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Things Every Tech Startup Needs to Know about Business Models

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By Bruce M Firestone, B Eng (Civil), M Eng-Sci, PhD Abstract The Business Model is supplanting the Business Plan in many organizations. It not only describes the complete business ecosystem, it is a mechanism to discover profitable new relationships amongst stakeholder groups. The Business Model is more resilient than a plan and harder for competitors [...]

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Quantum Entity | We Are All ONE: Playlist

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Here is the Quantum Entity | We Are All ONE playlist made up of 12 videos, duration is 1:23:19. 1. Generation Q Film, 2. Intro To Book, Film, Brevis Gallery Artists, Artifex Sponsors, 3. Talk of Hands, 4. Pet3r, the First Quantum Entity, 5. Radio Plays, 6. Damien’s Theme, 7. The Successors– Nell’s Folly, 8. [...]

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Generation Q

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Film by prototypeD.org, Directed by Janak Alford My name is Janak Alford. I am an Architect, a hacker, an artist and a filmmaker. I run not-for-profit, Ottawa-based, underground film studio, prototypeD.org. About eight months ago and after reading an early version of his manuscript, I was captivated by the world of Quantum Entity created by [...]

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An Entrepreneur’s Journey

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Govindh Jayaraman Tries to Change the World and Himself (This article originally appeared in Ottawa Business Journal, May 28, 2012: Portions of this article originally appeared in Ottawa Business Journal, March 5, 2012: http://www.obj.ca/Opinion/Bruce-Firestone-5444.) I met Govindh Jayaraman when he was a student and I was with the Ottawa Senators back in the day. He [...]

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Exploriem.org, History and Future

( Business Models andCorporate Culture andCourses andDevelopment Economics and Entrepreneurship andDifferentiated Value andEducation andExploriem andFuture Vision and Technology andIOE andLivable Cities and Neo-Urbanism andMentoring andNot-For-Profits andPolitical Economy )
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Publishing

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Why so many established enterprises let entrepreneurs eat their lunch There is no industry that is changing faster than this one. Not music, film, television, nothing. It’s not just book publishing that is changing at an incredible rate as e-publishing platforms proliferate across the Internet and tablets, smart phones and computers become the medium of [...]

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Renaissance Repair

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Ottawa’s Next $100 Million Tech Startup? (Portions of this article originally appeared in Ottawa Business Journal, April 16, 2012: http://www.obj.ca/Opinion/Bruce-Firestone-5444.) When you first meet Len Anderson in his company’s bustling headquarters—a capacious Kanata office building on Leggett Drive which looks more like a warehouse once you are inside—you are struck by his sense of humour [...]

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Looking Back to Look Forward

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To find out if your startup is really going to be of any real use, take a few moments to perform an Einsteinian thought experiment. Ask: If my product or service had been around ever since Jan 27, 1756 (Mozart’s DOB), what would it be worth today? Imagine YouTube, for a moment, having been around [...]

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Advanced Business Models, MBA6298 I

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Telfer School of Management Course Outline, April 2012 Professor: Bruce M. Firestone, B. Eng. (Civil), M. Eng.-Sci., PhD. Office: 2525 Carling Avenue, Suite 23, Ottawa ON Telephone: 613-422-6757 x 250 E-Mail: bmfirestone @ exploriem.org Office Hours: After class for one hour Class Location: DMS4170 Class Hours: Monday April 16th to Saturday April 21st, 2012 from [...]

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How did Ross Video Experience 21 Consecutive Years of Growth?

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(Portions of this article originally appeared in Ottawa Business Journal, March 30, 2012: http://www.obj.ca/Opinion/Bruce-Firestone-5444.) The sky is falling, the sky is… Many observers of Ottawa’s tech scene seem to think it’s the end of Silicon Valley North but try telling that to David Ross, 90% owner of Ross Video. The other 10% is owned by [...]

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IOE, Institute of Entrepreneurs

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IOE5100, Advanced Business Models Exploriem.org’s Institute of Entrepreneurs presents IOE5100, Advanced Business Models for Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs and Artpreneurs, an MBA level course (For available dates and times as well as more information, please contact: Ms. Theresia Scholtes, tscholtes @ exploriem.org or @tclsholtes) Come study with Prof Bruce, a leader in designing and building business models [...]

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Internet Pioneer Morphs Business Model to Include Kiosk Stores

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(Portions of this article originally appeared in Ottawa Business Journal, March 5, 2012: http://www.obj.ca/Opinion/Bruce-Firestone-5444.) Rob Hall was into the Internet before there was one. In high school in the 1980s, he dabbled in web technology and was ready for the Internet revolution circa the early 1990s. I met him when he was a young man [...]

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