Startup Canada – A New Generation at Play
By VFPartner, ‘Startup Canada: A new generation at play‘, May 11, 2012 – Buildglobalsales.com
“I recently attended the national launch of cheapest viagra in uk
>Start-Up Canada
in Ottawa. A really neat idea that combines young and innovative entrepreneurs, social media and a national platform. The energy around the room was palpable in spite of not having a defined idea of what the focus will be until they complete a year of round tables across the country. To me, the event showed a new generation taking control over its own destiny and what impressed me the most was the realization that the people driving this movement were bringing new values to the table. These values can be seen in campaigns such as the Occupy movement or the Arab Spring and have become more visible over the past few years all around us. In fact, it seemed as if this crowd – 20 to 35 years old for the most part – wanted to transform the landscape by using their lack of inhibition and the power of their no-boundaries culture. Their ambition shown through as they talked about launching global companies that could become the next Google! Of course there was talk about failure or more exactly the celebration of failure as a badge of honour (and not a curse). But the important message centered on entrepreneurial spirit; that internal drive that moves them to try again, to try multiple things at the same time even, in the hope that one of these ventures will pay off or will enable them to jump to the next adventure. The flame that keeps them up at night or working multiple days without sleeping and can transform their ideas into viable concepts, services or companies. The motor that has enabled Sir Terrence Matthews to “have fun” over the past 40 years (as he mentioned during the event) and create over 90 companies during his career as a serial entrepreneur!
I loved seeing this dynamic unfold but at the same time, I couldn’t help but wonder whether they were completely oblivious of the talent that resides in professionals outside of their age group. Outside of some early stage mentors, it seemed as if they wanted to figure it all out by themselves and only people like them – hip, fast, almost jumpy – could fit into their plans. In an age of high unemployment, these new entrepreneurs have the chance of working with and taking advantage of the available talent left by the disappearance of jobs in big companies and governments. This could bring an edge in creating that next global company.”
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By VFPartner, ‘Startup Canada: A new generation at play’, May 11, 2012 – Buildglobalsales.com
“I recently attended the national launch of Start-Up Canada in Ottawa. A really neat idea that combines young and innovative entrepreneurs, social media and a national platform. The energy around the room was palpable in spite of not having a defined idea of what the focus will be until they complete a year of round tables across the country. To me, the event showed a new generation taking control over its own destiny and what impressed me the most was the realization that the people driving this movement were bringing new values to the table. These values can be seen in campaigns such as the Occupy movement or the Arab Spring and have become more visible over the past few years all around us. In fact, it seemed as if this crowd – 20 to 35 years old for the most part – wanted to transform the landscape by using their lack of inhibition and the power of their no-boundaries culture. Their ambition shown through as they talked about launching global companies that could become the next Google! Of course there was talk about failure or more exactly the celebration of failure as a badge of honour (and not a curse). But the important message centered on entrepreneurial spirit; that internal drive that moves them to try again, to try multiple things at the same time even, in the hope that one of these ventures will pay off or will enable them to jump to the next adventure. The flame that keeps them up at night or working multiple days without sleeping and can transform their ideas into viable concepts, services or companies. The motor that has enabled Sir Terrence Matthews to “have fun” over the past 40 years (as he mentioned during the event) and create over 90 companies during his career as a serial entrepreneur!
I loved seeing this dynamic unfold but at the same time, I couldn’t help but wonder whether they were completely oblivious of the talent that resides in professionals outside of their age group. Outside of some early stage mentors, it seemed as if they wanted to figure it all out by themselves and only people like them – hip, fast, almost jumpy – could fit into their plans. In an age of high unemployment, these new entrepreneurs have the chance of working with and taking advantage of the available talent left by the disappearance of jobs in big companies and governments. This could bring an edge in creating that next global company.”
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