We’re starting something new today for Silicon Halton. Rick and I will be having a monthly “founders meeting” and we’ll be sharing what we covered with anyone who is interested here on the Silicon Halton website. We get together at Artisanos to chat about what’s happened in the past, what’s coming up and where we hope to see Silicon Halton heading. Now we plan to share our coversations with you. We meet at Artisanos because that’s where the seeds of Silicon Halton were first planted. Here’s our very first video after we met with Rob Burton, the Mayor of Oakville.
Video Summary 00:30 Rick talks about our CEO P2P group that just kicked off in April. Here’s a blog post about the CEO P2P group initiative. 01:00 There’s a great discussion started in our Linkedin group by Karla Stephens-Tolstoy, CEO of Tokii. She asks the question: what are you top 3 reasons for being part of this group? If you are a member of the group, add your voice to the conversation here.
01:35 We met with Jim Beretta and John Davidson who are some of the key leaders working on getting Haltech off the ground. Haltech is a “Regional Innovation Centre” that is being created for Halton Region. You can discuss Haltech in our Linkedin group here and learn more about Haltech here. Rick also met with Ron Neumann who heads up the Hamilton Regional Innovation Centre (RIC) which is branded as “The Innovation Factory” (we love this name!) and Silcon Halton as well and learned about their CEO and Startup Peer to Peer groups and lunch an learn sessions.
02:50 Chris introduces a new program which will result in the production of an editorial content and conversational plan and more importantly relevant content and discussions that are of interest to Silicon Halton members. 03:38 A quick comment about Haltech from Chris.
03:54 We witnessed today Silicon Halton working! A key goal for Silicon Halton is to make it possible for members to bump in to each other when they are at a local coffee shop, pub, event etc. What we want is there to be a buzz, a sense of connection and over time a vibrant community of people that have an affinity to making technology a fantastic industry to belong to in Halton. It starts with meeting, connecting and knowing people.
So, yesterday we were really glad to see Phil Neukom (see photo below) and Mark Hickson both members of Silicon Halton. Pictured here: Rick Stomphorst (L) and Phil Neukom (R), May 2011 at Artisanos in Oakville.”)
Thanks for taking the time to watch our founders update video and read this post. If you have any questions or comments let us know below or through the members only Linkedin group. Chris Herbert and Rick Stomphorst, Cofounders of Silcon Halton.