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Sam Laprade

Ottawa
As seen in: CIWW-AM (Ottawa, ON), Yahoo Canada, Ottawa Citizen, AllEvents, Ottawa Business Journal
Host of “An Hour to Give” Country 101.1 & Rogers tv Ottawa, Fundraising Strategist. Int. Speaker, MC, Co-Author “Ottawa Made”, Gryphon Fundraising. Mom2Avery.❤️
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Laprade and Phillips: Instant Pot was a triumph cooked up in Ottawa

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By Sam Laprade, Caroline Phillips
| Ottawa Citizen Verified
Advertisement 1 The famed multifunction cooker's big milestone was in 2015, when 215,000 units were sold on Amazon Prime Day, more than any other product. Article content During the summer, we’ll carry occasional excerpts from Ottawa Made, a recently published compendium of stories about curious inventions, people and places in the national capital. Today: the origins of the Instant Pot.
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Laprade and Phillips: Instant Pot was a triumph cooked up in Ottawa

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By Fixing Byward, Caroline Phillips, Sam Laprade
| Ottawa Citizen Verified
Advertisement 1 The famed multifunction cooker's big milestone was in 2015, when 215,000 units were sold on Amazon Prime Day, more than any other product. Article content During the summer, we’ll carry occasional excerpts from Ottawa Made, a recently published compendium of stories about curious inventions, people and places in the national capital. Today: the origins of the Instant Pot.
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Laprade and Phillips: Before today's smartphone, there was the sleek new, Ottawa-designed Contempra

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By Sam Laprade, Caroline Phillips
| Yahoo Canada Verified
During the summer, we’ll carry occasional excerpts from Ottawa Made, a recently published compendium of stories about curious inventions, people and places in the national capital. Today: the origin of the Contempra phone. The Contempra phone, created by Ottawa industrial designer John Tyson, was the first phone designed and manufactured in Canada. The phone became a source of national pride, as well as Tyson’s enduring legacy.
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