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Carleton is really picking up its game, or specific people, like Luc Lalande, of the Foundry Program, are really bringing some great initiatives to Carleton, my alma mater.  The latest?  Bringing TEDx to Ottawa, and more specifically, to Carleton University. TEDxCarletonU, held at the Gladstone Theatre, will feature some TEDx Videos, and five speakers of very diverse backgrounds, yet all talented...

The TalentBridge mentoring continues and tomorrow I’m lucky enough to have the opportunity to attend the prestigious Ottawa Venture & Technology Summit held at the Chateau Laurier.  Manu Sharma invited me to join their table.  If you haven’t heard about it, it’s an annual event held by OCRI the purpose of which is to showcase new and young Ottawa based companies to the business...

A large component of TalentBridge is mentorship.  It’s the component of the program that is appreciated the most and yet talked about the least.  So I’ve decided to start a series of blogs dedicated on different mentorship talks/activities I’ve experienced through my time at TBridge. I’ve had a number of one-on-one talks with Manu Sharma, my boss at TalentBridge, about my strengths and weakness...

I’ve been working with TalentBridge for a year now, in a couple of different capacities, and have been able to see a number TalentBridge initiatives through – none so swiftly or as efficiently as OIC.  Steve Robins and Will Armstrong, under the direction, assistance and support of Manu Sharma and with the assistance of Amanda Emmanuel, have been able in a very short period of time...

For the capital of a nation such as Canada, Ottawa brings ‘big city’ caliber with a small-town, homely feel. Amongst its eclectic mix of high-tech, politics and Government driven population, business and innovation are domains that have a large following but are often not recognized or even associated with Ottawa. So how do we bring these hidden gems to the forefront? The Ottawa Innovation Challenge is...

There is a lot of  social media hype going around…. GET on the BANDWAGON, include it in your MARKETING STRATEGY, set up a BLOG, a TWITTER account, a LINKEDIN account, a FACEBOOK ….(all caps lock words heard as if on loud speaker).  It’s exhausting and just confusing.  Most of those I met during the networking portion at Zone 5ive: 50 Ideas on Using Twitter and LinkedIn for Business...

As you might now, TBridge started a book club and the first book we read was Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell. A week after our review, Stephen Daze comes in during our weekly meeting announcing that Malcolm Gladwell will be at the NAC June 11th and since we had all just read his book, we will all be attending (who said timing wasn’t everything?). For those of you who have never...

Through TalentBridge I was introduced to Entrepreneur’s Edge (e2) – a 5 day boot camp offered by OCRI offering intensive interactive classes transferring knowledge form seasoned entrepreneurs and experts to new entrepreneurs.  I was able to attend an “e2 Lite” session last week (May 26, 2009), the condensed version of the main e2 program, hosted by Vitesse and OCRI.   It’s a half day...

There are a lot of good events we get to go to as TBridge students, but my personal favorites are the E1o1 sessions.  Small, intimate gatherings of young people bitten with the entrepreneurial bug providing lots of  information, questions, and anecdotal stories – and did I mention enthusiasm?!? Social media, social communities, their uses and downfalls – all that was covered.  What’s...