Cheryl Draper
Founder, Bake For Us. Co-founder, Boxseat. Lover of wine, tea, home-grown veggies, anything hand made and dogs. Passionate about sports, technology & startups.

FounderFuel is a startup accelerator program based in Montreal focused on web, saas, mobile, and gaming. The FounderFuel program features two cohorts a year (20 teams), has a network of 100+ mentors, and culminates with investment pitches to a room full of investors in Montreal. Join us on Wednesday, May 23rd for Demo Day and see just how far...

Join us for our first Startup Grind in Ottawa!

Once each month we'll hang out after office hours, get some drinks, talk about startups, and find ways to help each other get to the next level.

Startup Grind Ottawa is organized by Kyle Braatz, the co-founder of Salus, better retail for health professionals.

Startup Grind is a global community...

Startup Canada partners will convene for a meet and greet with the Startup Canada Board and Team and will learn about the plans for 2012. This will be an opportunity for Q&A and discussion. 

Attention Developers, Designers, Marketers and other startup enthusiasts. Ottawa's first ever Startup Weekend is coming this April!  About Startup Weekend:  Startup Weekends are intense 54-hour events designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs.  Beginning with Friday night pitches...

Please join us on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 8pm for Ottawa Startup Drinks

What's a Startup?  A startup is a business which has ambitions and plans to grow by a large factor (10X or more) over the first few years (1-5) of it's existance. In other words: It's a new business that is designed to scale and be repeatable. What's Startup Drinks? It's a simple concept: the Ottawa web & mobile...

It's like a party with all your favorite people! Come out for a few drinks, a good time and share your passion for startups! Details: Place: Hotel Ocho

Join us for the first iteration of openBar() Toronto!

There's no formal agenda, it's just a chance to have a drink (or three) with like-minded lovers of open source software, platforms and tools. Even if you're new to the world of open source, come feed your curiosity & maybe learn a thing or two.

We'll be on the lower...

This meeting will be a "PitchFest".

So what's PitchFest?

Do you have a great idea for an app? Do your ideas keep you awake at night? Then come on down to TeamCamp for an idea "Pitch Fest". Pitch your idea to a friendly group of people just like you. Together, we'll explore and build on your idea. You'll meet new...

What's Startup Drinks? It's a simple concept: the Ottawa startup community coming together to share a pint and discuss what they are working on and what they need help with. All are welcome however, please leave the sales pitch at home.  Please join us on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 8pm for Ottawa Startup Drinks.  Once again, we...

What's Startup Drinks? It's a simple concept: the Ottawa startup community coming together to share a pint and discuss what they are working on, what they need help with and what they can do for each other. All are welcome however, please leave the sales pitch at home.  Please join us on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 8pm for the first...

This month, we would appreciate it if you would bring a non-perishable food item to the event. All items will be donated to the Ottawa Food Bank.

Produced by 500 Startups, Warm Gun is a 1-day conference on December 2nd in San Francisco for designers & startups to learn about elegant, purposeful, and measurable online design. In 2010, Warm Gun sold out with 520+ attendees and featured speakers like Jeff Veen (Typekit), Luke Wroblewski (LukeW), Jason Putorti (Votizen), Jared Spool (UIE), +...

What's Startup Drinks? It's a simple concept: the Ottawa startup community coming together to share a pint and discuss what they are working on, what they need help with and what they can do for each other. All are welcome however, please leave the sales pitch at home.  This month, the event will be on Thursday, November 24 starting at...

Dear attendees (and everyone else),

On november 11, 2011 at 11:11 the date will be 11/11/11 11:11. Since 11:11 is the best time for wishing, this day will be pretty epic.

yes we know, it is not for a while, but we're excited so we made this early.

also, this is just an event fan page, not a party, a gathering, a convention, or anything...

Fresh Founders is a local community of young entrepreneurs. It's the best way to connect with business resources in your city. Membership is free but you must be the founder of your own business to join.

What's Startup Drinks? It's a simple concept: the Ottawa startup community coming together to share a pint and discuss what they are working on, what they need help with and what they can do for each other. All are welcome however, please leave the sales pitch at home.  This month, we have decided to try out a new venue - The Royal Oak...

It's a simple concept: the Ottawa startup community coming together to share a pint and discuss what they are working on, what they need help with and what they can do for each other.

Startup Drinks is a monthly gathering held on the last Thursday of each month and is an informal gathering of startup enthusiasts to talk shop, share...

Attend this event to discover the methodologies and culture behind the lean startup movement and how entrepreneurs anywhere in the world can use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to power a lean lifecycle in running, scaling, and iterating on their products.

Inspired by lessons from lean manufacturing, author Eric Ries defines “the lean startup” as a...

In honor of one of the greatest technology visionaries of our generation, Steve Jobs, and his tragic passing on October 5, 2011, let's make Friday, October, 2011 the inaugural 'Black Turtleneck Friday'. We invite all, wherever they may be in the world, to come to work in Steve's customary uniform - the black turtleneck - as a...

Connect, share a pint or two and stay in touch with your fellow start-uppers. Ottawa Startup Drinks is a monthly get-together to share experiences, issues, and meet some of your fellow up-and-coming startup company leaders!

Ottawa Startup Drinks is held on the last Thursday of every month.

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You must be a Fresh Founder Member to attend this event.

This month's special guest speaker is Gordon Freedman, founder of Freedman & Associates and former CEO of Adscape Media (acquired by Google for $23M in 2007). Gordon will discuss: (1) how to find angel investors and what mistakes to avoid; (2) how to turn your idea into a...

Ever wanted to learn how to program, but don't know where to start?

Join the ladies of the GDI Ottawa community for our special kickoff event! Meet the ladies inspired to create a stronger female tech community in Ottawa and hear more about the upcoming workshops we'll be offering.
In this special workshop, you'll get an overview...