{"id":46489,"date":"2018-05-08T14:23:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T18:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=46489"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:44","slug":"startups-get-major-boost-as-carleton-partners-with-asia-pacific-professional-managers-global-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2018\/startups-get-major-boost-as-carleton-partners-with-asia-pacific-professional-managers-global-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Startups Get Major Boost as Carleton Partners with Asia-Pacific Professional Managers Global Network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Startups Get Major Boost as Carleton Partners with Asia-Pacific Professional Managers Global Network\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

By Tyrone Burke<\/em>
\nPhotos by Chris Roussakis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With a $14-trillion economy expanding at a 6.5 per cent annual clip, China is an economic powerhouse driving inexorably toward global economic primacy. Yet for Canadian startups, this massive market can be an enigma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relationships are critical to doing business in China. You need to have a network on the ground. A new partnership with the Asia-Pacific Professional Managers Global Network<\/a> (APPM) will ensure that startups spawned from Carleton University\u2019s Technology Innovation Management<\/a> (TIM) program, Global Cybersecurity Resource<\/a> (GCR) and Lead to Win<\/a> accelerator have access to one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The partnership will connect startups to a network of more than 100 APPM chapters through China. It promises better access to capital, and an extensive network of dealmakers in the world\u2019s second largest economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow long would it take you to find a trusted network in China when you\u2019re a startup?\u201d  asks Tony Bailetti, director of the TIM program and founder of Lead to Win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cProbably five years. Now, when you join the Lead to Win program, this is all part of it. You will have that on day one.  APPM\u2019s relationships are open to you, all you need is an application. You\u2019ve got an app, through that app you find the people that are interested in it, and you\u2019re up and running\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The partnership launched May 4 at the Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards. Eight Ottawa companies pitched their businesses to APPM Chairman Peter Yip and Vice- President Vivian Chan. Together, the companies represented a cross-section of startups affiliated with the TIM, GCR and Lead to Win programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two were mature companies with a client base that included major industry players, two were budding startups, and four were at more intermediate stages of their business plans. (six to 18 months) Some played to GCR\u2019s strength in cybersecurity, while others focused on e-commerce, data analytics and e-learning:<\/p>\n\n\n\n