This tuesday night (May 27th) is the grand opening for The Code Factory. Ian Graham has been working on this project for over a year now and all his work has finally paid off. The Code Factory is a co-working space for people who are involved in startups and it is set to officially open [...]
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Ottawa Web Weekend Rocked!
Mark Stephenson reports that the Ottawa Web Weekend was a huge success that created some long lasting relationships and possibly the starting point of a couple more Ottawa startups. The app that was created over the weekend is called rebookme.com which is a new web service that turns cancellations into reservations. The group is continuing [...]
Interview with Ben Yoskovitz from Standout Jobs
I was really happy a couple of weeks ago when I got an email from Ben Yoskovitz from StandoutJobs.com and the Instigator Blog. Ben has been an entrepreneur in Montreal for the past decade and has had some great successes. His blog also has some truly great content if you’re interested in learning how to [...]
The Startup Index
Jevon MacDonald of StartupNorth recently released a great site site called the StartupIndex. As you can guess, the site is a community based index of technology startups and investors in Canada. This is a great idea and a fantastic way for people in the startup community to keep track of what’s going on.
Jonas Brandon, Jevon’s [...]
Ottawa Web Weekend
I have to apologize that I haven’t been covering the Ottawa Web Weekend. Although I have never met the organizers, I’m pretty sure that Marc-Andre Plouffe is taking the lead on the project.
The concept is simple. A bunch of people who don’t know each other get together for a weekend with one goal: launch a [...]
The Code Factory in NC SCAN
There was a great article in National Capital Scan this week about Ian Graham and the Code Factory. The story is entitled "Shared workspace combines office amenities with coffee".
The Code Factory was inspired by the high energy Mr. Graham noticed from attending DemoCamp events, where the tech community gathers to show off the latest projects. [...]