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Bruce Firestone (born December 4, 1951) of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is a real estate developer, former sports team owner and university professor. He is the founder of the modern-day Ottawa Senators NHL professional ice hockey club〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ottawa Senators – Team – Ottawa Senators – Team )〕 and former part-owner of the Ottawa Rough Riders CFL football club. ==Business career== Dr. Firestone received his Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree from McGill University in Montréal; his Master of Engineering-Science (Traffic and Transportation) from the University of New South Wales in Sydney and his PhD in Urban Economics from the Australian National University in Canberra.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bruce Firestone – Real Estate Agent )〕 After graduating from university in Australia, Firestone joined the family firm Terrace Developments in the early 1980s. Along with developing commercial properties, Firestone also launched a business newspaper in Ottawa and built several buildings in downtown Ottawa and in Bells Corners. ;Ottawa Senators When the NHL announced that it was interested in expanding in the late 1980s, Bruce, then president of Terrace Investments, formed an organization to win an NHL franchise for Ottawa. Bruce's vision was to use the club as the centerpiece of a new commercial development to the west of the City of Ottawa. A new arena would be built, increasing land values in the surrounding area to the point where the expected franchise fee of $30 million US dollars (it would actually be $50 million) could be raised through land sales and commercial development fees and profits. Bruce's group was successful in winning a new franchise, along with the Tampa Bay Lightning, on condition that the franchise would build a new arena to NHL standards. The arena location, on undeveloped farmland, was controversial and opposition grew against the paving over of the farmland. Eventually, the government agency responsible for local development allowed the development of the arena but not the surrounding lands. As well, as part of the development agreement for the new arena, then known as the Palladium, the Ontario government required that the corporation pay for all of the required infrastructure, including a freeway interchange. These conditions led to the search for new financing. The search led to the turnover of the ownership of the Ottawa Senators to a partnership led by Rod Bryden. Mr. Bryden was able to arrange financing of the development through a partnership with Ogden Entertainment and Bruce left to allow the franchise to continue. ;Ottawa Rough Riders After leaving the Senators organization, Firestone became chairman and part-owner of the Ottawa Rough Riders〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ottawa Football Timeline )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Grey Cup 2011 – Vancouver – Grey Cup History Timeline 1990 )〕 Canadian Football League football team. After one year with the organization it was sold to another ownership group and Firestone returned to real estate development. ;Exploriem In 2004, Firestone founded Exploriem.org,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Home, Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs Organization, Bruce M. Firestone, Early Stage Funding, Incubator, Mini Offices, Boostrapping, Guerrilla Marketing, Entrepreneurship Blog, Business Models, executive office, small office, shared office, open office, micro office, collaboration, mentoring, social marketing, finance, micro finance, self capitalization, executive office suites, shared office space, offices for rent, shared offices, furnished offices, serviced offices, virtual office )〕 a registered Canadian Not-For-Profit Professional Entrepreneurs and Intrapreneurs Organization. He is the Executive Director of the organization which helps entrepreneurs and start-ups get a foothold in the local business community through business model competitions, funding, mentoring, and providing free office space. Exploriem is also partnered with OCRI (Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bootstrap Awards and Adawe Trade Show – February 11, 2011 – Ottawa )〕 Algonquin College, Lead to Win and others within the Ottawa business community. ;Current Firestone was an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa and is a commercial real estate agent.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=OttawaRealEstateNews )〕 He writes regularly on his (personal 'blog' ) on business topics. As well he has written the (Entrepreneurs Handbook ) which is a guide to help entrepreneurs get started using the bootstrap method and starting with a good business model. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bruce Firestone」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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