Initiative is universal and intrinsic, it is something that can’t really be fulfilled unless it truly comes from within. So if we all have it, why don’t we all take advantage of it?   Why is it that some  of us need that ‘someone else’ to push us and/or keep us motivated while others will attempt to ...

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Talent, Creative Class, Knowledge Workers, Entrepreneurship … cool buzzwords (some would contend) that are (some would contend again) fast emerging as qualifications that almost anyone and everyone wants to be defined with. True, sometimes these terms … especially in their (over)use as prescription for curing most of our current economic woes … are indeed infuriatingly vague and lack any ...

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First, zone5 at lunch and then Malcolm Gladwell this evening. If attending that combination of events doesn’t inspire or motivate you to get off your butt and start doing something to improve yourself, I am not sure what will.  Malcolm Gladwell, a revered writer for The New Yorker and famed author of multiple books, namely The ...

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In one word: WOW! Wow for ·      The abundance of helpful, insightful information ·      The effortless and casual explanations ·      The young, approachable expert speakers ·      The sold-out crowd ·      The number of people in Ottawa who are so interested ·      The number of people in Ottawa who are already so involved in Twitter and LinkedIn ·      The endless possibilities!   I just came ...

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Canada is one of the most eclectic and diverse countries in the world, it is also one flourishing with cutting edge businesses. So when establishing a new business how much should one’s culture or those of potential customers influence it?   I am a young Sri Lankan, Tamil female born and raised outside of my native country ...

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Recently I had the privilege to attend an entrepreneur’s edge Lite session - a 3-hour ‘information overload’ concerning anything and everything about building a business. The demographic of attendees was interesting to see as well: an assortment of ages, ethnicities and experience. Despite the differences it was encouraging to sit in a room full of ...

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TalentBridge is hosting another E1O1 session and this time we are dedicating the session to a discussion around Social Media. The world took notice when Microsoft paid $150 million for a 1.6 percent stake in Facebook back in late 2007 raising the valuation of Facebook to a whooping $15 billion, and the world actually fell backwards when Facebook recently accepted a $200 million investment from Digital Sky Technologies for 1.96 percent of Facebook stake giving Facebook a valuation of $10 billion. What is happening with this Social Media ...

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TalentBridge has a new addition. Goron Cameron joined TalentBridge in May 2009 as a full time participant. Goron is a full time student at Carleton University, where he is taking Aerospace Engineering. Gordon comes to TalentBridge after having spent eight months with Apple Inc. in Silicon Valley. As a part of his engagement with TalentBridge, ...

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It was a busy day as usual in the early 2009 months amid project deadlines and midterms but as a means of procrastination I was going through heaps of forgotten e-mail and came across one in particular. It was from one of my professors notifying those of us BIT students with an entrepreneurial interest to ...

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We are proud to announce that Amanda Emmanuel, a final year student of the IMD program on Carleton University, has joined the TalentBridge team. In her TalentBridge placement, Amanda will be working with an Ottawa startup - Suitesonline - for two days a week and she will be working directly with TalentBridge to help develop ...

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