Today, in addition to leading a medical devices and e-commerce retail startup, Cornwall’s Karen Brunet trains for and competes in triathlons and rides horses. Not bad for someone who suffered from a series of misdiagnosed medical issues since she was 12 including endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, followed by multiple surgeries to treat these in her…
OTTAWA [July 13, 2020] – Digital Main Street (DMS), Invest Ottawa, the City of Ottawa and Launch Lab are pleased to announce the formal launch of ShopHERE powered by Google in Ottawa and Southeastern Ontario. This program will help 3,200 main street businesses impacted by COVID-19 across the region develop new e-commerce websites with the support…
“The RockMass journey started in Kingston at the Queen’s Innovation Centre Summer Initiative in 2016,” said Gubasta. “The 14-week intensive summer program allowed us to explore entrepreneurship while reducing the initial risk through a paid stipend. In the first week of the program, I met my co-founder Shelby Yee and it wasn’t long before we…
Launch Lab is excited to participate as a key member of the New Digital Main Street Program to Help Future-Proof 4,100 Small Businesses in Canada’s Capital and Southeastern Ontario. Read more on what this means to businesses across the Launch Lab region. More details to come! Ottawa, Ontario – June 11, 2020: Invest Ottawa, lead economic development…
Like all businesses across Ontario, Launch Lab is doing our best to mitigate the spread of covid-19. All workshops and events have been postponed, and our team is currently working from home. This will be a challenging time for everyone, and as a support resource for entrepreneurs we want to be sure that our EIRs…
Contributing to Innovation in Eastern Ontario Welcome to our November newsletter. With our second quarter of fiscal 2020 in the books, I am pleased to share with you some highlights of this past year and provide you with a peak into what we have planned in the coming months. As you read on, remember that…
Kingston, Ontario — Tuesday, October 22 — Launch Lab, a Regional Innovation Centre and part of the ONE Network located in Kingston, Ontario, today announced the arrival of two additional Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) as part of Launch Lab’s commitment to support the growing demand for its mentoring services across Eastern Ontario. For the full release…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Launch Lab’s Amplify program takes off with dramatic business results from Sweatergang Companions and Dandelion Foods KINGSTON, ON, AUGUST 21, 2019 – Celebrating dramatic success with two companies during a pilot phase, Launch Lab is pleased to announce the Amplify program, a business acceleration initiative that provides hands-on mentorship and an actionable…
The Climate Action Incentive Fund (CAIF) SME Project stream provides support to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for retrofit projects in sectors such as Building, Transportation, Industry, Waste, Agriculture, and more. The CAIF program is available to applicants operating in the provinces of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, and New Brunswick. Application period 90 days starting July 17, 2019,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Alexandria, Ontario — Wednesday, May 1, 2019 — Launch Lab, a Regional Innovation Centre and part of the ONE Network located in Kingston, Ontario, is proud to announce that Fauxmagerie Zengarry, under the leadership of President Lynda Turner, is the recipient of the Women Entrepreneurship Fund in the amount of $100,000, in…