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Ottawa Senators Founder Dr Bruce M Firestone to Speak at Renfrew and Area...
Never Backing Down—Creating a Diverse, Innovative and Sustainable Future RENFREW, ONTARIO (January 29, 2013)—Ottawa Senators Founder and not-for-profit corporation Exploriem.org’s Executive Director,...
View ArticleThings Every Tech Startup Needs to Know about Self-Capitalization
By Bruce M Firestone, B Eng (Civil), M Eng-Sci, PhD Abstract In the five year period leading up to 2010, approximately 91.6% of all tech startups in the US were self-funded or bootstrapped, 8.1% were...
View ArticleClown HUGGING Customers & The BIG Salad
What do you do to really make your customers feel special & part of your company fabric? How do you go the extra mile to make the buying experience stand out in the customers memory? You may have...
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EVENT-AID/The Athenas
Introduction EVENT-AID will be held in Ottawa in September 2013. The purpose of EVENT-AID is to provide seed funding for new events to be held in the National Capital Region of Canada; in effect, it is...
View ArticleThe Utility Company, TUC—Not What You Think It Is
(This article originally appeared in Ottawa Business Journal, February 2013:http://www.obj.ca/Opinion/Bruce-Firestone-5444.) Talking with Larry Poirier, President of TUC Brands and Founder of Nitro IT...
View ArticleExploriem Announces Record Number of Startup Applicants for 2013 Bootstrap...
ATTENTION BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY EDITORS Exploriem Announces Record Number of Startup Applicants for 2013 Bootstrap Awards For Immediate Release OTTAWA (February 8th, 2013) – Following a record number...
View ArticleCountdown to 2013 Bootstrap Awards and Adawe Tradeshow
The Bootstrap Awards started in 2004 in Ottawa, Canada. The overarching purpose of the Awards is to recognize and celebrate entrepreneurs in Ottawa, Gatineau, Eastern Ontario and West Quebec who have...
View Article2013 Bootstrap Award Winners
Green Innovation (Sponsored by: La Cité collégiale) 1. Buckwheat Pillow Canada 2. enviroBYTES 3. Efani Innovation in Engineering and Technology (supported by: NRC-IRAP) 1. 360pi 2. YOUiLabs 3....
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Ottawa Business Journal – Technology
Local bootstrapped companies honoured Liam Martin, chief marketing officer and co-founder of Staff.com By Courtney Symons It’s not every day that an entrepreneur hopes to get the boot, but such was...
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What are the Moral Underpinnings of Success?
And Why the Term ‘Government Operation’ is an Oxymoron Success in business is important so your business can take care of your family and then your family can take care of you. It also allows you to...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs Handbook II
Foreword Do you want to learn how to create significant value for yourself and your family in an enterprise that you own and control—value that can provide you the freedom and security to realize your...
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Communicarium
Heidi Lasi Communicarium is a full-service boutique communications and marketing agency that specializes in working closely with clients to create the most strategic and effective outreach possible,...
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RjR Innovations—Transitioning from Consulting to Services to Products Company...
(This article originally appeared in Ottawa Business Journal, February 2013: http://www.obj.ca/Opinion/Bruce-Firestone-5444.) An intense Robert Beauchamp started Ottawa’s RjR Innovations in 2004 with...
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Bootstrap Awards | Fastest Growing Startup Announced!
Fastest Growing Startup (Sponsored by: Ginsberg Gluzman Fage & Levitz LLP) First Second Third
View ArticleWhy Businesses (Really) Fail
And Why Even Mighty IBM Can’t Forget the Basics Below are some data published by BusinessWeek on why businesses fail. I’ll bet you that the top five reasons (too much debt, inadequate leadership, poor...
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Toonie Deal
Psst, want in on an unbelievable deal? If u donate a toonie from ur PayPal account to not-for-profit Exploriem Entrepreneur Network, u get a Special Commemorative Issue of Sens BODYCHECK Magazine...
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Pick Your Poison
IOE (Institute of Entrepreneurs) Courses by Bruce M Firestone I am giving a course this Thursday (April 11, 2013) from 0830 to 1130 on self-capitalization. This course is designed to help unlock new,...
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Things Every Tech Startup Needs to Know about Business Models
By Bruce M Firestone, B Eng (Civil), M Eng-Sci, PhD Abstract The Business Model is supplanting the Business Plan in many organizations. It not only describes the complete business ecosystem, it is a...
View ArticleHow a Stittsville Manufacturer Competes with the China Price
The LD Tool Story[This article first appeared in Ottawa Business Journal] In a non-descript 40,000 square foot industrial building on Iber Road in Stittsville, co-owner Lawrence (Laurie) Dickson and...
View ArticleSR & ED Changes–New and Old
What a difference a year makes. Five minutes before the 2012 Federal Budget was delivered, I was asked by one of myPartners whether I had my resume ready. While the comment was made in jest, it...
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