Five Women to Watch in Wearable Tech
The wearable space is seeing a tremendous amount of activity, and here in Canada is no exception. Canada is home to a number…
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Every Early-Stage Entrepreneur Needs a Kick in the Pants
A “kick in the pants,” “kicking it into overdrive,” and “kicking the game winner.” These…
You Don’t Have to Go to University, Says This Toronto Startup, Because There’s a Lot More Out There
A colleague recently commented to me that some people in life are just on a mission. They have a “cause,” and they’ll…
Secure Social Network myApollo Aims to Connect the World from Peer to Peer to Peer
myApollo is more than just another social network. It would have to be in order to be taken seriously in 2014. And, in some…
Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion to Kick Off Microsoft-Sponsored YouthSpark Live Event
“Hurricane Hazel,” Mississauga’s 93-year-old mayor, will officially kickoff the YouthSpark Live event at…
British Columbia is Becoming the Planet’s Smartest Coast
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) has announced a collaboration with IBM to create the “smartest coast on the planet”. A three-year,…
Is Techstars Coming to Toronto-Waterloo?
The CEO and founder of Techstars, the popular US-based startup accelerator present in six cities (as well as London, UK), is…
Industry Veterans at TinyMob Games Are Really Bullish on Mobile RTS Games
After a positive mobile game launch at last weekend’s PAX East 2014 conference in Boston, TinyMob Games is back at work…
Vancouver’s Webtech Wireless Shows it’s Not Just Startups That Pivot
Since 1999, Vancouver’s Webtech Wireless has been a leader in the telematics business. They deliver fleet intelligence solutions…
Ontario Lets Citizens Vote on Access to Open Data Sets
The government of Ontario is letting its citizens vote on a master list of 1,000 data sets they collect over which ones should…
Waterloo Man Creates Fake PR Agency In Ploy to Get Hired
Uniqueness seems to sell. We like what we aren’t and we want to surround ourselves with people who go against the status…
“Nobody Gives a S*** Anymore”: Life As a Failed Startup CEO
Last month I attended a startup event called FailCamp, which sought to bring entrepreneurs together to celebrate failure. It…
Early Google Employee Reflects on Career, Startups At AccelerateMTL
We don’t often have one of Silicon Valley’s most influential builders speak at local Montreal tech events, so it…
The Truth About Accelerators: Some Accelerate Success, Others Accelerate Failure
It wasn’t exactly the shining start that FounderFuel general manager Ian Jeffrey envisioned for one of the startup accelerator’s…
Toronto Mayoral Candidate Says He’s Betting on Startups
Toronto mayoral candidate David Soknacki was on hand today at Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone (DMZ) to announce…