TBridge @ Tech Venture Challenge
The 2009 Tech Venture Challenge will be wrapping up, with the finalists presenting their final pitches tonight at Ben Franklin Place, Ottawa. TVC is Ottawa’s most prestigious business plan competition and is a member of MIT’s Global Network of University Business Plan Competitions.
35 business proposals were submitted this 2009 season, and the 3 finalists [...]
Social Media – a necessary element of success.
I took part in a Social Media Breakfast for the first time today, and quite enjoyed the talk given by Mark Kuznicki. He discussed the use of social media tools such as twitter, and blogging as it can be applied to citizen participation by communities and governments, in the context of unconferences.
If you don’t know [...]
Outliers – In Response to Stephen Daze’s Question
At the beginning of our book club meeting on Outliers, Stephen Daze asked us a question: If we are to believe the theories stipulated by Gladwell in Outliers, what are the skills or opportunities needed to become an outlier entrepreneur?
Well that’s an interesting question. Because it makes you have to think long [...]
Willing and able in Entrepreneurship
I think we all have, at one point or another, heard the spill on being an entrepreneur: you should be able to motivate your team, manage time lines, set goal, and so on. However after reading Stephen Daze’s post, I started realizing how those skills are manifestations of other traits like self confidence and self [...]