For DataHero’s “Big Data Star” Chris Neumann, Vancouver is a Familiar Place
For many people home is simply where the heart is. For DataHero cofounder and CEO Chris Neumann, even with a Palo Alto zip…
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Introducing the BetaKit 10 for 2013: This Year’s Top Ten Winners in Tech
The BetaKit family decided to put its heads together this week, and we came up with the ‘BetaKit 10’ for 2013.…
VC Insider: The Four Key Players of Venture Capital
Typically one thinks of the entrepreneur and the venture capitalist (VC) as the two main players in venture capital. That’s…
Blitztream Games Has Some Grand Visions…In a Non-Violent Kind of Way
Millions of Gen-Y’s have likely played one of the many Grand Theft Auto games, which alternately offer the gamer scenes…
Waterloo Startups Strut Their Stuff In Toronto at Series 401 Event
Ten out of the 16 startups that pitched at today’s Series 401 event at OneEleven coworking space in Toronto (otherwise…
A CEO’s Perspective: Who’s Your Competition?
I’ve just finished sitting on a judging panel, and reading a stack of applications from eager entrepreneurs looking for funding.…
Unbounce’s Rick Perreault is Leading the Post-Click Marketing Surge
Talking about PC these days can lead us into the minefield of political correctness, which is best left to the “Ivory…
Filmmakers on Upcoming Startup Community Doc: “A Biography of Our Region at This Time”
Filmmaker and photographer Taylor Jackson, Lindsay Coulter and their film crew are nearly done completing the “Startup…
“Autistic Genius” Jacob Barnett’s Story is Touching, But How Much Money Will be Made Off Of His Intelligence?
The mother of a Waterloo “autistic genius” teenager will speak to a Toronto audience on December 2 on the heels…
Passing the GrowLab Torch: Talking Entrepreneurship with Mike Edwards and Jonathan Bixby
They come in different flavors, and they’ve been around for a while too. Accelerators and incubators are nothing really new…
Three Fired Guys Offer Four Tips for Entrepreneurs
The wonderful, sudsy folks at Steamwhistle Breweries have offered BetaKit a few lessons from the pros. Cofounders Cam Heaps…
University of Waterloo Shines in Maclean’s Rankings for 22nd Straight Year
This year’s Maclean’s magazine annual university rankings are out and the University of Waterloo has been named…
CVCA Says Venture-Backed Companies Perform Better, But is it the Money or the Advice?
After the Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association’s (CVCA) Peter van der Velden spent ten minutes espousing…
EnergyAware’s Neurio is Your Home’s New Brain
50 billion devices. Cisco estimates by 2020, 50 billion devices will be connected to the internet. Our homes will be a key…
JOLT Accelerator Unveils Fall ’13 Cohort Along with New Online Look
Toronto’s JOLT technology accelerator, housed in the MaRS Discovery District, is announcing its Fall 2013 cohort along…