2015 was an incredible year for Canadians startups, and BetaKit was there to document the highs and lows every step of the way. Below you’ll find our best writing, and the best writing submitted to us by the startup community. Enjoy!
Features
Google Glass is dead. Long live Google Glass
MaRS’ new District 20 means business
Technological tensions: voicing opposition to Bill C-51
Bridging bricks and clicks: how Frank & Oak wins millennial males online and IRL
The gym of the future will PUSH you to your PEAK
Canadian startup community responds to impending Shopify IPO
#YVR FinTech: the business of your money is changing
#YVR FinTech: a cultural shift towards money
The jagged little smartwatch pill
Female Funders launches with mission to create 1000 new female angel investors
How Picatic got customers to (actually) Pay What They Want
First we take Manhattan: How Canadian startups can go big in NYC
Interviews
Jon Lax speaks out
Adam Nanjee wants Canada to be a global FinTech leader
Andreas Antonopoulos doesn’t know what happens next
In conversation with Commander Chris Hadfield
Bruce Croxon wants to wake up the old guard with new show The Disruptors
Vision Critical’s Andrew Reid wants a “Caring Economy”
Talking IP, IPOs, and big bets with SHOES.COM’s Roger Hardy
Musician, Entrepreneur, Author: Riffing with David Usher on Creativity and His New Book
Influitive Closes $30.5M Series B Round. CEO Mark Organ shares how
Kathryn Loewen shares Control’s funding strategy
Guest Editorials
Roger Chabra of Rho Canada Ventures: 9 things I learned from Chango’s acquisition
Due South: opportunities are not bounded by geography
Crowdfunding 101: no potato salads
Biohacking is here and going mainstream
Founders: when to ditch the ramen and give yourself a raise
Do you need a mentor for your startup?
It’s time for ‘Code’ to become Canada’s third language
Get Lucky: how your company can go viral
For women in tech, change comes slowly
Startups, fear not your party round
Mark MacLeod (@StartupCFO) explains why we need Canadian VCs
Why Indiegogo’s Steve Tam says work-life balance doesn’t exist
Payso co-founder Nat Cartwright: Women founders in tech can turn the tables
Making sense of early-stage funding options
A single voice for the startup community
Events
#Dx32015: Mike Serbinis wants Canadians to change the world or move on
#TechisBack: viva the Canadian tech renaissance
Not at #BetaKitIPO? Here’s what you missed
Saying yes to the future of conferences
August #WWTO redefines disability
#Firesideconf turns the tech conference into summer camp
Collaboration trumps competition at #HackTheNorth
Spotlight Awards shine a light on Canada’s startup moment
CIX showcases what’s next for the Canadian startup landscape