Twitter CEO Dick Costolo to Speak at FounderProject Event in December
Twitter‘s CEO will be the keynote speaker at FounderProject‘s December 4 “FounderChallenge” event,…
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Toronto’s Distilus is The World’s Largest Interactive Catalog and Community for Spirits
Spirits- no, not those things from Poltergeist that fly around your great aunt’s house at night, but rather, distilled…
CFC Announces New ideaBOOST Cohort of Startups
Toronto’s ideaBOOST media and technology startup accelerator announced its latest cohort of six companies yesterday.…
Canadian Companies Are Waiting “For the Right Deal” As Acquisition Confidence Wanes: EY
According to a new report by Ernst & Young (EY), the appetite for acquisitions is stronger in the US than Canada for the…
It’s a Winner! First AngelHack Vancouver Spreads the Love
The hackathon is no longer new or novel. On any given weekend youâll find a collection of coders hunched over their laptops,…
Toronto’s AEON Attire Kickstarter Gloves Crushes Funding Goal
When its really cold out and we don’t feel like taking our winter gloves off before swiping at our iPhones or tablets,…
Outer Space Meets the Social Space: Ryan Holmes and Chris Hadfield at Science World
They were introduced as the rock star astronaut and social media giant. Colonel Chris Hadfield and Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes…
New Coding School in Toronto Set for January Launch
Brainstation, a new Toronto-based coding school that demands a smaller time and money commitment than other schools like Bitmaker…
PasswordBox CEO on Acquisition: “To Get Our Footprint in San Francisco”
PasswordBox CEO Dan Robichaud told me over the phone that this morning’s acquisition news involving San Francisco-based…
DMZ Startup Flybits Teams Up With City of Ottawa for Navigation App
Toronto-based startup Flybits has teamed up with the City of Ottawa to launch an impressive navigation app. It can tell drivers…
Online Menswear Innovators Frank & Oak Open Brick and Mortar Locations
Frank & Oak are taking their threads offline by opening two new brick and mortar locations in Montreal and Toronto. The…
PasswordBox Acquiers San Francisco Startup Legacy Locker
CEO Dan Robichaud and his team at Montreal’s PasswordBox just keep chugging along following its big $6 million funding…
Former FounderFuel Startup InfoActive Eyes a Few Big Months Ahead
Former FounderFuel startup InfoActive and its CEO Trina Chaisson have slowly plied away at their trade since graduating the…
Want a Different Kind of iOS Inbox? Toronto’s Inbox Cube To Launch
Anyone reading this is likely using the Apple iPhone mail app as their iOS inbox (and it’s estimated that 24 percent…
Next 36-Born Atlus App Acquired By Ottawa’s Purple Forge Corp
A startup created as a result of the Next 36 program has been acquired by Purple Forge Corp. Atlus is an app serving as a…