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Linda Rottenberg and the geography of a crazy idea
A taxi ride in Buenos Aires gave Linda Rottenberg a question she could not shake: what happens to talented people when nobody expects them to build a company? Nearly three decades after she co-founded Endeavor, she is still widening the map.
La French Tech wants France to buy what France builds
France gave its startups a flag. Now La French Tech is trying to give them customers, with a buying programme backed by more than €2 billion in corporate commitments.
MaRS Discovery District: Great science needs a buyer
Toronto built a place where research could meet money. MaRS’s harder assignment is getting promising technology through the door of its first paying customer.
Martina Tam
Martina Tam is the CEO of Paper, the Montreal-based edtech company that runs one of North America's largest virtual tutoring services for K-12 districts. A Stanford and Wharton alum, she stepped in at the start of 2025 after operator stints at Brightwheel, MasterClass, and Eventbrite, and is now steering Paper's pivot toward its high-impact tutoring program, GROW.