JBD Golf was founded by three lifelong golfers. The trio redesigned the putter grip to include a unique end cap mold that is shaped to fit a magnetically attached ball-marker. The ball-marker sits inside the re-designed end cap and easily slides on and off the grip for use on the green. The end cap design is manufactured as part of the putter grip, rather than being an add-on to an existing grip.
The marker also provides great marketing potential for OEM and promotional products customers. The team has relationships with various grip manufacturers who produce their industry leading putter grips with JBD Golf's incorporated ball-marker design.
After testing their prototype in the marketplace and gaining USGA approval, the JBD team needed market channels, additional funding, and advice on contract negotiations. SpringBoard West Innovations advised the trio on marketing strategies, connected them with primary research agencies outside of Saskatchewan, and advised them on the development of contracts for various business transactions.
JSPOT Advertising Inc.
The traditional advertising model is growing tired. Instead of responding to mass advertising over television, print and billboards, today’s consumers expect companies to cater to them, producing the information they demand when they demand it. Darcy Meyers of JSPOT Advertising Inc. is helping local businesses target and expand their clientele with dynamic promotion opportunities in real time.
JSPOT is a mobile application that broadcasts limited-time promotions to a business’s followers. It also connects businesses with the customers in their area who are searching on a general basis for the services they offer.
To get a better sense of the market he was preparing to enter, JSPOT founder Darcy Meyers turned to SpringBoard West Innovations, where he worked with Innovation Officer Jim George and the Competitive Intelligence team. “The assessment they did will be helpful as I target businesses and focus my launch plans,” said Meyers. “The demographic information also surprised me a bit, but will be helpful in focusing on early adopters.”
PRSI
PRSI-Break is a software application designed specifically to prevent Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). RSI is a modern phenomenon which costs individuals, employers, insurance companies and health care systems more than $55 billion USD in lost wages, lost productivity and medical bills each year.
To be effective, the PRSI application is used a number of times daily. Throughout the day
PERSI, the animated avatar, guides knowledge-workers through a series of customized stretches. The software is customizable to specific strain concerns and occupation.
For years, construction companies have been framing buildings with wood planks. The problem is that wood acts as a conduit for heat to escape. To replace lost heat, the furnace fires up and energy is lost. Eric and Rachel Penner de Waal decided that after a century of wood use, it was time to rethink framing technology.
Through their company, Sprossil Industries, the Penner de Waals launched their first environmentally friendlier building product, the Smart Stud®. It is a hybrid stud constructed of wood and foam insulation that is designed to eliminate the energy lost to thermal bridging. Given that homes are generally constructed with 25 per cent lumber, the energy savings could be up to that same level.
The Penner de Waals created Sprossil Industries with the guidance of Senior Innovation Officer Divyesh Patel and the research team. Together, they worked through the business plan, financial management, manufacturing processes, and identified networking opportunities. Said Eric, “They have taken the carpenter who walked into their office a year ago and turned me into a business man.”
TalentC - People Services Inc.
TalentC provides succession development, knowledge transfer, mentorship services, HR outsourcing, as well as job and life coaching. Doug Lawrence is the founder of TalentCTM, he has over 30 years of management and leadership experience. The collective voices of our youth were the inspiration behind TalentC.Doug believes in the power of those voices and the promise of our youth. He has developed a company that helps new graduates find their professional success story. Doug's passion is contagious. He is committed to helping organizations be successful in a time of immediate talent shortages as well as an aging work force. He has dedicated his life to the coaching and mentoring of his clients.
SpringBoard West Innovations has helped Doug to focus his venture, gain funding, and discover how technology can be used as a means to deliver his important services. He says: "Every time I walk in the door I can feel the great energy at SBWI. I'm excited to be here because I know the team is excited to help me achieve success, you couldn't ask for anything more."
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Talking Dog Studios
It takes a significant investment in technology to be able to superimpose a fire-breathing Godzilla on to people’s t-shirts, but it’s how Talking Dog Studios helps members of the film and advertising industry promote themselves with interactive media.
Augmented Reality (AR) services, offered by Talking Dog Studios, use new technology that allows webcams to recognize a marker and superimpose 3D objects, animation, or video in relation to that marker in real time. With the Godzilla promotion they undertook for Legendary Pictures at Comic-Con International, visitors slipped on a t-shirt with a special marker printed on it, and when they stood in front of the webcam at the Legendary Pictures booth, the Godzilla on their t-shirt was roaring and breathing blue flames.
Other applications developed by Talking Dog Studios include giving pregnant women a grasp of the size of their growing baby at each month of development and let’s them “hold” it on video.
The applications for AR are limitless and are now branching into mobile applications for Android phones and iPhones.
To compete internationally with its growing AR services, Talking Dog needs to keep on top of the emerging technologies that make the applications increasingly realistic and functional. For help, they turned to SpringBoard West’s Joe Toth, who was “extremely helpful” in connecting them with investors and identifying markets, according to Marketing Coordinator Stephanie Kossmann.
With combined forces, Talking Dog Studios will continue to offer experiences that are out of this world.
WestSource Group
WestSource Group Holdings Inc. is a Saskatchewan‐based green / sustainable company made up of:
-WestSource Energy Inc., an alternative electricity generation company
Through their company, Sprossil Industries, the Penner de Waals launched their first environmentally friendlier building product, the Smart Stud®. It is a hybrid stud constructed of wood and foam insulation that is designed to eliminate the energy lost to thermal bridging. Given that homes are generally constructed with 25 per cent lumber, the energy savings could be up to that same level.
TalentC provides succession development, knowledge transfer, mentorship services, HR outsourcing, as well as job and life coaching. Doug Lawrence is the founder of TalentCTM, he has over 30 years of management and leadership experience. The collective voices of our youth were the inspiration behind TalentC.Doug believes in the power of those voices and the promise of our youth. He has developed a company that helps new graduates find their professional success story. Doug's passion is contagious. He is committed to helping organizations be successful in a time of immediate talent shortages as well as an aging work force. He has dedicated his life to the coaching and mentoring of his clients.
WestSource Group Holdings Inc. is a Saskatchewan‐based green / sustainable company made up of: 
