I am very excited about our line up for next week and wanted to take a minute to share the sched with everyone. From an open source perspective this is a most awesome line up; Ruby Group (OGRE), The Eclipse Foundation and OSBootCamp, does it get any better? Also many other pertinent events for Local entrepreneurs.

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Fired UP! A Start-up Primer. 24 November 6:00pm – 9:00pm

The media is ripe with doom and gloom stories about BIG co downsizing or recession this and depression that this event promises to be a breath of fresh air. Sponsored by Fraser Milner Casgrain, OCRI and TheCodeFactory Fired UP! A Start-up Primer is more about turning pink slips into start-ups with advice from Mahshad Koohgoli on the transition from employee to entrepreneur; Ian Graham, on Ottawa Start-up resources; Brad Stewart, on start-up tips and lessons learned; Eric Smith / Andréa Johnson on the legal aspects of Start-up do’s and don’ts.

You can REGISTER HERE, space is limited.

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The Start-up Studio – Derek Featherstone  25-November 12:00 pm – 1:00pm

The Start-up Studio is much like “Inside the Actors Studio” hosted by John Lipton, however, Keith Cameron (aka Cameron) from Lang Michener will be acting as the host and moderator and the topic is start-ups and entrepreneurship rather than acting. The intent of the Start-up studio is for aspiring entrepreneurs and start-ups to learn from other area success stories. This is a chance to get up close and personal with successful Ottawa area entrepreneurs and learn from their experiences.

Derek Featherstone is a successful Ottawa entrepreneur that left the security of his full time teaching job to pursue an entrepreneurial life style. In 1999, he started his own company: Further Ahead. In growing the company he has been a hands-on developer, consultant, sales person, administrator, and accountant — and only three of those by choice.

He is also an avid triathlete with blogging coverage at: ironfeathers.ca

Everyone is welcome to join us for an insightful and entertaining glimpse into the career of a successful Ottawa entrepreneur.

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Ruby Tuesday – 25-November 6:00pm – 8:00pm

The Ottawa OGRE (Ottawa Group of Ruby Enthusiasts) meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month @ TheCodeFactory. Enthusiasts of all skill levels are welcome.

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OSBootCamp YOW10 – 26 November 6:00pm – 9:00pm

Andrew Ross has referred to OSBootCamp as elementary school for programmers at a grade 1 or 2 level and a great opportunity to learn programming basics in a fun and friendly environment. This month’s topics are; C and C++ and more details can be found at OSBootCamp YOW10 –

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Social Media Monitoring Magic – Radian6 – 26 November 3:00pm – 5:00pm

Digital Ottawa is proud to introduce world innovators in social media monitoring Fredericton’s own Radian6. More details HERE.

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Eclipse DemoCamp – 27 November 7:00pm – 10:00pm

Eclipse is an Ottawa based organization and one of the world’s best open source establishments, bar none. TheCodeFactory is proud and honored to host the event. There are six demos slated for the evening from IBM, Protecode, Code 9, Zeligsoft and Oracle. This promises to be an entertaining evening with some great demos and mix of established companies and start-ups. YOu can sign up here: Eclipse DemoCamp

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