Creative Tension at #SXSWedu 2014
Days before SXSW 2014 erupted in the spectacle of a livestream from Edward Snowden, educators, entrepreneurs and investors…
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Kevin O’Leary and Bruce Croxon Out, Wekerle and Vij In As Dragons’ Den Shakes It Up
It’s with a large disappointment in writing this when I say that notorious dream-crusher Kevin O’Leary is leaving…
BetaKit at #SXSW: Kiwi Wearables Does Not Want to Perform Science Experiments On Your Personal Data
Every time I tried to watch the wearable technology portion of the SXSW Interactive Accelerator Pitch Contest, the room was…
BCIC-New Ventures Competition Means Lessons Learned and Cash Earned
Faced with the reality of being idea-rich and resource-challenged, the lure of the BCIC-New Ventures Competition catches the…
New Study Finds Half of Canadian Startups Run by Part-Timers
A new Intuit study has found that more than half (53 percent) of all new startups in Canada are run by part-time entrepreneurs.…
Who Can You Trust With Your Data? This Toronto Startup Wants to Help
Who can you trust with your data? That’s a multibillion-dollar question. Three years before Snowden’s plea to the…
BC Tech Financings Had a Monster Year in 2013
The BCTIA has reviewed the numbers and the story reveals that 2013 was a banner year for BC Tech. BC was not only home to Godzilla’s…
Toronto Gets a Bitcoin Accelerator
The world’s first Bitcoin accelerator program has launched in Toronto. Bitcoin Decentral, a Toronto-based hub for the…
Brainstation’s Mobile Development Education Takes its Act to Extreme Startups
Toronto-based technology education organization Brainstation has taken up residence at its new home: Extreme Startups. It’s…
BetaKit at #SXSW: PasswordBox and A Former “Super Intern” Are Growing Together, And Fast
It’s be fun to watch the rise of Montreal’s PasswordBox, the startup that provides a safe and encrypted place for…
Teachings from the Digerati at Invoke University
Just like there’s no such thing anymore as a job for life, there’s no such thing as an education for life either. Getting…
Extreme Startups’ Marcus Daniels: “Now We’re Bringing In Rockstar Founders”
We’ve known this for a while, but now we have video evidence that Marcus Daniels may be one of Canada’s most outwardly…
Vancouver’s Identity Verification Experts Trulioo Lands $6 Million
Vancouver-based startup Trulioo has raised $6 million in venture capital. The deal was announced yesterday and sees the identity…
Toronto Space Apps Challenge is Preparing for “Launch”
NASA is making a call out to anyone who wants to code a space app. That’s right: Space Apps Toronto 2014 is preparing…
UWaterloo’s VeloCity Fund Finals Set to Hand Out $100,000
The University of Waterloo startup’s incubator Velocity unveiled today the ten finalists that will compete for their…