— Guest blog by Hans Downer, CEO, ActivDox — ActivDox was incorporated in June 2011 and was initially based in Waterloo. Waterloo has quite an extensive network of start-ups and has an ample supply of University graduates from Waterloo and Guelph. Initially, ActivDox felt that those two qualities coupled with two well established incubators (Communitech ...
The return of “Silicon Valley North”
Posted by guestblogger on 28 November 2012
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RGA reçoit le Prix d’entrepreneuriat d’Ottawa 2012 – Champion secteur public ! Quelle belle surprise – ET QUEL HONNEUR!
Posted by guestblogger on 19 November 2012
— Guest blog by Joanne Lefebvre, Présidente-directrice générale, Regroupement des gens d’affaires de la Capitale nationale (RGA) — Vendredi après-midi, s’est tenue, pour la première fois à Ottawa, une cérémonie de remise de prix visant à reconnaître les individus et les organisations qui travaillent à supporter les entrepreneurs à travers toute la grande région de ...
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uOttawa Entrepreneurs Club Celebrates Women Entrepreneurs
Posted by guestblogger on 19 November 2012
— Guest blog by Rally Stanoeva Chair of The Entrepreneurs’ Club at uOttawa — An ideal networking event needs to have a fantastic key note speaker, lots of food and drinks, awesome prizes and good company. At the 15th Annual ELLE Wine and Cheese, the Entrepreneurs’ Club delivered just that, with a touch of pink. ...
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#GEWOttawa – Top in Canada
Posted by guestblogger on 18 November 2012
— Guest blog by Victoria Lennox, Co-founder, Startup Canada — With more than fifty-five events, engaging more than 2,500 entrepreneurs across the National Capital Region, Ottawa – the ‘little city that could’ – hit the top of the Canadian charts for GEW Canada activity and hit the top three in the world. We showed Canada ...
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The importance of “Big Company” experience in a startup
Posted by guestblogger on 18 November 2012
— Guest blog by Hans Downer CEO of ActivDox — We all know the problems associated with moving from a “big company” to a “small company” where none of the comforts of a large marketing department, a large legal staff, and a large IT staff are available. That transition is indeed very difficult and normally ...
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Ottawa’s third annual Legacy Conference tackles some tough issues
Posted by guestblogger on 16 November 2012
— Guest blog by Janelle Zhao, President of The Legacy Conference — We have all heard of the saying in one version or another that failure is a part of success and most of us would nod in agreement. However, when it comes time to take the plunge into entrepreneurship, to leave behind the safety ...
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Tout un coup de départ – l’entrepreneuriat à Ottawa vibre en grand!
Posted by guestblogger on 15 November 2012
— Guest blog by Joanne Lefebvre, Présidente-directrice générale, Regroupement des gens d’affaires de la Capitale nationale (RGA) — Lundi soir fut le lancement officiel de la Semaine mondiale de l’entrepreneuriat à Ottawa et quelle fête! More than 300 people were gathered at the Heart & Crown Pub for the official Launch Party! Plus de 300 ...
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Media steps up to make Ottawa Canada’s top city for recognizing importance of entrepreneurs
Posted by Nathan Rudyk on 15 November 2012
At the mid-way point for Global Entrepreneurship Week Ottawa, we’ve already established the fact that Ottawa is Canada’s top city when it comes to recognizing the importance of our entrepreneurs. Not only that, #GEWOttawa has more events than cities such as Los Angeles, New York and Detroit, with 54 #GEWOttawa events across the region, nearly ...
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Ottawa entrepreneurs are making some noise
Posted by Kevin Carroll on 14 November 2012
Who says Ottawa is a sleepy government town. I certainly don’t, entrepreneurship is alive and well in the nation’s dapital. Take for instance Monday afternoon at Invest Ottawa, it was madness here, “Mentor Madness” that is. Forty mentors, forty companies and tonnes of great advice and fantastic networking going on. 80 Aberdeen was buzzing with ...
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Ottawa’s Founders Alliance hosts a “Founders Free Lunch” for Global Entrepreneurship Week
Posted by guestblogger on 14 November 2012
— Guest blog by Jason Daley, Founder, Conduit Solutions — Fifty founders and friends gathered at Fat Boys BBQ Restaurant on Tuesday, November 13th to enjoy fabulous food, to brainstorm, to generate ideas and identify needs for Ottawa’s Founder community. The Founders Alliance is a growing team of Founders led by Jason Daley (Conduit Solutions ...