The highs and lows of crowdfunding
Despite popular belief (and what anomaly projects like Pebble and Neptune have lead us to believe), crowdfunding is not always…
Marketing tech is migrating to sales, and that’s a Big Deal
Over the last 2 to 3 years the market for sales software has been heating up: Hubspot released a free CRM last year, LinkedIn…
Crowdfunding 101: no potato salads
My name is Corey Herscu and I am former tech journalist who’s now made the full-time shift to tech-focused public relations.…
Canadian startup community responds to impending Shopify IPO
What impact will the impending Shopify IPO have on the Canadian startup ecosystem? That’s the question…
Due South: opportunities are not bounded by geography
Welcome to Due South, a new series that profiles Canadian entrepreneurs who have founded companies outside of the motherland.…
The Internet of Things is invisible
If you’ve been reading CIO.com, or Forbes, you might be under the impression that the Internet of Things is some sort of…
Canada’s Consul General for San Francisco on validating your startup in the Valley
Not all Canadian startups know that they have their very own ambassador waiting for them in the Bay Area. Cassie Doyle is the…
Canopy Labs CEO Wojciech Gryc says most business don’t realize the data they have access to
Toronto-based Canopy Labs provides a predictive customer analytics tool to help businesses leverage data from past purchases…
Canadian startup founders share what will keep them up at night in 2015
It’s New Year’s Eve. Everyone else is watching the ball drop and counting down. But something about your business is stuck…
Why Twitter’s Nolan O’Brien won’t be a software engineer at 65
Twitter Senior Software Engineer Nolan O’Brien had a slightly easier time than most Canadians working for startups in…
The biggest Canadian startup stories of 2014
2014 was a big year for Canadian startups. So big, in fact, that the BetaKit editorial team couldn’t quite agree on the…
Will Young of Zappos Labs describes his path to the Valley
Like most Canadians, Zappos Labs Director Will Young did not find direct entry into the Valley. Graduating from UBC in 1999,…
Gob’s Jason Chung on validating your business at any cost
On his first day at his new company, Jason Chung was kindly asked to leave the premises. It wasn’t his office, though. The…
Google’s Patrick Pichette says Canadian startups have to ‘solve for the world’
Google CFO Patrick Pichette happens to be a Montreal native, so he’s quite familiar with the perception that Canadians need…
The entrepreneurial traits that get kids in trouble
Many of the successful entrepreneurs I know grew up breaking the rules. To start your own business, especially at a young age,…