30 steps to a billion: what i learned from israel on how toronto can become the next great...

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FA K T O RY V E N T U R E SH e l p i n g c o m p a n i e s i n n o v a t e a n d s t a r t u p s s c a l e


Linear vs. Exponential Growth


Exponential went mainstream



E X A M P L E S



M A C H I N E L E A R N I N G T O D I A G N O S E D I S E A S E

Zebra: Imagine teaching computers to read and diagnose medical images.


V R I S R E A L

Voke: Imagine experiencing live events in TrueVR™ from anywhere in the world FAKTORY VENTURES

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SpaceIL Becomes First Google Lunar XPRIZE Team to Produce a Verified Launch Contract



XJet brings to market the first ground-breaking 3D printing

system for metal parts


Phytech, agritech firm that is bringing the Internet of Things to the plant world



Otto is designing a new approach to modern transportation, starting with self-driving trucks. FAKTORY VENTURES

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This $40,000 Robotic

Exoskeleton Lets the Paralyzed

Walk Thanks to SuitX



Flytrap is a delivery drone startup getting ready to take on UPS, Fedex and DHL


Mind-blowing Exponential Change!

Where??FAKTORY VENTURES

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Global Startup Ranking



2016


The 4 things I learned…


1. Invest in your people!


Start young.


Reverse privilegeReverse privilege



Mandatory Army Service


7 World Class Universities Free and Affordable


Commercialization of university IP Exponential technologies!


500 incubators & accelerators!


Access

Hey John Tory - Please will you make a maker lab in every school! -

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~ 60 accelerators and incubators


2. Attitude


A total of 2,537,410 foreign-born people accounted for 52% of Toronto's

population (5 out of 10 people were immigrants), and they represented 20.1%

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3. Storytelling


“START-UP NATION addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it

that Israel — a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old,

surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its

founding, with no natural resources — produces more start-up

companies than large, peaceful, and stable nations like Japan,

China, India, Korea, Canada and the UK?”


4. Build Bridges Not Walls!



3 5 0 G L O B A L M U LT I N AT I O N A L

C O R P O R AT E S H AV E R & D O F F I C E S I N

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8 5 % F O R E I G N I N V E S T M E N T


4 0 0 K ! T E C H J O B S ( 1 5 % )

O N LY 9 8 K T E C H J O B S I N T E C H

C O M PA N I E S


$1.9Bn


Global Startup Ranking


4. Build Bridges Not Walls!

3. Storytelling2. Attitude1. Invest in your people!



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