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The band we featured this week was Shannon Rose & The Thorns. Their new album “Seasons” is now available here!
We met up with Bruce Firestone (@ProfBruce), the Executive Director of Exploriem Entrepreneur Network, at the company’s Ottawa headquarters near the new Ikea. He is also an author, realtor, investor and one of the founders of the Ottawa Senators. We spoke about:
– How I came about knowing who Bruce Firestone was
– How he came about living in Ottawa
– How he became involved in real estate and where his projects started
– How the idea of bringing the Ottawa Senators came about
– His favourite activities and love for Dunrobin lake
– How the Senators got involved with Yoga
– The history of Exploriem.org and what it is
– Who should be enlisting in Exploriem.org and what it takes
– Some recent successes such as Fair Parenting, Signority and Empire Deck and Fence
– Other programs in Ottawa that can help young entrepreneurs
– An example of what Ottawa could do better for entrepreneurs. “Projects take way too long to get approved”
After the break we discussed:
– His take on why Daniel Alfredsson decided to play in Detroit this upcoming season (2013-14)
– Why the Ottawa Senators play in Kanata and not downtown Ottawa
– The future of Kanata
– How he feels the new Lansdowne will go
– His new book trilogy of Quantum Entity can be reached here and we discuss what it is all about
– You can get to his Dramatis Personae here and EQ Journal here
– His tumblr site is here
– What’s next for Bruce Firestone
