RunGo jumps hurdles on the startup trail with new pivot
The RunGo app relaunched with a new design in the Apple store last week, as part of a pivot to win over a new market. The Vancouver-based…
Stanley Park Ventures hopes to steer startups past the noise
One of the more recent additions to Vancouver’s fast-growing tech ecosystem is Stanley Park Ventures, operating just steps…
Wishpond wants to help small business adopt marketing automation
Marketing automation software might just be the most promising technology for smaller businesses to use to compete with enterprise-class…
Vancouver’s women in gaming, and different kinds of heroes
It’s 2015, but some gaming companies still seem to be deliberately trying to get females to unlearn whatever love they…
Startup Slam wants to help build a real tech community in Victoria
How do you build up a tech community on Vancouver island? One coder at a time, apparently. Victoria’s startup community…
#VanStartupCity: tech entrepreneurship tips from the leaders
“If you want to be successful, follow your contribution, not your passion.” This and other bits of wisdom resulted…
#VanIMPACT: investing for profit, people, and the planet
Driven by purpose as well as profit? You might have joined hundreds of earnest entrepreneurs, non-profit folks and investors…
#VanIMPACT15: Building the purpose-driven enterprise
Van IMPACT 2015 aims to attract hundreds of socially-minded enterprises looking to combine purpose and profit this Wednesday.…
Canadians Connected 2015: How to get out of digital marketing purgatory
When you ask Canadian entrepreneurs how they’re doing when it comes to connecting with customers on their digital marketing…
Building the green techtropolis: TELUS Garden Centre opens in Vancouver
Vancouver has been on the leading edge of tech innovation and green sustainability for years. Yesterday, the city took it to…
VanFUNDING 2015 brings Canada’s crowdfunding leaders to Vancouver
Crowdfunding in Canada’s tech sector is only getting bigger, as startups, enterprises, and everything in between are looking…
Vandrico to keep Whistler Blackcomb’s crowds moving with wearables
Cooler weather is hitting the west coast and our ski-bum contingent looks longingly to the peaks. When more than 2 million…
#GROWconf 2015: Magic Tech, Winterizing VCs, and Maudlin CEOs
“Living in a connected world.” That was the overriding theme from GROW 2015 in Whistler last week. It resonated…
Why the Canadian tech community came to #GROWconf 2015
If you’re a part of the West Coast tech scene, you’ve probably heard of GROW 2015. Tech pioneers rub shoulders with VCs…
#GROWconf 2015: How banks are fighting disruption by startups with startups
If there’s one thing you can bank on, it’s that institutions with hundreds of billions of dollars in their war chest won’t…