Wordcamp Ottawa 2013

39 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
Ottawa is having their very first WordCamp. This is a great event on April 27th 2013. Check out their website for further details.   They are planning 3 tracks of presentations, “Content Creators” with presentations that will help users that create content in WordPress sites. “Site Creators” with content for those who are more experienced [...]

Startup Weekend Ottawa is back!

52 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
The national event will run in Ottawa from Friday, 24 May 2013 at 5:30 PM to Sunday, 26 May 2013 at 9:00 PM.

eBook for Technology Entrepreneurs

75 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
Recently a group of talented individuals in Ottawa launched an ebook on Technology Entrepreneurship. It’s relevant to any technology startup that wants to be successful in their domain. It covers various topics of interest from Business Models, minimal viable products to managing employees and more.   The editors are none other that Dr. Tony Bailetti (Technology [...]

ThinkRF is looking for a software developer

161 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
Think RF is looking for the next rockstar software developer. C/C++; Python, Qt application framework; Java, Linux, embedded systems architecture and statistical computing in numpy/scipy, and Matlab. If you meet the above qualifications apply now to be part of a great team.    

DCentred : Showcase Event by prototypeD Urban Workshops

208 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
DCentred Showcase is an opportunity for entrepreneurs to learn how prototypeD Urban Workshops can help businesses launch new products, build better brands, develop social and print media campaigns, and increase revenues by using design as a tool to build a better business. The day is organized in two sessions, morning and afternoon.  The morning session [...]

Lead To Win sessions starting Oct. 30th 2012

227 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
 Are you (or someone you know) serious about establishing and growing a business?  Do you think you have the next killer idea/product/service but don’t know how to go about starting a successful, growth-oriented business?  Do you already have a business, but your growth has stagnated, and you need to figure out how to reinvigorate it?  [...]

[Next Wednesday]: Meet AppSumo CEO & former Director of Marketing at Mint, Noah Kagan

250 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
Register Now! [Free Event] Join us on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 7pm for a unique opportunity to meet and network with Chief Sumo Noah Kagan. Noah is the Founder of AppSumo, former Director of Marketing at Mint Software (acquired by Intuit for $170M) and former product manager at Facebook. Noah has travelled all the way from Austin, Texas [...]

Get (free) advice for your startup: Call Guido!

434 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
Book time with Guido to get feedback on your startup.

DemoCamp Ottawa is back!

445 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
DemoCamp Ottawa on March 28th, 2012

Ottawa’s Coral CEA invests in four Toronto based startups

451 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
Coral CEA, a not-for-profit open innovation network based here in Ottawa, has invested $120,000 in four companies located at Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone (DMZ). What is the DMZ? It’s a workplace and incubator designed for young entrepreneurs. It’s members have access to overhead and business services, which means students and alumni can fast track [...]

IRAP’S VC Pitchfest and What It Means for Ottawa

465 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
Below is a guest post by friend and local entrepreneur Kyle McInnes, co-founder of Pretzil, who was a participant at the IRAP “PitchFest”.  The views are entirely his own and I exercised massive restraint by not changing some of his comments (but couldn’t resist the picture).The IRAP pitchfest happened recently on Wednesday, February 8th at [...]

TiEQuest 2012 – $150k in Cash Prizes – Deadline in 5 days!

480 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
If you’re a startup looking to raise some startup capital, then it might be a good idea for you to start participating in a few Business Plan Competitions. TiEQuest 2012 is accepting registrations for another 5 days and they are giving away ~$150,000 worth of prizes. On top of all of the prizes to be [...]

Bootstrap Awards 2012 – Deadline Midnight Tonight!

481 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
It’s that time of the year again and the Bootstrap Awards are almost here! If you’re a startup, then you should apply as the deadline is tonight! The award ceremony is great fun as there are always amazing speakers and the whole process is an opportunity to get some visibility in the community (investors, media/blogs, [...]

Local startup acquired: MediaMiser acquires InfoGlutton Solutions

488 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
A great Ottawa startup success story! You may recall we reported almost a year ago that MediaMiser had received $1Mil in funding, now the Ottawa media monitoring and analysis firm has annnounced its acquisition of Gatineau-based InfoGlutton.Congrats!Here’s the official news release:MediaMiser acquires InfoGlutton SolutionsOTTAWA – MediaMiser, a media monitoring and analysis technology compa

Sam Zaid gives you a step-by-step plan for funding via StartupPlays.com

489 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
In case you haven’t heard, StartupPlays.com is the hottest “startup for startups” with an all-star lineup of successful entrepreneurs who share their founder recipes on how to do everything from getting amazing press for your startup (Adrian Salamunovic) to building a content strategy to drive millions of readers to your blog (Dan Martell).  Past and [...]

