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…
Shopify’s Deplatforming Policy
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…
Bold Commerce raises $35 million CAD Series B backed by OMERS
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…
Pandemic (Year Two) Action Plan
Happy New Year! How will this one be different from the last? What can we do to make it different? This is also our…
The perils of bad design
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…
Year from Hell, year in review
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…
A vaccine is coming, but the data’s still viral
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…
Canada’s innovation imperative
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:…
BetaKit Live: How Canada can become a cybersecurity leader
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…
How Set Scouter built industry-wide safety standards to stay in business
On Black Swan, we attempt to ask and answer the important questions. I can think of none more important than this: will we have…
Sean Silcoff explains how 2020 became the year of the Canadian tech IPO
Earlier this year, Globe and Mail Technology reporter Sean Silcoff wrote that “private is the new public” – in essence, that IPOs and public…
Acceleprise GP Whitney Sales explains how to close deals during COVID
In March and April, it felt like the whole world went on pause. Consumers stayed at home and businesses stopped spending. For tech companies…
BetaKit Live: Willful and The Canadian Shield explain how to survive and thrive in 2020
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…