Archive for the ‘Innovation’ Category
Friday, September 12th, 2008
I have signed up to volunteer for Jen Hunter with her campaign for Ottawa Centre in the up-coming federal election. I'm blogging about it to help the search engines find her site and spread the word; additionally, I hope to help with some other on-line efforts also.
For sure, the social ...
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
Rick Segal of JLA Ventures was in town today, along with Scott Pelton of GrowthWorks Capital, for the Ottawa VC Roundtable session. Overall, it was a very informative session. The mystery surrounding why they pick certain companies to invest in has been lifted for me. Rick is ...
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
Bob Reichert from the NRC (National Research Council) announced in DemoCamp Ottawa 8 that, if your startup is seeking research grants and/or general questions regarding IRAP, you can contact him at 613.993.7890 or Bob.Reichert at nrc.gc.ca.
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Innovation is the key to success everywhere you look. It even applies beautifully in low-tech environments like restaurants.
I'm a big fan of the show Kitchen Nightmares. In today's episode, Mixing Bowl, the eye opener for the despaired owners is that the number of local restaurants has grown 10 ...
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