Hangin around with the smart people at Wherecloud

521 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
So it’s always nice to work with really smart people.  I’ve been pretty lucky in that respect, in that almost everything I have done has kept me in contact with people who are trying to change the world.  I’ve known Martin Dufort for about six or seven years now.  We first met when he was working [...]

SWIX is hiring!

522 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
Now’s your chance!We’re a fun-sized team, young at heart, passionate, and set on blowing the doors off this new market forming around social media! We typically hire talented people either right out of school or with a couple years on the job. There are few opportunities to kickstart your career like SWIX offers. [...]

IRAP’s the new Dragon: VC Recruiting & Vetting

530 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
I just got an email from IRAP (who have recently been singing a familiar tune here in Ottawa: that they have no money for startups) that surprised and bothered me enough to stop building my business and write this blog post.Here’s an excerpt from the email:Subject: IRAP-Sponsored, VC Pitchfest Opportunity in JanuaryBody:IRAP in the National [...]

Recollective – Qualitative Online Research done right

533 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
We all know Ramius (located right here in the byWard market) to be a leader in the area of social networking for the enterprise. Ramius made a name for itself in the early days through its Community Zero product. As the world of the web moved rapidly forward with the introduction of feeds, tagging and [...]

City Hall Open Data Hackfest – this Saturday!

539 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011Free – City Hall, Champlain RoomAs population densities increase, neighbours stop talking and start becoming estranged. Isn’t that weird and interesting?Join user experience & interaction designers, indie video game developers, musicians, urban planners, citizens, librarians, data wranglers, debutantes and government officials in dreaming up and prototy

ForkTime.com is a social food journal.

539 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
If you take pictures of what you eat, this is a great tool to help you keep them together and share them.Please sign up and join us; it is free to use.  Create a food journal for yourself.  Follow other members to see what else everyone else is eating.For the time being, our website provides [...]

FranchiseBlast in the News – Helping Franchisors Run their Business with Software

551 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
Local Gatineau Startup, LavaBlast, that empowers franchises by delivering end-to-end software solutions to help manage operations was recently in the news as an example company that is leading the way in helping local Canadian companies adopt digital technologies. Lavablast is the brainchild of Jason Kealey and Etienne Tremblay and their lead software product is called [...]

Global Entrepreneurship Week

554 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011 is celebrated during the week of Nov. 14th-20th 2011.There are various events in the National Capital Region and the OCRI website has details on some of them.Lead To Win will be celebrating their successes on Thu. Nov. 17th from 4-7pm. To follow the conversation follow the hastags #leadtowin #GEWnews on Twitter.Carleton [...]

CCSR Conference – Tuesday, November 15th 2011

558 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
As some of you may have already heard, the annual Corporate & Community Social Responsibility Conference will be taking place next Tuesday, November 15th. This year’s keynote speaker will be Mario Pilozzi (former CEO of Walmart Canada).I’ve been to the Gala Dinner for the past few years – it’s a great networking opportunity and there’s [...]

Why your startup will fail: you never (really) understood the problem

559 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
I meet with 3-4 entrepreneurs per week to talk about their startups.  Each discussion starts with a very informal pitch about their business or product.  Almost every time there are two core (and maybe the most important) topics that are missing or glanced over too quickly:The specific user pain, and how BIG it isWhy they’re [...]

Shopify Raises $15 Million…

581 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
I knew this was coming so it’s nice to see it announced today.  Shopify has just raised a $15 Million Series B investment from Bessemer, FirstMark, Felicis, and Georgian.  For those of you who don’t know, these are all top tier firms.  Tobi writes a great blog post on this and you can also read [...]

StartupPlays.com: A Great Resource for Entrepreneurs

605 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
As a startup entrepreneur, you have to be really good at lots of things to build a world class business – creating a business plan, raising money, IP protection, viral marketing, getting customers, etc….  I know a lot of entrepreneurs, and none of them are experts in all these areas, but they need to execute [...]

Foursquare Hackathon

614 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
John Criswick @ Magmic is hosting a Foursquare hackathon on Saturday the 17th.Here’s a little more about the event from John:"Reminder that this Saturday the 17th is Foursquare’s global hackathon. Magmic has offered to host it at our offices at 126 York St 4th Floor. Attending doesn’t mean having to stay 24 hours [...]

Job Opp at WhereCloud…

623 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
If you’re a mobile app developer you should check out this opportunity at WhereCloud. They are looking for a Junior Developer to help fill out an already amazing team.Here is all the info:—-WhereCloud?Founded in 2006, WhereCloud is focusing on technological innovation and the highest quality standards. Located at the heart of the web and [...]

Lead To Win for Women launches

636 days ago      From: Startup Ottawa      
Lead To Win is a popular boot camp for entrepreneurs starting or growing a business. They are now launching Lead To Win for Women in order to help more women entrepreneurs to succeed.If you are a women with an idea and are serious about launching a profitable growth-oriented business in Canada’s Capital Region, or you [...]