{"id":1551,"date":"2014-05-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2018\/02\/01\/innovation-anthology-613\/"},"modified":"2018-02-25T21:30:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T21:30:52","slug":"innovation-anthology-613","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.innovationanthology.com\/import\/2014\/05\/22\/innovation-anthology-613\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovation Anthology #613:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/innovationanthology.com\/uploads\/Innovation Anthology 613.mp3\">Download MP3 Link<\/a><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Arial;\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073711037 9 0 511 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\";\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:\"Trebuchet MS\";\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:647 0 0 0 159 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-unhide:no;\n\tmso-style-qformat:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0cm;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:none;\n\tmso-hyphenate:none;\n\tmso-layout-grid-align:none;\n\tpunctuation-wrap:simple;\n\ttext-autospace:none;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tmso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";}\n.MsoChpDefault\n\t{mso-style-type:export-only;\n\tmso-default-props:yes;\n\tfont-size:10.0pt;\n\tmso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;\n\tmso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;}\n@page WordSection1\n\t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;\n\tmargin:72.0pt 306.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;\n\tmso-header-margin:36.0pt;\n\tmso-footer-margin:36.0pt;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection1\n\t{page:WordSection1;\n\tmso-footnote-position:beneath-text;}\n@page WordSection2\n\t{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;\n\tmargin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt;\n\tmso-header-margin:36.0pt;\n\tmso-footer-margin:36.0pt;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.WordSection2\n\t{page:WordSection2;}\n-->\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"WordSection1\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">The shop local movement got a huge boost at the 2014 TEC VenturePrize .<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size:9.0pt;font-family:&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;\">Winner of the $100,000 Fast Growth award is Edmonton start-up Localize Services Inc.<span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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