10 Reasons to Start-Up in Canada, eh!

[Translate] Whether you are looking to start a business or have already turned a profit, as entrepreneurs, you are always looking for new opportunities and sometimes the grass may seem greener on the other side. Why venture south when Canada is the place to be? Here are some reasons to Start-up in...

Public Servants invited to Entrepreneurship / Innovation Roundtable

[Translate]   Click here to download Programme A Public Sector Horizontal Policy Round Table on Small Business, Entrepreneurship & Innovation: Enhancing Public Sector Horizontal Communications September 29, 2011- 8.30am – 4.00pm – FREE British High Commiss ion, 80...

ICUE Seeks Founding Benefactors

[Translate] Open Letter: Over the course of the last two years NACUE has developed into a world class national charitable organization fueling student entrepreneurship across UK further and higher education institutions. NACUE has been a critical founding partner and incubator of the International...

BC Visit and Grow Conference 2011 Lessons / Inspirations

[Translate] This week I had the opportunity to attend the 2011 Grow Conference in Vancouver BC – a conference convening investors, entrepreneurs and enterprise support professionals from across Canada and Silicon Valley. I was fortunate enough to have won a free ticket to the conference via a Twitter...

First Canadian to receive Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion

[Translate] Published July 21, 2011 by the Ottawa Technology Transfer Network Earlier this spring, Buckingham Palace announced that uOttawa alumnus and entrepreneur, Victoria Lennox, 27, was the first Canadian, and one of the youngest, recipients of a Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion for...

NACUE is Growing – 20 New Positions Open for Applications

[Translate] Posted on August 5, 2011 by NACUE NACUE is delighted to announce the creation of twenty paid positions, with applications open immediately. NACUE has achieved significant growth over the past two years and is now at an extremely exciting phase of expansion. The recruits will form a new team...

Day 1: Canada’s wireless technology advantage – Wavefront

[Translate] August 15, 2011 I arrived in Vancouver this morning for the Grow 2011 Conference, arriving a few days early to  meet with StartUp Canada partners and explore the city. The last time I was here was in the Summer of 2008 on my way home to Cambridge, ON after spending six months backpacking the...

Day 6: Ending with a new beginning – onward home

[Translate] July 16, 2011 As the last ‘business day’ of my trip, I spent today in rainy Cambridge. The first meeting of the day was with Kosta Maroulakis (NACUE East England Director) and newly appointed President of CUTEC, Liz Williams.  Through the meeting we developed a greater understanding of...

Day 5: Learning by developing and new beginnings

[Translate] July 15, 2011 This morning I had the opportunity to judge the St. George’s Apprentice Challenge finals between 5 competing Teams of 11-12 year olds in West London. The most moving part of the morning was in speaking with the children and asking what they learned from the 1-week long...

Passion, resilience, curiosity, memory & behaviour

[Translate] A poem prepared as a short speech by Andy Penaluna for the NACUE Celebration for the Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion. Passion An enterprising person needs passion, as without passion, there is no resilience. Resilience Resilience needs interest, if we are not interested, we get...