Posted on May 14, 2012 By Bruce Lazenby Federal government layoffs have been the focus of coffee shop conversations around the city for months. Now, these conversations are zeroing in on the specifics: the government departments that are downsizing; the employees who are affected; the employees who have already been deemed surplus. For the thousands ...

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Posted on May 14, 2012 Bystanders No More There’s an upsurge in civic engagement activities, and it couldn’t come at a better time BY FATEEMA SAYANI SEE THAT CRUMPLED FLYER half stapled to a telephone pole and waving in the wind? Check it out. Chances are, it’s for a meeting about intensification or light-rail-transit planning ...

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Posted on May 10, 2012 Ottawa – Carleton University’s recent All Things Digital showcase attracted more than 120 attendees from small and medium-sized enterprises, Invest Ottawa and government institutions. Presentations, showcasing cutting-edge research in digital media and featuring more than 30 presenters, highlighted innovative labs and projects, ranging from robotic flying insects to new ways ...

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May 14, 2012 by Christine Wong Startup Grind is the newest entry on Canada’s red hot tech startup scene. The U.S.-based organization, which already has branches in Los Angeles, New York, Austin, Tx., San Francisco, Tempe, Az. and Marin, Ca., just opened new bases in Ottawa and Toronto. The group’s goal is to foster startup ...

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May 8, 2012 By Alexandra Reid “A million people walk into a bar in Silicon Valley. Nobody buys anything. The bar is declared a huge success.” Harley Finkelstein, CPO of Shopify, shared that illuminating joke during the panel discussion atStartup Canada. It seemed to resonate with the audience because, aside from it being funny, it ...

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by Leo Valiquette Over the past couple of weeks, I have been speaking with a number of entrepreneurs, executives and others with a stake in Ottawa’s economy on topics ranging from international trade and building an export-oriented business to financing. The common theme has been what business owners must do to get out of their ...

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Openera takes 1st place in a battle against Canada’s most impressive early stage companies in front of Canada’s toughest judges. Ottawa, ON (PRWEB) May 07, 2012 Openera, whose goal is to simplify and automate the cloud, provides a cross cloud content management application that aims to solve the problems businesses face with employees bringing their ...

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Invest Ottawa’s Youth Entrepreneurship unit hosted the 7th Annual Youth Business Conference on April 25, 2012. Some 200 high school students leaned about being an entrepreneur. CBC Radio report Hallie Cotnam filed a six minute report. Listen now: http://www.cbc.ca/video/player.html?clipid=2227349988

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Published on April 25, 2012 Courtney Symons Serial entrepreneur Terry Matthews describes his childhood-self as being “the little kid in the neighbourhood who could fix things.” He could take apart a music box or vacuum cleaner and put it back together again to make it work, and he did it for free. “I learned an ...

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Published on April 19, 2012 Peter Kovessy One of Ottawa’s top economic development officials is calling upon the city’s commercial real estate community to help address the dearth of funding that some say is holding back the local tech sector. Invest Ottawa CEO Bruce Lazenby said he is trying to create a $35-million technology fund, ...

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