Carleton University Poster Session – Innovation, Talent, Commercialization
I attended the Carleton University engineering poster session on Mar 20th. 89 engineering students displayed the results of 36 4th year projects...
View ArticleRecession Proof Businesses – US Gun Shops
According to Reuters, in the first two months of 2009, around 2.5 million Americans bought guns, a 26 percent increase over the same period in 2008. Gun dealers report this rise in sales to be a...
View ArticleUnrest in the Workplace
Recent reports in the news are highlighting increasing aggression and unrest in the workplace. There have also been reports of incidents against executives at firms with layoffs – ranging from physical...
View ArticleBest Buy Reports Sales UP 10%
Best Buy reported that revenue for their recent quarter which ended Feb. 28 was $14.72 billion, up 9.7 percent from $13.42 billion from the same the period a year earlier. The increase came from...
View Article13% Increase in Individuals Using Ottawa Emergency Shelters in 2008
The Ottawa Alliance to End Homelessness released it’s report for 2008. The report showed a 13% increase in 2008 compared to 2007, of the number of individuals and families using local Ottawa emergency...
View ArticleMagCloud – Do It Yourself Magazine Publishing …a Cool Idea with Loads of...
HP is currently running a beta of a new online service called “MagCloud“. The service allows anyone to produce a magazine and print it – on demand – for $0.20 a page. The service also offers an...
View ArticleCanadian Unemployment Rate Hits 8% in March
Stats Canada has reported that Canada’s unemployment rate hit 8% in March. This is the highest rate in seven years. In March, Ontario unemployment remained steady at 8.7%, however Ottawa’s...
View ArticleLead-to-Win Turns Economic Downturn into Opportunity for Laid-Off Technology...
April 16, 2009 – Press Release Ottawa, Ontario Lead-to-Win Turns Economic Downturn into Opportunity for Laid-Off Technology Workers in Canada’s Capital Region In the tech meltdown of 2002, four out of...
View ArticleJoin Lead to Win: Drive Massive Innovation in Canada’s Capital Region
Join Lead to Win: Drive Massive Innovation in Canada’s Capital Region If you are serious about starting a profitable technology based business in the National Capital Region during the current economic...
View ArticleForget Monorails! The New Snake Oil for Economic Development is Green Tech...
Green tech and clean energy is the new snake oil – and is increasingly being pushed in Ottawa and other communities as “the future of technology” and the source for attracting venture capital, private...
View ArticleMore Beef, Less Bun!
We are in the midst of the worst economic downturn Ottawa has seen, and we are watching our high tech sector melt away. I find it very disturbing that there are few organizations – other than the...
View ArticleHigh Tech? Ensure You Know About the IRAP Small Project Accellerated Review...
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View ArticleWii – a platform for innovative product development …a Cool Idea with Loads...
The Nintendo Wii and it’s accessories represent a new platform with a lot of new opportunities for entrepreneurs to develop derivative products from. A case in point, Johny Lee at Carnegie Mellon...
View ArticleOttawa 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...
View ArticleLead 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...
View ArticleEconomists see more job losses, 9.8% unemployment in US
According to a USA Today article, 41% of economists surveyed in April predict the unemployment rate will top out at 10% or higher. 58% of the economists surveyed said the economy will weaken in the...
View ArticleLead 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...
View ArticleUS VC Investments Down 61% in 1Q09
Reports from Mercury Press highlight the continuing decline of Venture Capital in the US: Nationally, VCs invested $3 billion into U.S. companies, down 61 percent from the $7.7 billion invested in the...
View ArticleLead 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...
View ArticleBroadband 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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