Nathon Gunn | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Known for | Innovation, Politics, Technology, Games, Entrepreneurship |
Nathon Gunn (born November 4, 1973) is a Toronto-based Canadian serial entrepreneur and co-founder of Bitcasters Inc., Social Game Universe, LightningPlatform and most recently x-Pollinate. His work includes helping founders with strategy and growth. He is a mentor, writer, speaker and advises in the support of start-ups, scale-ups, democratic development, civic engagement, democratization of technology and entrepreneurship at forums like the Government of Canada, C100 and conferences such as Personal Democracy Forum,[1] and in books[2] such as "Searching for the New Liberalism" [3] His most recent contribution to the Canadian political landscape was in the form of senior innovation advisor[4] to Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains where they developed Canada's Innovation Agenda, a primary focus of the 2017 Canadian federal budget. One of the major aspects was the Strategic Innovation Fund, a novel programme which was slated to run for five years and provide $1.26 billion over its life.[5]
- ^ Lessons from the International Stage: England, Canada, Iran and the Middle East
- ^ Searching for the New Liberalism
- ^ Whither Liberalism? Globe and Mail, Peter McKenna
- ^ "Liberals hire tech entrepreneur for senior role shaping policy". Retrieved 2018-10-24.
- ^ Anderson, Paul (15 August 2017). "Strategic Innovation Fund: Putting Canada on the Global Innovation Lab". RDP Associates Inc.