Self-Publishing Platforms like Toronto’s Wattpad Report Strong 2013
It turned out to be a good year in 2013 for Toronto-based startup Wattpad, the company that created an online and mobile community…
Canadian Startup News
Mashable Gives Nod to Montreal’s I Can Go Without in Top Charity Apps
It looks like British-American tech and social media news blog Mashable is keeping a close eye on Montreal-based startups…
Montreal’s SelectiveFew is Making a Bet on Boutique Fashion
Andrew Peker was frank while dishing out his opinions on marketing independent, boutique fashion. It’s an industry that…
International Startup Fest Crowns Second Elevator Tour Winner with $100K
Phil Telio and the Montreal-based International Startup Festival recently crowned their second Elevator World Tour winner in…
“Ninja” or “Wizard” Might Sound Fun on a Job Posting, but Everyone Else Might Think it Sounds Ridiculous
Driving with my dad just before Christmas, I asked him when he might consider retirement. Approaching his 53rd birthday, he…
C100 Gives Top Fundraisers the Nod in Year-End Review
C100, the non-profit, member-driven organization that supports Canadian technology entrepreneurship through mentorship, partnership…
VeloCity-Based The Display Rack Is Like a Bank of Inventory Info for Big US Stores
Just five percent of all commerce is based online currently and the fact remains that the giant brick-and-mortar stores like…
Waterloo Trio Set to Launch Instagram-Like Social Community for Startups
Waterloo-based UI/UX designer Kevin Kim said that every time he checked out sources of information on other startups in his…
Jostle’s ‘People Engagement Platform’ Has a Formula for Scaling Leadership
Since there’s been the Internet, there’s been corporate intranets. According the Jostle’s CEO and co-founder Brad Palmer…
A Canadian Success Story, Vancouver’s ShoeMe is Showing that Rural Canada is Waking up to eCommerce
It’s stories like Vancouver’s ShoeMe.ca that get me excited about startups in Canada, and more specifically, the…
Guelph’s Woof App Looks to Please the Dog Lovers
Guelph-based startup Woof recently released a new app for the dog-owners community and already it has struck a positive chord…
Vancouver’s Harp.io Makes Web Publishing Open and Easy
From cave paintings and papyrus, Gutenberg to Edison, and from smoke signals to the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, communicating is…
The GoPad is A Mobile iPad Wielder’s Best Friend- Even if it Looks a Bit Geeky
If there’s one Canadian-designed product that deserves to be on Dragons’ Den, it might be the GoPad, for “people…
Montreal’s Picmile is in the Business of Telling Stories- Not Just Tagging Photos
A short chat with Montreal-based startup Picmile and its founder Reda Benembarek convinced me that I should use Picmile for…
BetaKit’s Most Interesting News Stories of 2013
It’s getting awfully close to 2014, so we decided to go through every article we’ve reported this year and create a list…