Robyn Breshnahan, CBC Ottawa Morning, talks with Bruce Lazenby about what the federal budget means for local technology entrepreneurs. Listen 5:05

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Invest Ottawa’s new managing directors offered a glimpse into their immediate plans for the city’s economic development agency, including marketing its new business accelerator and choosing countries, industries and data to focus its efforts on. Kevin Carroll, managing director of innovation, will begin his post next Monday and try to turn the new 75-seat accelerator ...

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City expected to bear the brunt of cuts to public service, but mayor says it could have been worse By: Steve Collins, Metro Ottawa When the Harper government revealed its budget Thursday, many observers in this government town wondered how many bureaucrats would be sacked. The answer: 19,200. “It’s not as many cuts as we ...

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The Nicol Entrepreneurial Institute at Carleton University will offer $140,000 in funding each year to support up to 18 student entrepreneurs. The Institute has named the first recipients of a Nicol Internship, who will receive between $7,000 to $7,500, office space at the Invest Ottawa startup incubation centre at 80 Aberdeen, and mentors from Invest ...

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By Knowlton Thomas Invest Ottawa, which delivers economic development programs and initiatives that aim to increase entrepreneurial momentum, wealth, and jobs in the City of Ottawa and its surrounding region, has unveiled a “dream team” of senior leaders. This new group of executives will “inject new blood and new ideas into Ottawa’s business ecosystem,” the ...

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By Courtney Symons The city’s lead economic development agency has filled two key senior management positions as it continues to support local entrepreneurs and bring business to Ottawa. Invest Ottawa now includes Kevin Carroll as managing director of innovation and Walt Hutchings as managing director of investment and trade. “This is a dream team,” said ...

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Two new Managing Directors for Innovation and Investment and Trade, new Director of Marketing, new Film Commissioner, plus three new Entrepreneurs in Residence Ottawa ON, March 23, 2012 – The Invest Ottawa leadership team is now in place, ready to build Ottawa’s reputation as the best place in Canada to start and grow a knowledge-based ...

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EMC business/- Neptune Charts of Arnprior is one of nine area firms that are among the first to each receive up to $30,000 in funding plus business training under a new program launched last Friday. Neptune specializes in low cost production of paper and electronic charts of lakes, aimed especially at those people who fish. ...

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Phil Gaudreau of CFRA speaks to Invest Ottawa CEO Bruce Lazenby about a new program called “VentureStart” which will see several local technology firms receive up to $30,000 each plus business training to boost tech entrepreneurship in our city. Listen to the audio from Talknowledgy – CFRA – March 17, 2012

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Phil Gaudreau with Lauren Davis Friday, March 16, 2012 Nine Ottawa businesses are getting a boost from a new program designed to support technology entrepreneurs in southern Ontario. These firms will receive up to $30,000, plus business training, through the VentureStart program, which was unveiled on Friday. Invest Ottawa CEO Bruce Lazenby says the funding ...

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