April 11, 2012
Categories: Entrepreneurship and business
by fpgilligan
The purpose of the Awards is to provide national recognition to Canada's women entrepreneurs, whose successful businesses and achievements contribute so much to the Canadian and global economies as well as to their communities. For more information about the Awards, please visit: theawards.ca.
April 11, 2012
Categories: Entrepreneurship and business
by fpgilligan
Source: Startup Weekend Ottawa Entrepreneur, Investor, Speaker. Fiona's passion is entrepreneurship and encouraging others to think differently: To consider entrepreneurship as a viable career option. She mentors, coaches and invests in StartUps that are making a difference. Through public speaking, she shares her story of how she became a successful entrepreneur. (Elle est bilingue). MSW, [...]
January 29, 2012
Categories: Entrepreneurship and business
by fpgilligan
Source: Next Montréal HighScore House is gamifying the household, helping kids get what they want by doing activities and challenges. We did an interview with co-founder Kyle Seaman back in July when they were presenting at Startup Festival. Yesterday, Kyle presented HighScore House to a group of investors, mentors and colleagues at 500Startups. 500Startups is [...]
January 29, 2012
Categories: Entrepreneurship and business, Women and leadership
by fpgilligan
Source: Montreal Gazette Last year’s International Startup Festival held in Montreal had a panel of grandmothers judging pitches from startup founders – the object being to take people who don’t ordinarily surround themselves with investors or technology entrepreneurs and see how their judgment of potential companies differs. The grandmothers had to be knowledgeable about technology [...]
December 21, 2011
Categories: Entrepreneurship and business, Media
by fpgilligan
Source: EMC News A heritage building in the Lowertown community has a new lease on life thanks to one entrepreneur. Fiona Gilligan, a local social entrepreneur and business strategist, bought the historic 60 Cobourg St. apartments in 2009. On Jan. 6, 2010, a massive fire nearly destroyed the building, resulting in the loss of 26 [...]
December 17, 2011
Categories: Entrepreneurship and business, Media
by fpgilligan
Source: Ottawa Sun Fiona Gilligan could have done what was expected of her. What was normal. Instead, she went outside the proverbial box and did what felt right. As a result, a priceless heritage building has been saved and working-class people have been given the opportunity to continue living in a historic neighbourhood in Ottawa.
November 9, 2011
Categories: Entrepreneurship and business
by fpgilligan
As StartUp Entrepreneurs, we face many challenges and obstacles that affect our trajectory forward to success. If we don’t handle these downturns effectively and expediently, they can quickly result in the demise of our venture. Here is a very simple guide that has worked for me: 1. READ (and re-read) your Business Map to refocus [...]
November 1, 2011
Categories: Entrepreneurship and business, Making a difference, Women and leadership
by fpgilligan
Being a StartUp Entrepreneur has a lot of sexy buzz around it these days and sadly there are people who are not cut out for Entrepreneurship. If you can identify with some of these points then my suggestion is that you be weary of moving forward as a StartUp Entrepreneur: Risk adverse: Being an Entrepreneur [...]
October 29, 2011
Categories: Entrepreneurship and business, Making a difference
by fpgilligan
I am regularly asked 2 questions: What is a Social Entrepreneur and why do I consider myself one? Social Entrepreneurs act as change agents for society, by developing and creating business opportunities that are directed towards making a positive impact on the planet and humanity while working from a ‘for profit’ business model. Social Entrepreneurs [...]
