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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An Ottawa Games Conference May 29 will serve as a showcase for local talent as the industry works to fit itself inside of Invest Ottawa’s plans for economic development. Scott Simpson, the founder of bitHeads, says the aim is to attract 500 people to the conference, which will be held at the Ottawa Convention Centre ...

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Geneviève Ménard Hayles, commissioner of Film, TV and Digital Media at Invest Ottawa spoke with Ottawa city councillor Mathieu Fleury for his weekly video segment. Invest Ottawa from Mathieu Fleury on Vimeo.

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The Digi60 Filmmaker’s Festival in cooperation with Invest Ottawa is thrilled to announce the first annual Digi60 Second Spring Competition. From now until May 15th, local filmmakers will be able to register to enter this exciting new filmmaking competition through the Festival’s website, www.digi60.org. Then, on the evening of May 15th, the entrants will all ...

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Publié le 4 Avril 2012 Benjamin Vachet Le président-directeur général d’Investir Ottawa, Bruce Lazenby, se dit plutôt satisfait du budget présenté par le gouvernement fédéral, mais reste circonspect sur son homologue provincial. M. Lazenby se réjouit des efforts consentis par le palier fédéral en ce qui a trait à l’innovation en affaires. « Nous sommes ...

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Invest Ottawa has partnered with the Nicol Entrepreneurial Institute at Carleton University and is hosting five student-run firms this summer at the Business Accelerator. CBC Radio reporter Julie Ireton presented a seven minute report on the project. http://www.cbc.ca/video/player.html?clipid=2219270953&position=186730&site=cbc.news.ca

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Government plans move from tax credits for business to targeted funds Innovation and high-tech funding announced in the federal budget last week was welcome news at Ottawa’s newly rebranded hub for entrepreneurs. Invest Ottawa, formerly known as the Ottawa Centre for Regional Innovation, relaunched last year with an expanded focus to help start-ups in a ...

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Walt Hutchings, Invest Ottawa’s Managing Director of Investment and Trade spoke to Jason McIntyre host of CFRA’s Business@Nite on Friday, March 30, 2012, about what Investment and Trade offers to Ottawa firms. Listen now: CFRA Business @ Night – Walt Hutchings (March 30, 2012)

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