2010 Fall Events

985 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      
Thank you all for your support over the past year.  We're actively planning the events for the upcoming fall & winter season.  Stay tuned for details to be announced soon.

TON App Showcase

1078 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      
TON App ShowcaseTuesday, June 22nd. 5-7pmThe Velvet Room62 York Street (above Fat Tuesdays) Click here to register and purchase a ticket for this eventOttawa has long been known as a mecca of software development so why should mobile be any different? During the last four or five years some incredible ...

RECAP: TON Tuesday May 25, 2010: Angel Investors and Seed Money

1090 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      
Looking for seed money for your new venture? This TON Tuesday – another sell-out with 55 people attending – focused on how start-ups can access funding. Featuring a discussion moderated by James Smith at the LeBarge Weinstein offices in Kanata, Raymond Luk and Mark MacLeod discussed what you need to ...

TON Tuesday: New Early Stage Funding Models and Funds

1097 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      
May 25, 2010, - 5:00-7:00 pmLaBarge Weinstein’s Kanata offices515 Legget Drive, Suite 800Come hear about emerging trends in seed and early stage institutional financing, from Mark MacLeod and Raymond Luk of two new Montreal seed funding sources. The event will be moderated by James Smith and hosted at LaBarge Weinstein. ...

RECAP: TON Tuesday May 11, 2010 - Building a Winning Team Through Outsourcing

1103 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      
Coming out of a recession, companies who cut staff as a survival strategy, today find themselves short on in-house talent. Even before the recession, many companies turned to outside suppliers of basic services to augment their in-house capabilities, cut costs and get into the market faster with their products. Should ...

RECAP: TON Tuesday April 27 - Turn Selling into Buying

1118 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      
How are your sales? If you believe your company could be more effective at selling your products or services, attending last night’s TON session with Trevor Wilkins, Principal of Holis Associates Inc., would have been a great start. Trevor is an Engineer turned sales professional who has practised sales ...

TON Tuesday - Virtually Yours: Building a winning team through outsourcing

1118 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      
Gowlings Monthly TON "Starting your Start-Up Series" Presents:(160 Elgin Street, 26th Floor)Virtually Yours:  Building a Winning Team through OutsourcingAs access to capital continues to be a challenge for Ottawa Hi Tech Start-Ups, more and more companies are adopting the virtual and outsourcing business models.  R&D, production, staffing, sales/m

TON Tuesday: Inspiring a Sale From the Buyers Side - The First Step in Turning Selling into Buying

1129 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      
The Ottawa Network PresentsInspiring a Sale From the Buyers SideThe First Step in Turning Selling into BuyingApril 27, 2010, 5:30-7:30 pm@bitHeads Inc.1309 Carling Avenue(entrance at east end of Westgate Shopping Centre)Do you need to influence investors, partners or customers to buy products, ideas or services, or to buy into a ...

RECAP: TON Tuesday April 13, 2010 - MENTORS

1131 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      
Mentorship and Coaching – Getting it Right for Your Company Why should you look for a mentor for your new business? Martin Horne, co-founder of the financial consulting company the Finelyne Group, maintains that businesses need coaches to help them make their products commercially successful. If it’s something that the CEOs ...

TON Tuesday: Business is a team sport!

1152 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      
Gowlings Monthly TON "Starting your Start-Up Series" Presents:(160 Elgin Street, 26th Floor)Business is a team sport!Developing a winning game plan with mentors, coaches, and advisors.Tuesday, April 13, 2010 (5:30pm - 7:30pm)Much like with sports, every winning business team has a group of dedicated, experienced, and enthusiastic coaches and mento

RECAP: TON Tuesday March 23 - Selling in Asia

1152 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      
Thinking of selling your product in China or India? TON Tuesday was another hit this week as the panel explored issues around bringing your products to Asia. The challenges and rewards were explored through a panel discussion featuring Mike Manson, CEO of TaraSpan, Ying Hou, National Vice-Chair of China Initiative ...

TON Tuesday: Focus on Business with China and India

1160 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      
The Ottawa Network Presents: Focus on Businesswith China and IndiaTuesday, March 23, 2010 5:30-7:30 pmbitHeads Inc.1309 Carling Avenue(Entrance at east end of Westgate Shopping Centre)It's a global village, and two of the largest villagers are China and India. You will meet them at the village market, so be prepared to ...

Recap: TON Tuesday - Cleantech Retooling Initiative

1176 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      
The TON Tuesday session this past week was a huge success with more than 50 attendees at the Kanata Lakes Golf & Country Club to hear the panel of solar and geo-thermal experts speak on Clean Technology Start-ups. In the audience a mix of funders and start-ups and hopefuls, each ...

TON Tuesday: Hiring the “A” Team

1176 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      
Gowlings Monthly TON “Starting your Startup Series” Presents:Hiring the “A” Team – A “Mel & Mel” Production on Building for SuccessTuesday, March 9, 2010 - 5:30pm - 7:30pmPlease join our expert panel of Mel Polowin and Mel Mulligan for a discussion on how to build a core “A” team.  ...

