TY - JOUR T1 - Carleton Entrepreneurs: The First Keystone Off-The-Shelf Application JF - Open Source Business Resource Y1 - 2011 A1 - Tony Bailetti A1 - Ludovico Prattico AB - In this article, we describe the first application of the Keystone Off-The-Shelf (KOTS) platform. KOTS integrates software applications available under open source licenses with proprietary applications and services offered by small local technology companies, most of which are Carleton University spin-offs. KOTS is the engine behind the website for the Carleton Entrepreneurs program. The goals of this unique program are to: i) strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit at Carleton University; ii) help graduate and senior undergraduate students transform their ideas into compelling opportunities and successful ventures; and iii) share the best opportunities with potential investors, alumni, and friends of Carleton University. KOTS will enable the Carleton Entrepreneurs collective to achieve significant system-level outcomes that are not attainable without the platform. This collective is comprised of students, mentors, internal and external reviewers, top managers of technology university spin-off companies, academics, and friends of Carleton. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa UR - http://timreview.ca/article/433 IS - April 2011 U1 - Carleton University Tony Bailetti is an Associate Professor in the Eric Sprott School of Business and the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Professor Bailetti is the Director of Carleton University's Technology Innovation Management program and the Director of Ontario's Talent First Network. His research, teaching, and community contributions support these programs. U2 - Carleton University Ludovico Prattico is a graduate student in the Technology Innovation Management program at Carleton University. His current responsibilities include operations, external content, and overall support of the Carleton Entrepreneurs program and recruiting candidates for the Lead To Win program. Most recently, he worked at Nortel Networks and Bell-Northern Research, where he led the Optical Networks architecture and standards development team, and the high capacity OC-48 hardware team with the responsibility for the development and introduction of the dense wavelength division multiplexing product. Mr. Prattico graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical). ER -