Friday, April 13, 2012

SharePoint Search+ Webinar

I’ve been having some fun working with the good folks at Surfray, who make Ontolica search engine, on a webinar concept I call Search Plus. The idea behind it is to take SharePoint search to the next level using a series of dynamic user experiences.

The webinar is today at 2 pm EDT, and the webinar will be posted online. http://www.surfray.com/resources/events/556-webcast-usa-search-plus-friday-april-13th-.html

Here’s the deck I will be discussing – hope it gets some good creative ideas going!

SharePoint Search + Plus
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Sunday, February 19, 2012

StoneShare is a Bootstrap Awards Finalist

I’m proud that my company StoneShare has been nominated as a finalist in Ottawa’s Bootstrap Awards as one of the fastest-growing self-funded startups in the last three years. Here’s the press release:

OTTAWA (January 31, 2012) – Following a record number of nominations, Exploriem today announces the finalists of the 2012 Bootstrap Awards. Finalists in the 12 categories were narrowed down from a pool of 97 nominations received in the last six weeks.

“This year we see a 45 per cent increase in nominations which is testament to the self capitalized talent and growing entrepreneurial culture in Ottawa” says Dr Bruce Firestone, Executive Director of Exploriem and mentor to many local businesses.

Winners will be announced at the awards event and tradeshow from 10.30am to 2pm at the Centurion Conference Centre on the 23rd of February, 2012. Ottawa based Liverpool Court – who manage all of the audio visual for Bluesfest – have stepped in to help winners maximize their post event publicity. After the awards, each winner will receive a vignette showing an overview of their company including footage of their win and acceptance speech. Mayor Jim Watson has also confirmed his attendance at the awards.

The 2012 Bootstrap Awards finalists are:

Fastest Growing Start-Up (Last 3 years)

1. Capital Home and Staging

2. Gazaro Inc.

3. Renaissance Repair and Supply

4. StoneShare

5. YOUiLabs

 

Wish us luck!