The Ottawa Network (TON) reposted this
“Looking back at how this bootstrap culture has become so ingrained in Ottawa, I think we owe some credit to The Ottawa Network. “ Thanks for the shoutout Nick! It has truly been a labour of love for all of us on the TON board to celebrate bootstrapping with the annual Ottawa bootstrap awards and support our thriving entrepreneur network with monthly events. Erin Engelhardt Hyatt Saikin Stephen Fry Adrian Becea Sanjay Doraiswami Jhalak Gupta Alex Aragona Shawna Tregunna Jason Daley David Stein Elliott Simcoe Thank you to our sponsors who have enabled us to continue our work this 20+ years! Invest Ottawa Smart & Biggar Purecolo Inc. saascan Capital Angel Network Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology Ottawa Business Journal Wesley Clover Northern Forge Studios Sleep Efficiency Paterson and Company
So, what is uniquely compelling about Ottawa’s startup ecosystem? A lot of people ask this question, and there are more than a few opinions. Here’s my answer, and a blog on why capital, or lack thereof, has actually helped forge Ottawa into a very unique startup ecosystem… Ottawa is Bootstrap City https://lnkd.in/gSC2xWpK Here’s to the bootstrappers… Mike Potter James C. Kailin Noivo Robert Boukine Pierce Ujjainwalla Brendan Farnand John Findlay AJ Pratt Peter O'Blenis Jonathan Barker Michael B. Johnson Greg Johnson Urooj Qureshi Dave McIlhagga Jeff Horne Laura Mindorff Erin Kelly Kenton White Peter Sandiford Matthew Holland Pouria Ghods Aali R. Alizadeh Corey Ellis Alida Burke Kumanan Wilson Greg Wood Brett Merriman, CPA, CA John MacBeth Cassy Aite Emil Aite Niraj Bhargava P.Eng, MBA, ICD.D Amir Ghods And a hat tip to The Ottawa Network (TON) as founders and supporters of the Bootstrap Awards, including but not limited to Bruce M Firestone, Jason Daley, David Stein Erin Engelhardt Michael Lalonde Stephen Fry Hyatt Saikin Are we a city of bootstrappers? I'd love to hear your thoughts.