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OPN Partners with Seneca Helix
Two leaders in the entrepreneur space Open People Network (OPN) and Seneca Helix announce a new partnership that will bring [...]
Tickets are now available for #PitchItTOCityHall
RSVP for free tickets! Join Open People Network in partnership with The City of Toronto and StartupHERE on February 27, 2019 at Toronto City [...]
OPN partners with The City of Toronto and StartupHere Toronto
Open People Network (OPN), the City of Toronto and Startup Here Toronto announce our continued partnership that will bring the [...]
OPN Partners with FastStart Durham College and OPG X-Lab
Leaders in the entrepreneur space Open People Network (OPN), FastStart Durham College and OPG X-Lab announce a new partnership that will bring [...]
OPN x YSpace present #PitchItYORK
On January 23rd, 2019 OPN and YSpace partnered for their first #PitchItYORK event! OPN and YSpace share a vision in bringing together entrepreneurs, [...]
November #PitchIt Events Bring Together Incredible Entrepreneurs
On November 13, Open People Network had a pleasure to host its 38th #PitchItTO show at Iranian-Canadian Business Expo, the first trade [...]
Creating your Value Proposition
A value proposition clearly states why your target customer should do business with you instead of your competitors and makes [...]
How to Gather Information About Your Customers
For some people the hardest part about launching their product is getting out there and talking to potential customers. This [...]
Identifying your customer’s pains and gains
Alongside determining the work that your customer needs to do, it is equally as important to understand where your customer [...]
Identifying What Your Customer Needs to Do
When starting your business you may have a number of ideas about the type of products or services you want [...]
Building Your Free Prototype – Part 3
Building Your Free Prototype In the last couple of posts I’ve discussed what prototypes are, how early- and later stage [...]
Approaches to Building Prototypes – Part 2
Approaches to Building Prototypes In the last post I discussed why you want to prototype and the progression of prototypes [...]
Prototyping for Free – Part 1
Prototyping for Free Prototyping can seem daunting when you don’t have the design or programming skills to do a prototype [...]
Mindset: Why OPN Invested in a Startup that reads your Brain Activity
Who is Mindset? "We believe that with the right tools, people can achieve substantial, tangible, enduring change in their lives. Using [...]
First Look Innovation Summit
In partnership with Durham Region, Spark center and OPN, we ran our inaugural First Look Innovation Summit in the Eastern [...]