TON Tuesday - Cleantech Retooling Initiative

1189 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      
TON Tuesday - Focus On: Cleantech ProjectFinancing Opportunities in OttawaFebruary 23, 2010 4-6:30 pmsponsored byBringing local clusters and initiatives together to focus the expertise of experienced management and engineering talents on emerging cleantech opportunities.We invite you to join the conversation!Register for the event here.We are plea

Startup Boot Camp April 23-25, 2010

1202 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      
Win $5000 for your StartupSign up now for The Ottawa Network Startup Boot CampApril 23rd, 24th, and 25th, 2010 With the generous support of our event sponsors, The Ottawa Network is pleased to host our second Startup Boot Camp event. ...

TON Tuesday: Preparing A Business Plan To Raise Capital

1202 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      
Gowlings Monthly TON “Starting your Startup Series”, Continues The 2 Part Seminar Series on Business PlansPart 2 – Preparing A Business Plan To Raise CapitalTuesday February 9th, 2010 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm160 Elgin St., 26th FloorIn Part 1 of our seminar series on business plans, “The Business Plan You ...

TON Tuesday - Focus on Innovation January 26, 2010 5:30-7:30 pm hosted by bitHeads Inc. 1309 Carling Avenue (entrance at east end of Westgate Shopping Centre) Innovation is the engine driving Ottawa's economy. Come hear and interact with our distinguished panel on various aspects of innovation. What is the role of innovation in ...

1215 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      

Win $5000 for your Startup Sign up now for The Ottawa Network Startup Boot Camp February 26th, 27th & 28th, 2010 With the generous support of our event sponsors, The Ottawa Network is pleased to host our second Startup Boot Camp event. ...

1215 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      

Gowlings Monthly TON “Starting your Startup Series”, Announces a 2 Part Seminar Series on Business Plans. Part 1 – The Business Plan You DON’T take to the Bank Tuesday January 12th, 2010 - 5:30pm - 7:30pm Many new start-ups write a business plan with the sole purpose of raising capital.  However, a ...

1229 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      

TON Tuesday - Interactive Entertainment November 24, 2009, 5:30-7:30 pm hosted by bitHeads Inc. 1309 Carling Avenue (entrance at east end of Westgate Shopping Centre) Focus on Interactive Entertainment - Definition, Wikipedia - The phrase Interactive Entertainment also known as video games refers to the business of producing and distributing products and services, or the products and services, of which [...]

1279 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      

What is Founders & Funders? Founders & Funders is a social event aimed at bringing together the people that start the next big successful company with the people that fund these companies in their earliest stages. The event is social. It is not a pitch fest. It is not a DemoCamp. It is an opportunity to [...]

1284 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      

TAKE NOTICE that the annual meeting of members of THE OTTAWA NETWORK (the “Corporation”) will be held at Brookstreet Hotel, 525 Legget Drive, Kanata, Ontario on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 5:00 o’clock (Ottawa time) in the afternoon for the purpose of: receiving and considering the financial statements for the fiscal year ended June [...]

1286 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 5:00-7:00pm Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP 555 Legget Drive, Tower B, Suite 740, Kanata Starting your Start-Up Using Blogs & Social Media to Become an Internet Star! Gowlings is very pleased to host Starting Your Start-Up, The Ottawa Network monthly event stream that combines quality networking with practical advice and insights from industry leaders and [...]

1293 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 4:00pm to 6:30pm Kanata Lakes Golf & Country Club Ottawa Cleantech Retooling Initiative “Bringing local clusters and initiatives together to focus the expertise of experienced management and engineering talents on emerging cleantech opportunities.” We invite you to join the conversation. Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Time: 4:00pm to 6:30pm Location: Kanata Lakes Golf & Country Club 7000 [...]

1308 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 5:30-7:30pm Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP 160 Elgin Street, Suite 2600 Starting your Start-Up: Words from the Wise Gowlings is very pleased to host “Starting Your Start-Up”, The Ottawa Network monthly event stream that combines a quality networking opportunity with practical advice and insights from industry leaders and subject matter experts.  Starting Your Start-Up focuses on [...]

1321 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      

Sign up now for The Ottawa Network Startup Boot Camp October 23rd, 24th & 25th, 2009 With the generous support of our event sponsors, The Ottawa Network is pleased hold a Startup Boot Camp event. This exciting event is designed is to bring together entrepreneurial minded people from Ottawa’s [...]

1336 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      

Tuesday, September 22, 6:00 to 8:00 pm Algonquin College, Woodroffe Campus just south of Baseline, Building P, Room P214 (see map below) with Present Focus on Business Communications & Influence Speaker : Trevor Wilkins While this is a free event for members of The Ottawa Network, we ask that you register by clicking [...]

1338 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      

The Ottawa Network Kicks Off New Year with a Focused Approach The Ottawa Network 2009-2010 season got off to a great start on Wednesday. Thanks to Gowlings for hosting the event, which attracted over 115 people to help us kick off the year. One of the highlights of the event was Rick O’Connor’s [...]

1344 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network      

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 5:30-7:30pm 160 Elgin Street, Suite 2600 The Ottawa Network – Kick-off to 2009-2010! Gowlings is pleased to host The Ottawa Network launch of its 2009-2010 season. Please come out to our inaugural networking event to hear our very exciting plans for the upcoming season presented by Rick O’Connor, President of The [...]

1355 days ago      From: The Ottawa Network