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High Tech? Ensure You Know About the IRAP Small Project Accellerated Review...
Posted in Best practices, Business, Canada, Commercialization, Creative Class, Economy, Ecosystems, Entreprenuerism, General Interest, Government, Government Policy, Information Technology, Innovation,...
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Ottawa Tech Jobs Melting Away
The Ottawa-Gatineau unemployment rate took a sharp jump recently and currently sits at 5.2%. Under the surface, the situation for tech jobs is increasingly serious. In Ottawa-Gatineau technology jobs...
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Lead to Win Program Update – April 25th
CTV Ottawa News Coverage This Sunday! Tune-in to CTV Ottawa TECH NOW with Paul Brent on April 26th at 6PM for a special report on Lead to Win! City of Ottawa, Carleton University and Business – United...
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Lead to Win Videos
Message from Dr Tony Bailetti for Prospective Lead to Win Participants Testimonial from Jerry Everett, President of onconference Want more information? Visit the Lead to Win website at...
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Lead to Win May-June Sessions
The 2009 Lead to Win program kicked-off this week. The program was originally planned to support 30 participants per session. Due to overwhelming demand from highly qualified candidates the program...
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Broadband Infrastructure Projects for Economic Development
A recent report from OECD advocates government policy makers deploy stimulus funds and investment into broadband infrastructure - Broadband infrastructure, in particular, can be a good target for...
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Canadian Small Businesses Outlook Improving
Survey results from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business showed some improving outlooks among small business owners polled: 38% considered the condition of their business to be “good”, 18%...
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US and Canada Job Losses Continue – May Numbers
Latest unemployment numbers today: Canada – 8.4% (highest in 11 years ) – Ontario is now at 9.4% (highest in 15 years) US – 9.2% (up from 8.9% in April) Other interesting lists: US Economy at a Glance...
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Nortel Collapse and Kanata Future
“Nortel’s collapse could spell the doom for the industry and trigger an exodus of high-tech companies from north Kanata.” Posted in Business, Canada, Economy, General Interest, Government, Government...
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INTERESTED IN LAUNCHING A NEW TECH BUSINESS? LEAD TO WIN WANTS TO HELP YOU!
Here is a recent call for participants from Dr Tony Bailetti for the 3rd session of the Lead to Win program which starts on July 28th – please spread the word! INTERESTED IN LAUNCHING A NEW TECH...
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Fewer People Dying?
According to the Globe and Mail today - the funeral industry is in decline due to a decline in the death rate. Posted in Business, Canada, depression 2.0, Economy, General Interest, Jobs, Trends,...
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Robert Half Technology IT Jobs Outlook Released
Robert Half Technology issued data on IT jobs outlook this week, key findings from their survey: Technology executives attribute staff reductions largely to reduced IT budgets and company wide layoffs...
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BDC Gas Tank is Filled Up!
Industry Canada announced on Monday that they will be providing additional funding for BDC. The funding allocation includes $350M for BDC‘s venture capital activities that will allow it to make...
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Lead to Win Reception
Lead to Win held a reception on Monday evening for participants and supporters. Special guests included the Mayor of Gatineau and the acting Mayor of Ottawa. Both expressed their support for the...
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OBJ Articles on Nortel
For you ex-Nortel and Nortel types – in case you haven’t seen it – Elizabeth Howell at the Ottawa Business Journal is running a three-part story on Nortel, the first two installments have been...
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Canadian Venture Capital Investment Down 42%
The CVCA has released their Q2 2009 Venture Investment data. Venture investment down 42% from 2008 - $179M in 2009 compared to $309 at the same point in 2008. Average deal size decreased to $1.9M from...
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Purple Forge is Hiring
Purple Forge has two immediate openings: iPhone developer (full time) Website developer (part time) Visit http://www.leadtowin.ca/jobs/app/ for more information. Posted in Business, Canada,...
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Carleton and Ottawa University Publish World Leading Research on Zombie Plagues
A recently published research paper from professors at Carleton and Ottawa University has determined that A zombie outbreak is likely to lead to the collapse of civilisation, unless it is dealt with...
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The Entrepreneurial Effect
I am involved in a new book that is now out. Members of the local Ottawa tech community have gotten together to produce a new book called “the Entrepreneurial Effect” with the foreword by Terry...
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Lead to Win – November Session Accepting Applications!
The Lead to Win program is accepting applications for the November session. If you are interested in creating your own company – check out the program at http://www.leadtowin.ca. Spaces are limited and...
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