Ladies Learning Code crowdfunding for computer lab on wheels
Ladies Learning Code, an organization dedicated to teaching digital literacy to women and youth through nationwide workshops,…
Canadian Startup News
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…
YEDI business accelerator accepting applications
After two years of incubating startups and not-for-profit organizations, The York Entrepreneurship Development Institute (YEDI)…
Applications open for Techstars’ Startup Next Toronto
Early stage startups are invited to apply for Startup Next, a pre-acceleration program from Techstars that helps prepare startups…
#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…
Startup Canada and Intuit team up to give entrepreneurs a crash course in financial literacy
From September 28 until October 4, Startup Canada and Intuit are teaming up with entrepreneur community leaders across Canada…
#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…
FIVARS invites us to experience the future of film
Last week, all eyes were on King Street for TIFF, but around the corner from the celebrities and red carpets, a small fringe…
Montreal-based Fika sets its sights on U.S. market with move to New York City
Fika, a graduate of the Founder Institute in Montreal, has announced that it has been accepted into the Fall 2015 cohort at…
Shopify wants its merchants to save on shipping with new feature
On Thursday, Shopify announced that merchants can now buy and print discounted shipping labels within its platform using a…
AppCarousel acquired by San Francisco-based AppDirect
AppCarousel, a Calgary-based app management platform for connected cars, smartphones, smart screens, and tablets, as well as…
Flystro opens first online marketplace for drones
Born at the Montreal Founder Institute earlier this year, Flystro‘s mission to become the ultimate online marketplace…
CIX Cleantech reveals 10 most innovative cleantech companies
Today, CIX Cleantech announced the 10 most disruptive Canadian clean technology companies chosen to present at the CIX Cleantech:…
ZenHub announces free tier for students and open-source community
ZenHub, a Vancouver-based provider of GitHub-embedded project management and collaboration, announced a new tier for students…
RBC asks Canadians what’s stopping them from embracing entrepreneurship
A recent RBC survey found that while 57 percent of Canadians would like to start their own business, only 36 percent of Canadians…