Lunch was most awesome today and I wanted to take a minute to thank Yasir Naqvi, MPP for Ottawa Centre (riding TheCodeFactory is located in) and our very special guest John Wilkinson, Minister for Research and Innovation Ontario. This was a very informal roundtable affair with about a dozen folks affiliated in various capacities with TheCodeFactory.

Everyone had a chance to introduce themselves and then we had some really great entrepreneurship and innovation related conversations. Afterwars I spoke with various people and they enjoyed the session, appreciated the opportunity and were impressed by the ministers openness and approachability. We also gainied a better appreciation for the depth and breadth of the innovation ministry. Our guests are certainly welcome back anytime and Allan Isfan has in fact asked me to request a follow up meeting for a future Start-up club lunch.

Ian Graham

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