Nick Quain

Bootstrap City vs. Techstars: Why Ottawa’s IRR Might Be the Best Deal in Venture Capital

Attention Investors: Ottawa delivers better IRR than Techstars – and just about everywhere else, too. Yes, you read...

Op-ed: Ottawa’s strength as a ‘Bootstrap City’ is one of its superpowers

"Recently," writes Invest Ottawa's Nick Quain, "I recognized something unique about Ottawa’s tech ecosystem: the lack of early-stage capital hadn’t held us back at all. In fact, being “Bootstrap City” may have helped."

Op-ed: A lesson for COVID-19? How the dot-com bubble burst saved my startup

An earlier economic shock permanently changed the trajectory of Nick Quain's startup. Here are the lessons he learned that will apply to many companies in 2020.
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