Ottawa has been one of Canada's largest tech centres for decades and has the highest concentration of tech talent in the country. It hasn't always been a smooth ride—the city was riding high on the telecom boom of the late 1990s and took a big hit when the glory days came to an end, but it evolved and rebuilt and now has an impressive collection of startups and young companies, … [Read more...]
Building startup communities and startup ecosystems
Yesterday the Ontario government says "Ontario’s postsecondary institutions conduct high-quality research through campus accelerators and incubators" and today we hear they've picked Jim Balsillie to chair a panel reviewing the innovation ecosystem. Which shows more cluelessness?
Ontario Budget: "Ontario’s postsecondary institutions conduct high-quality research through campus accelerators and incubators"
Good to see that they have a strong grasp of the innovation ecosystem.