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What is Startup Canada?
Startup Canada is Canada's first-ever, entrepreneur-led, national movement to enhance the nation's competitiveness and prosperity by supporting and celebrating Canadian entrepreneurship.
Startup Canada is launching this effort with the country's first national entrepreneurship tour and campaign. The tour will run from March to September, engaging 25,000 Canadians and 250 partner organizations across the country. Entrepreneurs will participate in more than 30 Town Halls and 100 Fringe Events and connect through a social media groundswell campaign.
www.startupcan.ca |
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Meet Windsor's Startup Canada Guests
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STARTUP CANADA WINDSOR SPONSORS
WEtech Alliance
The Accelerator
The Small Business Centre
Odette School of Business
Wissam Aoun
Caesars Windsor
Essex Angel Capital
Festival Tents
Walkerville Brewery
Blab Media
Accent Media |
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STARTUP CANADA NATIONAL TOUR COMING TO WINDSOR MAY 22nd-23rd
Windsor, ON (Tuesday, April 17, 2012) Calling all entrepreneurs! WEtech Alliance is proud to announce that Windsor has been selected as one of few Ontario cities to host the nationwide Startup Canada Tour. WEtech Alliance along with the support of the Downtown Windsor Business Accelerator, the WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation, Odette School of Business, SIFE Windsor, other volunteers and entrepreneurs including Blab Media and Accent Media, are thrilled to unveil the action packed agenda for Startup Canada's visit on May 22nd and 23rd.
The tour will kickoff at the Odette School of Business on May 22nd with a keynote address by National Post columnist, Rick Spence, followed by a networking event at Caesars Windsor's VU Bar with word-of-mouth guru, Saul Colt. The day will conclude with a special Startup Canada Town Hall at Walkerville Brewery. One hundred entrepreneurs and members of the local community will be invited to participate in this event. Participants will develop a concrete action plan and community-led solutions to pressing issues facing entrepreneurs in Windsor-Essex. The tour will conclude the following day, May 23rd, with a one of a kind Entrepreneur Show and Tell at the Downtown Windsor Business Accelerator.
Events are open to entrepreneurs, business owners, students and community enthusiasts from all sectors and stages of operation. Limited seating available for the Town Hall and lunch with Saul Colt. To register for the Town Hall, visit www.windsortownhall.eventbrite.com. To register for Lunch with Saul Colt, visit www.lunchwithaguru.eventbrite.com.
For additional information or to schedule an interview, contact:
Yvonne Pilon
ypilon@wetech-alliance.com
519-997-2857 |
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Startup Windsor: Join The Hunt (Pre-Tour Activity)
Monday May 14th - Sunday May 20th
Windsor-Essex is home to some amazing businesses! Come together and find some new and exciting things to do and see in your city. Are you ready to join the hunt? Visit www.startupwindsor.ca on May 1st and register for your chance to play and win some seriously cool prizes!
This event is sponsored by Blab Media, Accent Media, WEtech Alliance and The Downtown Windsor Business Accelerator. |
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Startup Canada Windsor Kickoff with Rick Spence
May 22nd, 2012
8:00am - 10:00am
Odette School of Business
Join the Odette School of Business, WEtech Alliance and The WindsorEssex Small Business Centre as we kickoff Startup Canada's visit to Windsor-Essex. The kickoff will feature University of Windsor Alumni, Rick Spence, sharing his over 20 years experience studying Canada's most successful entrepreneurs in a keynote discussion titled "Growth Secrets of Canada's Top Entrepreneur".
Rick Spence is a Toronto-based business writer, consultant and speaker dedicated to helping businesses grow. He is the former editor and publisher of PROFIT, The Magazine for Canadian Entrepreneurs. He now writes a weekly column on entrepreneurship for the National Post, as well as columns for PROFIT and other magazines. Rick wrote the first Canadian book on growth business (Secrets of Success from Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies, 1997). He has taught "New Venture Startup" at Ryerson University and sits on the board of a Toronto-based geophysical software company. |
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Lunch with a Guru: Saul Colt
May 22nd, 2012
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Caesars Windsor - The VU Bar
377 Riverside Dr. Windsor, ON N9A 7H7
Register: www.lunchwithaguru.eventbrite.com.
Join WEtech Alliance and The Accelerator for an exclusive event with word of mouth guru, Saul Colt. Entrepreneurs and community members are invited to snack and chat with the guy that was recently named one of the iMEDIA 25: Internet Marketing Leaders & Innovators and has been called one of Canada's best community builders/experiential marketers. (ONLY 30 SPOTS AVAILABLE)
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Startup Canada Windsor Town Hall
May 22nd, 2012
6:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST
Walkerville Brewery
525 Argyle Windsor, ON N8Y 4Z8
Register: www.windsortownhall.eventbrite.com.
Join Windsor-Essex's Entrepreneurial Community for a garage brainstorming sessions that will bring together entrepreneurs and members of the local entrepreneurship community to develop concrete action plans and community-led solutions to pressing challenges facing entrepreneurs in Windsor-Essex, Ontario and across Canada. In groups of 5-8, a diverse mix of participants will create an action plan in 30 minutes to tackle a particular challenge that they define within the particular issue area. The Action Plans generated and discussed during the Town Hall will lead to more probing analysis and questioning in future Town Halls across Canada, as each Town Hall builds on the last. All of these ideas, exercises and opportunities will contribute to the resulting Charter, Action Plan and White Paper.
For more information about Startup Canada Town Halls, visit www.startupcan.ca. |
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Entrepreneur Show & Tell at The Accelerator
May 23rd, 2012
11:00am - 1:00pm EST
The Accelerator
720 Ouellette Avenue
Register: www.showandtell2012.eventbrite.com.
We know Windsor-Essex is filled with talented entrepreneurs but meeting all of them is another story. That's why we're putting all of them under one roof for a special Show and Tell event.
Join The Accelerator and Startup Canada as we shine the light on local entrepreneurs. Show and Tell participants will include Accelerator tenants, WEtech Alliance members, Essex Angel Capital portfolio companies, community entrepreneurs, and many more. This is a great opportunity to meet and greet with the local entrepreneurial community and Startup Canada representatives.
For more information or to inquire about exhibiting, please contact Arthur Barbut 519-564-8456. |
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