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“The people here get great exposure to big data, to enterprise-level data, so they can really start to see and identify solutions for big problems here,” said Victoria MacLean, the outgoing president of Startup Calgary.

CALGARY — Naheed Nenshi, the mayor of Calgary, thinks he knows why his city’s entrepreneurial culture is becoming so robust, despite the cold winters Calgarians endure.

“The line I usually use when people ask me why Calgary has fostered such an entrepreneurial culture is this is a place where nobody cares who your daddy is or where you went to school. I say it so often that it sounds a bit trite, but I don’t think it is true everywhere,” he said, gazing briefly at the September sunshine bathing his private city hall veranda to reflect on his answer before continuing.

To read the original article: Why Calgary is an entrepreneur’s dream | Entrepreneur | Financial Post