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Canada: The Next Startup Frontier?
Tweet Issie Lapowsky - Inc. Magazine – April 3 With its new Startup Visa program, Canada’s hoping to lure foreign entrepreneurs. But what do start-ups stand to gain by heading north? Jason Kenney, Canada’s minister of citizenship, immigration, and multiculturalism, says he has the United States Congress to thank for Canada’s new start-up visa program. “There’s been a bill sitting on the order paper in Congress for several years to create a start-up visa,” Kenney says. “We thought it was a brilliant...
read moreBudget 2013 Opens Doors for a Startup Nation
Tweet Startup Canada optimistic that the federal budget takes step in right direction for recognizing and supporting a nation of entrepreneurs Ottawa, March 22, 2013 – The Canadian government is moving in the right direction with elements of the federal budget, but more is required to create an entrepreneurial infrastructure to accelerate the success of Canadian entrepreneurs. “We are pleased to see government supporting the startup community in Canada with the announcement of the entrepreneur awards and investment in venture capital and...
read moreHelp Build Startup Connect – Let’s Go Canada
Tweet Taking its cue from the tens of thousands of Canadians who made their voices heard on the Startup Canada National Tour from May to September 2012, and as a national grassroots, entrepreneur-led network, one of Startup Canada’s three priorities for 2012 is to develop StartupConnect.ca. Startup Canada Connect will be a highly social online space for entrepreneurs to plug into their local and national network and take their startup to the next level. Startup Canada Connect will be free, dynamic, comprehensive, personalized,...
read more2012 in Review
Tweet 2012 was a year of laying foundations for Startup Canada, iMotion Technologies and Startup Nations. Below is a summary of some of the highlights of my 2012. January – March – Supporting HRSDC in their work on developing a social innovation strategy for Canada February – Launching Startupcan.ca March - Piloting the National Tour in Halifax, Truro, Antigonish, Yarmouth and Sydney, Nova Scotia March - Speaking at the NATI Solutions Summit in St. John’s NL April - Chairing 3rd Annual ICUE Global Summit in...
read moreStartup Nations Powered by a New Generation of Entrepreneurs
Tweet Ottawa, ON (Thursday, December 6, 2012) – Early into the two-day Startup Nations Summit in Ottawa last week, a message became clear: A new entrepreneurial generation is emerging in a world of diminishing national boundaries. Leaders from 9 international entrepreneurship campaigns gathered for the Summit on Nov 29 – 30 to share best practices, exchange knowledge, and develop collaborative approaches to advancing entrepreneurship locally, regionally, and globally. Hosted by Startup Canada, the Summit participants included...
read moreLennox on CBC’s Lang & O’Leary
Tweet Victoria Lennox appeared on CBC’s Lang & O’Leary on December 4th to discuss Canada’s entrepreneurial culture, crowd funding of new ventures and Startup Canada. Click here to see the clip – 35 minutes in.
read moreStartup Canada Launches Blueprints & Action Plan
Tweet National Action Plan addresses urgent needs of Canadian entrepreneurs OTTAWA – November 27, 2012 – Startup Canada(www.startupcan.ca), a grassroots non-profit network committed to promoting a vibrant entrepreneurial culture, today unveiled a three-part national Action Plan to drive economic development, job creation and innovation from coast to coast. The plan is intended to make Canada one of the world’s top entrepreneurial economies, in which job creation and economic growth spring from innovative entrepreneurs...
read moreCommunities Still Buzzing from the Canadian Mentorship Challenge
Tweet When Startup Canada issued a national challenge to entrepreneurs and enterprise organizations to help mentor 10,000 Canadians during Global Entrepreneurship Week, it wanted to turn heads and showcase the value mentorship can have on both local and national levels. Today, as Startup Canada names British Columbia’s Women’s Enterprise Centre as its 2012 Canadian Mentorship Challenge winner for overall reach, impact and inspiration, Laurel Douglas hopes this is just the start of something big for BC...
read moreLeaders Join the Startup Canada Team
Tweet Leaders in Canadian Business and Entrepreneurship Join Startup Canada Team Ottawa, ON (Tuesday, October 30, 2012) – Key members of Canada’s business and enterprise sectors have joined Startup Canada’s leadership team as it prepares to launch its national strategy to support entrepreneurship in Canada. A new Management Board and two new committees – a National Advisory Council and a Government, Industry and Academic Advisory Board – will strengthen the voice of entrepreneurs at the heart of the organization and...
read moreDo Right and Deliver Profit
Tweet Social Impact Entrepreneurship – Do right by the world and deliver profit. On September 18, 2012, during a special event hosted byInstituteB, Urban Impact and BCIC, social entrepreneurs and innovators across Vancouver came together in Richmond, BC to network with top social innovators Darrell Kopke of InstituteB, Nicole Stefenelli of Urban Impact and Christopher Ng, CEO of Alterrus (vertical farming system manufacturer) – entrepreneurs who are using their companies as tools for positive societal change by...
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