A city like Austin, Texas with a vibrant live music scene generates $1.6 Billion dollars annually for the local economy. Recently stakeholders in our local scene, say Ottawa has the potential to reach similar benchmarks. Now the city has commissioned a study to determine what’s needed to make that idea a reality. The findings will be released in March.
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The Blog
President’s Report – February 2015
By Randy Gaudreau
/ February 13, 2015
From the start, it has been our practice at Invest Ottawa to focus our activities around a theme. In 2012 that theme was “transformation”, in 2013 it was “results” and in 2014 our theme was “collaboration”.
In just the last six months or so, we have been fortunate to participate in a number of collaborative proposals and projects that promise to enhance Ottawa’s innovation ecosystem in a significant way.
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The Best City in Canada
By Randy Gaudreau
/ February 6, 2015
It took nearly two years.
The team at Invest Ottawa scoured research papers, websites, government statistics, even blogs to find every shred of evidence. Now more than 65 incredible facts have been married with rich visuals to create a powerful presentation that everyone can use. As Bruce Lazenby, CEO of Invest Ottawa puts it, the goal was to create a tool where, "every person in Ottawa can tell our great story, so we are all singing from the same song sheet".Ask a Lawyer – Digital Games and Copyright
By Randy Gaudreau
/ January 26, 2015
Here’s a very practical introduction to copyright in video games – what you, as a game developer, need to know.
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How to Build an International Office in 72 Hours
By Randy Gaudreau
/ December 5, 2014
On December 4th, the Swedish multi-national firm Syntronic officially opened its first R&D facility in North America. They are Sweden’s...
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#OttawaINC: QNX
By Randy Gaudreau
/ October 21, 2014
QNX has been labeled “the hero of manufacturing” by Fortune. The Ottawa tech company has been called “The Crown Jewel...
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