StartupOttawa covers early stage software startups

By Heri Sep 18th 2007 in Business

Scott Lake, of JadePixel and Shopify fame, has started startupottawa, a blog which covers, you guessed it, the Ottawa startup scene. It seems Samuel Bouchard has also taken the same role for Quebec City. I am not sure what was Montreal Tech Watch’s influence in this, but I find it a great idea. Local blogs are more focused and can cover local events and startups more in depth than “international” blogs; it’s also easier to connect with your readers.

Scott Lake previously wrote the post here on startups from Ottawa, and I am sure he will do a great job with startupottawa.

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Samuel September 18, 2007

MTL tech watch had a direct influence in my case!

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Scott September 19, 2007

Montreal Tech Watch is really the reason I’m doing startupottawa. MTW was the first locally focused technology blog that I’ve been really interested in. We have a vibrant community in Ottawa with lots going on so doing our own locally focused blog was a great fit. Thanks Heri!

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Heri September 19, 2007

that’s really cool guys!

and i am saving this for future reference.

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