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Ottawa Business Journal - Opinion - Bruce Firestone

21 straight years of growth ... and counting

"The sky is falling, the sky is ..." This seems to be the cry of many observers of Ottawa's tech scene, who think it's the end of Silicon Valley North.

Bruce Firestone in images

Provided David Ross, CEO of Ross Video.
File photo Momentous Corp. CEO Rob Hall.
CTV A scene from Sticks & Stones, written and produced by Ottawa's Sharon Buckingham.
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Provided by RocketOwl GreenSpace screenshot.

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‘Fenix’-like rise into open source profits

September 15, 2011 - 8 h 39

Jennifer MacKinnon started Fenix Solutions in 2001 after the Montreal-based tech company she was working for decided to pull out of the Ottawa market. She asked herself: "Why not do it on my own?" So she did.

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Of bootstrapping, business divorce and outsourcing

May 24, 2011 - 13 h 15

In 1996, Paul Vallée left Minneapolis and a lucrative contract consulting position billable at up to $175 an hour to come to Ottawa and live the impoverished life of an entrepreneur.

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Selling socks and underwear subscriptions

April 25, 2011 - 8 h 45

Anyone who starts a company with the following tagline is bound to be different: "We give men (and the people who love them) more time to build empires, climb mountains (and) slay dragons to achieve the goals they aspire to."

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Connecting with clients before foraging for funds

February 15, 2011 - 14 h 29

I built my own Shopify store on the company’s platform in less than 10 minutes.

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Why we need a film publishing rights movement

January 31, 2011 - 9 h 00

Standards such as, say, a common language, a common currency, a set of laws, dates, times, volumes and 18,000 other things covered by the International Organization of Standardization have made everyone wealthier by reducing transaction costs,...

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Calypso's wild and wet debut

December 15, 2010 - 8 h 53

I recently spoke with Sylvain Lauzon, vice-president at Calypso Waterpark and former employee of Rick Hunter’s rival firm ProSlide Technology Inc., which hopes to open Alottawatta Water Park in 2012 on Moodie Drive in Ottawa’s west end.

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Zappos: Core values or no values?

May 18, 2010 - 13 h 18

For the first three quarters of my advance copy of the book Delivering Happiness by Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh (pronounced “Shay”), I felt like this was going to be the third book I have ever read that, if I could have, I would have authored...

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Terry’s 10 commandments

April 6, 2010 - 13 h 29

After meeting with executives from local venture capital firm Wesley Clover last week, I left with a feeling that I’d just experienced a Bizarro moment.

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Ottawa's tractor-beam effect

March 16, 2010 - 15 h 49

A lot of my students over the years have told me, as they get closer to graduation, that they’re going to leave our cold-weather city as soon as they get degrees.

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Don't trade in your old suit - yet

February 24, 2010 - 11 h 52

"The world is a tough, competitive place,” said Jerry Maguire in the film of the same name.

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