New Sniffr App Blurs Line Between a Dating and a Dog-Lovers App
Profis Communications founder Justin Young tells us that “it’s a dog-meet-dog world,” ahead of a planned…
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Toronto’s Upverter Lands $2.3 Million, Seeks Profitability
Toronto-based startup Upverter, a GitHub-like platform for hardware engineers, or an online design automation platform, has…
One Entrepreneur’s Reflection on the Kitchener-Waterloo Startup Community
Over the past couple of months I’ve been talking to startups in the Kitchener/Waterloo ecosystem. These conversations…
Kickstarter Campaign for “World’s Oldest Toy” Has Now Raised Over 29x Original Funding Goal
It really is amazing what kinds of crowdfunding projects can appeal to people. I suppose this has always been the promise of…
UTChinese Network To Throw EXCITE2014 Conference Saturday
UT (University of Toronto) Chinese‘s EXCITE2014 Entrepreneurship Conference is all set for Saturday. The conference brings…
Video: Extreme Startups Company Dubb Turns Users’ Contacts Into a Discoverable Network
In our third video interview with Extreme Startups, Joseph Czikk chats with Dubb CEO Neven Zeremski at DX3 2014 in Toronto.…
CrowdFundFusion Aggregates Nearly Every Project Out There
Jon Mushey loves hearing the personal stories of crowdfunding campaign creators. So much so that the Winnipeg-based project…
Neptune Announces New Wearable Partnership, Pine Delayed Due to FCC Approval
Montreal startup Neptune killed it on Kickstarter back in December, raising eight times its crowdfunding goal for its standalone…
Video: Preo’s New App Ensures You’ll Never Have to Wait In Line For a Drink Again
In the second instalment of our Extreme Startups series, our Joseph Czikk chatted with Preo CEO Richard Liang. The startup’s…
Less Than Half of Canadian Small Businesses Have an Online Presence
Less than half (41 percent) of Canadian small businesses have an online presence, according to a new report issued this morning…
Waterloo’s Apartmint Is an All-In-One Solution for Landlords and Renters
“I think there’s a lot of problems in this industry in general and I haven’t seen something come forward and try…
120 Left Jobless as BlackBerry Continues Its Descent
Embattled Waterloo-based smartphone maker BlackBerry has laid off 120 employees this morning. The Waterloo Record reported…
How Not to Be Annoying at #SXSW: A Review
Far be it from me to contradict the wise words of Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross (“Always Be Closing!”),…
Several BC Startups Named “Ready to Rocket” Companies for 2014
Several Vancouver and BC-based startups have been named “Ready to Rocket” ICT companies for 2014 by Ready to…
Video: New Extreme Startups Company Provides Higher Education to Sub-Saharan Africa
In our first profile of the five new Extreme Startups companies, our Joseph Czikk chats with Fora cofounder Ian Carnevale.…