This year’s Bootstrap Awards (hosted by Exploriem.org) were held on February 23 and I was fortunate enough to take home silver for the Lead to Win (LTW) for Women Award. This award is given to female entrepreneurs who are developing viable, sustainable, enterprises with the highest growth potential. Recipients of the LTW for Women Award were [...]
Full Story »Ottawa Business Journal Interview on SR&ED
The article, “Labouring over R&D”, deals with the much-discussed Jenkin’s report Innovation Nation: A Call To Action, placing emphasis on one of the report’s most contentious recommendations: turning SR&ED into a repayable government loan, rather than keeping it as a refundable tax credit. In the interview, I spoke out against this proposed change. She highlighted [...]
Full Story »CBC interview on R&D in Canada
Elizabeth Lance in a CBC interview about R&D in Canada With all the recent talk about potential changes to the R&D funding model, the CBC recently turned to local experts in the field to provide feedback based on experiences with the SR&ED program. I was interviewed on January 30th by CBC’s Susan Lunn at our [...]
Full Story »When Twitter Rocks: Payroll Pain Eliminated
As a startup, there are days when you’re ready to pull out your hair. You thought you’d be spending your time doing what you’re passionate about, but somehow “business” has gotten in the way. This was one of those days. This post highlights how Twitter helped turn it around and a few key takeaways [...]
Full Story »Networking for Entrepreneurs
A key aspect of entrepreneurship is business networking. This is how you will meet potential customers, generate leads, gain business insight, and build long-lasting friendships. It can take years to develop a solid network, especially given that some groups are more welcoming than others. Since I started networking in late 2009, I’ve generated thousands of [...]
Full Story »Why I Hate “SR&ED Consultants”
… even though I am one. This morning I received an invitation via LinkedIn that inspired me to write this post. It’s a topic that’s been irking me for a for awhile now. You may be thinking to yourself, “don’t you run a firm that specializes in SR&ED”? Yes, I do. What is a SR&ED [...]
Full Story »Why is it expensive to hire musicians?
This is currently circulating the internet (Facebook, specifically) and it rings true: Why do musicians charge so much for performances? Well that is easy. We don’t get paid vacation, we don’t get paid sick days, we don’t get bonuses for outstanding performances nor for Christmas. We don’t have insurance plans nor do we qualify [...]
Full Story »Entrepreneurship and Optimism
During any given week in Ottawa, there are countless events in the startup community. Most are technology oriented, but there are a few that aren’t. On a busy week I’ll be out 2-3 nights at these events, chatting with entrepreneurs. Many are quick to assume it’s for business reasons; it’s not. I have a secret [...]
Full Story »The Joy of a Virtual Assistant
There aren’t enough hours in the day. Wait, that’s not true – there is plenty of time, but some tasks I’d prefer to do over others. Enter the Virtual Assistant. I’d been toying with the idea for a number of weeks. There are a number of routine tasks that occur in the office that [...]
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Elizabeth is passionate about startups, classical music & Canadian tax credits (SR&ED, IDM). She's the founder of 
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