A friend of mine forwarded me an interesting document that I wanted to share with everyone. The document is entitled Technology Birthplaces and details a good bit of the garage start-up history and some of the most innovative companies of the past century and decades. Well worth a read. Cheers, ian.thecodefactory

Fred Ngo from Montreal is in the process of starting out on a bold new adventure called standout jobs. We here at TheCodeFactory wish Fred and all the folks at Standout jobs great success. I also believe that there is the opportunity for start-ups to learn from their experience. Fred’s’ recent post “The Wild andContinue reading →

Had a great meeting this morning with Peter, Scott Lake, Craig Fitzpatrick and myslef. It seems that many of us here in Ottawa are on the same wavelength. That wavelength being the one were we want to take some positive steps to help bring the start-up community together. In fact it is even more thanContinue reading →

I came up with this analogy as a way to show the entrepreneurial evolution when Peter and I would present to various stakeholders around Ottawa. I believe that this is an important element in setting the context for my next couple of posts. If you understand the Hockey analogy then understanding why it is so importantContinue reading →