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Sources of Financing your Startup Business

NewPath is working on getting a speaker on this topic in the fall. In the mean time here's a great presentation from Brian Macdonald from Ontario's Business Advisory Services on the topic:


Posted by Alex Sirota on July 10, 2009 | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

IdealWare Online Seminars, Google Squared, Oxfam Trailwalker

In the continuing series of "cool event, awesome product, creative fundraiser" NewPath brings you 3 new items to your attention, all to help you make your day more productive and fun.

Cool Events

Idealware hails from Portland, Maine. Laura Quinn, the executive director, has been publishing content online for several years. I found the organization as a result of a search on grant management system reports and reviews. Idealware is a "Gartner for non-profits" -- quite a niche I must say. 

It turns out that Idealware has been publishing excellent, timely online seminars on a variety of topics. The seminars are not free, but they are of high quality and are worth taking a look at. Topics like "building websites with no technical expertise", "online fundraising" and "building constituent CRM systems for non profit organizations" are among the titles that Idealware has archived. Live seminars are held all through the summer.

We've also syndicated the Idealware Blog into the NewPath Linkedin group. Hopefully we'll get a chance to work more with Idealware in the near future.

Awesome Product

Have you played with Google Squared yet? This is a Google Labs product that returns search results in a very unusual way. Instead of a list of search results in the typical Google fashion, Google Square returns a spreadsheet like result. Search for automobiles and you get the popular brands of cars along with a sample picture and other common attributes. You can add columns to the search result and Google Square fills in the missing details as best as it can with content from the Internet. You can also add rows if you want for items Google Squared didn't find and it will dutifully find the other attributes in your square, or just start an empty square and build/save your own. A fascinating way to do comparisons such as roller coasters, romantic movies and parks in Ontario. The really amazing thing is how accurate it is for certain attributes and how brutally bad the Internet is in terms of structure. The fact it can do this on basically highly unstructured data is incredible -- this is what many people call the start of the semantic web, aka Web 3.0.

Also the HP photosmart premium with touchsmart web recently was launched. Tell us what you think in the comments.


Creative Fundraiser

The Oxfam Trailwalker is a 48 hour, 100 km hike across Southern Ontario. A team of 4 raises at least $2500 and has to finish the hike together. It's happening weekend of July 24-26. Could be a really fun event for 4 NewPath'ers -- who's in? Let me know by email soon.

Posted by Alex Sirota on July 08, 2009 | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Scott Thomas on The Power of Design for the Obama Campaign

Scott Thomas, Lead Designer for Obama's Campaign talks about what it was like to design Obama's digital campaign on the fly. This video culls the highlights from his presentation and catches up with him afterward to find out more about his theories on simplicity and his plans for working in politics in the future.


Posted by Kevin McIntosh on July 05, 2009 | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

June 2009 NewPath meeting is the "best deal in town"

Where else can you go to a free networking meeting and meet such great people? We had 19 reservations at last night's NewPath event and the following people showed up and had a terrific time networking and getting to know each other at a level that most other networking event don't even come close to. I think all of our guests will agree -- you had a great time didn't you? And it was free. Best deal in town.

Here are the folks who came out -- feel free to comment and add your own details in the comments below!

Posted by Alex Sirota on June 25, 2009 | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

Why are you flying solo? Casa Loma Network Kiwanis Club - Thurs. Jun 18 at 7pm


Why are you flying solo?

Networking (noun) a supportive system of sharing information and services among individuals and groups having a common interest.   It's a word we all throw around freely, but stop and think about the specific benefits you can enjoy in contrast to 'going it alone': 

  • You get to "see and be seen".
  • Find out what others are doing to achieve their success.
  • If you are facing a challenge, chances are you're not the only one!
  • Share information and find out how others have conquered those same obstacles.
  • Learn from the brightest and the best in the business world through seminars addressing timely topics.
  • Expose your business to potential clients; build great business relationships with your peers.
  • Showcase your product or service.

Let us help you set the course for your success. Join us today! 

On June 18, 2009 @ 7:00 pm
You are invited to attend our monthly networking
event at Historic Casa Loma.

Sponsored By


Are you a business owner who is looking to work smarter, not harder? Do you want breakthroughs to do things easier and faster? 

Are you someone who is looking to upgrade your skills to have an advantage in our competitive marketplace? 

If you said yes to any one of these questions, then your attendance is mandatory.

$30.00 By Reservation Only 
Dead Line For Reservations is Tuesday @ 3:00 pm
Seating is limited to 50 people

CONTACT US TODAY TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT

Candice Green at 416-926-1588 or email Kiwanis@casaloma.org to RSVP.
Bring a friend and we’ll see you there!

Posted by Alex Sirota on June 15, 2009 | | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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