Boot-strapping: A situation in which an entrepreneur starts a company with little capital. An individual is said to be boot strapping when he or she attempts to found and build a company from personal finances or from the operating revenues of the new company.

That’s an official definition. With that said, we’ve been nominated for an Exploriem Bootstrap award for best sales/value proposition – a category sponsored by Invest Ottawa. We’re pretty honoured to have been nominated for this, and we’re looking forward to the awards on February 21st in Ottawa.

Our co-nominees in the field include Edge to Epic, Gnow It, Tindr, and Toletta.

You can read the press release here. Exploriem is a registered Canadian not-for-profit corporation that provides mentorship, conducts events, creates networking opportunities and provides early stage funding as well as office incubator space to assist young entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and artpreneurs in the cities of Ottawa and Gatineau as well as Eastern Ontario and West Quebec.

Author: Chris Saracino

Chris is a co-founder of Renting Well and heads up our marketing and communication efforts. He's also the landlord of two buildings and 8 units in Ottawa, Ontario. View all posts by Chris Saracino