{"id":341,"date":"2016-05-24T10:56:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T14:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.hamilton.wordcamp.org\/?post_type=wcb_sponsor&#038;p=341"},"modified":"2016-05-24T10:56:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T14:56:30","slug":"innovation-factory","status":"publish","type":"wcb_sponsor","link":"https:\/\/hamilton.wordcamp.org\/2016\/sponsor\/innovation-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Factory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/innovationfactory.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Innovation Factory<\/a> (iF) is a not-for-profit Regional Innovation Centre funded by the\u00a0Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs and located in Hamilton, Ontario since 2011.<\/p>\n<p><strong>iF ignites innovation.<\/strong> Through\u00a0workshops, programming, one-on-one mentoring and aiding with access to funding,\u00a0we help\u00a0startups commercialize their ideas and\u00a0small\/medium enterprises\u00a0innovate within their organizations. Whether you have an idea on the back on a napkin or a working product with paying customers, we can help get you to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>Our mission is to strengthen Greater Hamilton\u2019s next generation of job and wealth creation by helping:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Entrepreneurs bring new ideas to life and to market<\/li>\n<li>Small\/Medium Enterprises (SMEs) get to the next level<\/li>\n<li>Hamilton build a dynamic culture and a community of innovation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Innovation can happen anywhere.<\/strong>\u00a0Our goal is to make it work everywhere. We work to elevate key industry sectors including: advanced manufacturing, clean tech, information technology, life sciences &amp; health care, social innovation and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innovation Factory (iF) is a not-for-profit Regional Innovation Centre funded by the\u00a0Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs and located in Hamilton, Ontario since 2011. iF ignites innovation. Through\u00a0workshops, programming, one-on-one mentoring and aiding with access to funding,\u00a0we help\u00a0startups commercialize their ideas and\u00a0small\/medium &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hamilton.wordcamp.org\/2016\/sponsor\/innovation-factory\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"assistive-text\">Innovation Factory<\/span>  <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":355,"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_wcpt_sponsor_website":"http:\/\/innovationfactory.ca","footnotes":""},"sponsor_level":[460199],"class_list":["post-341","wcb_sponsor","type-wcb_sponsor","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","wcb_sponsor_level-escarpment"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p79Oo0-5v","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamilton.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsors\/341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamilton.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsors"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamilton.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/wcb_sponsor"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hamilton.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsors\/341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342,"href":"https:\/\/hamilton.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsors\/341\/revisions\/342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamilton.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hamilton.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"wcb_sponsor_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hamilton.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor_level?post=341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}