don't think that current technology would make it profitable to do so. (The current cameras are priced based on the manufacturer recycling them several times)

As for the idea of Canadian Universities churning out single-minded technologists, the quarter-century-old Engineering and Management programme at McMaster University might interest you. I'm going into my final year in the 5-year Computer Engineering and Management stream (on internship right now) and I can tell you that there is a substantial hands-on, real-world business aspect.

http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/engandmgt/“

]]> By: David Crow http://www.michaelmcderment.com/2006/03/28/demo-camp-4-roundup-a-treatise-from-jerry/comment-page-1/#comment-96 David Crow Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:27:55 +0000 http://www.michaelmcderment.com/blog/2006/03/28/demo-camp-4-roundup-a-treatise-from-jerry/#comment-96 "Jerry is bang on. DemoCamp is the first step in my vision for building a community of entrepreneurs, designers, and technologists in Toronto. We've started tobuild the community, now we need to find leadership, culture, success stories, and norms.<br /><br /><br /><br />http://davidcrow.ca/article/1057/democamp-rising-to-the-challenge" “Jerry is bang on. DemoCamp is the first step in my vision for building a community of entrepreneurs, designers, and technologists in Toronto. We've started tobuild the community, now we need to find leadership, culture, success stories, and norms.

http://davidcrow.ca/article/1057/democamp-rising-to-the-challenge“

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