
Is a COVID-fuelled cleantech boom possible?
In 2020, we all stayed home. And nature was healing, right? Turns out 2020 tied for the hottest year on record. And, honestly, climate…
In 2020, we all stayed home. And nature was healing, right? Turns out 2020 tied for the hottest year on record. And, honestly, climate…
Canada’s most valuable company just booted the outgoing US leader off of its platform. Let’s talk about why, how, and if something similar could…
Once known only as Shopify’s largest app developer, Winnipeg-based Bold Commerce is hoping a $35 million CAD ($27 million USD) Series B round will…
Happy New Year! How will this one be different from the last? What can we do to make it different? This is also our…
We’ve all experienced it at some point in the pandemic. COVID-19 has forced us to change our way of doing things, and that involves…
We didn’t want to do a 2020 clip show. Everyone does a clip show at the end of the year. Why the hell would…
The big national news last week was the federal government appointing a general to oversee the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine. The details of…
Did you know the Covid-19 pandemic presents opportunities for Canadian innovation? That’s according to Jim Balsillie, the retired chairman and co-CEO of RIM (disclosure:…
There is a global gap of 3.5 million cybersecurity jobs that need to be filled around the world by 2021. That’s a 3x increase…
On Black Swan, we attempt to ask and answer the important questions. I can think of none more important than this: will we have…
Earlier this year, Globe and Mail Technology reporter Sean Silcoff wrote that “private is the new public” – in essence, that IPOs and public…
In March and April, it felt like the whole world went on pause. Consumers stayed at home and businesses stopped spending. For tech companies…
It has been one trying year for startups and small businesses in Canada. Since the COVID-19 pandemic struck, only 28 percent of Canadian small…