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Novak Djokovic, the first man in the Open Era to win every major twice!

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Novak Djokovic, the first man in the Open Era to win every major twice!

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Congratulations to Serena Williams for being the only player to win 23 grand slam titles in the Open Era.

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History of Tennis I

Tennis began as amusement, a pastime of the upper classes. Participants sipped brandy, wore white, it was a regular event. Then came Suzanne Lenglen, to change the game entirely. She was of the peasant class, with an ambitious father. He got her into the sport and entry into all these important matches and tournaments including the Grand Slams, many of which she won. She now has a Grand Slam court named after her in Paris. She changed everything. It was also around this time TV rose to prominence in the U.S., so there was a demand for content. Some Yank flew Lenglen to the States, matched her against a negro player and billed it like a popular boxing match. It wasn’t long after the Open era began, when players began to make more money because of TV, syndication and advertising.

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"The Script" featuring Martin Scorsese

Openera | Automated Filing for Everyone. 

[peterlalonde]

Openera: How constant refining led to a beer-stained termsheet - with founder Peter Lalonde

This is the story of Openera, a company focused on automated filing - and also founded in my home town of Ottawa, Canada. While document management may not be everyone's sweet spot, the story that ...

Here is a quick reference of what we covered in the show. Click on the link and the video will take you to that clip

1. Did you sign a term sheet at a bar? 1:50 2. What is Openera 5:00 3. What is the problem Openera solves 7:00 4. Why start Openera 9:15 5. Peter’s process for defining his product offering 14:00 6. What did spending 5 weeks in the valley mean for building relationships 16:00 7. How did you come up with the original idea 19:00 8. How different is the idea today versus when you started 23:15 9. Why simplicity rules 26:00 10. How did you find your technical co-founder 28:30 11. How did you find your partners 33:30 12. How do you compete with incumbents moving into your space 37:00 13. What has the fundraising process been like for you 40:00 14. Why go down the funding route instead of finding customers first 45:30 15. How do you deal with the manic swings of being an entrepreneur 47:40 16. Is there anything better than being an entrepreneur in the mobile space? 51:40 17. What would you not do again on your next startup 53:15 18. What is the one thing you would do again on your next startup 54:45 19. People call entrepreneurs crazy – how do you deal with this? 55:45

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Openera: How constant refining led to a beer-stained termsheet -- with founder Peter Lalonde

Me & My Startup Stache being interviewed on Untether.tv by the incomparrable Rob Woodbridge.

Note to self: Don't do interviews when growing a Mo for Movember. Donate here. 

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One of the four startups working with Mercury Grove is Openera, which develops a cross-cloud content manager that helps professionals quickly find files across different platforms. Its founder, Peter Lalonde, said his ultimate goal is to build a help support the following generation of startups. "It's a cycle. I'm going to get funded, I'm going to build a successful business and reinvest," he said. "Giving back to the community that helped me get here is far more rewarding than (just) profits."

Mercury Grove looks to accelerate startups

Mercury Grove's Scott Annan. (Photo by Mark Holleron)

"Coffee with Guido" involved the "full-time community guy" and startup advisor at local software firm Mercury Grove, Guido Giordano, meeting more than 80 local entrepreneurs over a cup of java.

Of those, four companies were selected to be the inaugural startups in Mercury Grove's community-led business accelerator.

More than 50 well-known names in Ottawa's tech community, such as former Protus CEO Joseph Nour and TravelPod founder Luc Levesque have signed on as mentors to advise these early stage companies, which will also receive $25,000 in seed funding in exchange for "nominal" equity in their company.

But Mercury Grove founder Scott Annan says his goal extends far beyond helping a small number of startups get off the ground.

"The goal is not to run an accelerator, but create an ecosystem," he said in an interview.

"If the program is a success, we'll have four companies that will attract financing to Ottawa, signalling there are things going on here."

At a launch party at Mercury Grove's Glebe offices this week, Mr. Annan said he wanted to divert attention away from the people behind the accelerator and instead focus the city's attention on supporting startups.

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