VeloCity Fund Finals Trends #1 On Twitter as Four Student Startups Win Big
Four student startups have received $25,000 grants each after winning the VeloCity Fund Finals at the University of Waterloo.…
Ottawa Startup Founder Seeks to Make ‘National Entrepreneurs Day’ A Holiday
An Ottawa-based startup founder is trying to round up 50,000 signatures to make “National Entrepreneurs Day” (NED)…
Three Branding Lessons Learned During the World Cup
Our friends at Ottawa startup Gnowit recently came out with an interesting blog post looking at some of things FIFA and other…
Montreal’s Engagement Labs Acquires Social Media Analytics Agency Entrinsic
Montreal-headquartered Engagement Labs, a publicly traded company that provides social media performance analysis and optimization…
Waterloo Community to Welcome Indian Startups for GSF Global Accelerator Tour
Several India-based startups are spending time in the Toronto-Waterloo corridor this week as part of GSF Indiaâs 13-week…
Wattpad Rolls Out Creative Commons, Users Can Access Millions of Stories
Wattpad has established a rather significant partnership today, bringing the realm of creative sharing to written story-telling.…
Innovation is No Longer For Small Companies: Canadian Investor Says Industry Leaders Must Embrace Tech Mindset
Scott Bonham is saying that industry leaders in Canada should be looking at Silicon Valley, and even in their own backyard,…
Startup Weekend Youth Edition to Hit Atlantic Canada for the First Time
Startup Weekend has made its fair share of fans in Canada, through events across the country, from Vancouver to Calgary to…
New Report Says Most Canadian Businesses Aren’t Ready for New CASL Laws
Aside from the flood of emails over the last two weeks from Internet marketers begging us to give them permission to continue…
[Infographic] 11 Essential Ingredients Every Crowdfunding Campaign Needs
Vancouver’s Fundrazr has released a new infographic explaining the “11 Essential Ingredients Every Crowdfunding…
Wound-Sensing Shirts and Wireless Umbilical Cords Were on Display at The Fashion Zone’s Hack N’ Talk Event
Last week’s HackânâTalk event at Ryerson University’s new Fashion Zone brought together entrepreneurs, researchers,…
“I Left to Save My Life”: Up With Women CEO Shares Uplifting Tale at Startup Fest
At International Startup Festival we chatted with the inspiring and charismatic Lia Grimanis, founder and CEO of Up With Women,…
Are Too Many Accelerators a Problem? Extreme Startups and INcubes Heads Drop Knowledge at Startup Fest
“Czikk, Daniels and Zlotnick to join forces for new, ‘super-accelerator’ in Canada.” Well no, not really,…
Startup Fest Founder Phil Telio Tells Us His Favourite Festival Memories
At International Startup Festival in Montreal we caught up with the founder of the event himself, Phil Telio. As head of the…
D-Wave Systems raises $28.4 million to take quantum computers to the next level
British Columbia-based D-Wave Systems is making a name for itself in the quantum computing space. The company was founded in…