How government regulators can better embrace the sharing economy
Where governments step in, entrepreneurship tends to die. In the early days of co-founding GoFetch, I have learned that…
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Growing a (sustainable) sales team: a guide for startups
Things have been going well. You and your founder have been hustling hard, spreading the word about your business. You’ve…
Data mining innovation spawns a new kind of Gold Rush
“There’s gold in them thar hills” – and thanks to a blend of machine learning technology and traditional geological…
Tweets are the new black: CuteCircuit’s take on connected clothing
When Francesca Rosella was a little girl she was obsessed with making her Barbie’s dresses change color. Back then she would…
Ryerson and Rogers team up to launch The Next Big Idea in sports competition
Canada’s Year of Sport just got bigger. Ryerson and Rogers have embarked on a quest to find the “Next Big Idea in Sport”…
Disrupting art with wearable technology
Art is a very subjective thing. As William Shakespeare once said, “there is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes…
Google Glass is dead. Long live Google Glass
This isn’t the headline you’d probably expect me to write about Google Glass. At least not lately, with news that Google…
This Space Works shows how This Space Works
During her 12 years working for a leading technology company, Lise Snelgrove noticed how drastically the workplace was changing…
Square has processed one billion payments
Square, the popular mobile commerce system that was developed by Jack Dorsey, has been live in Canada since October 2012 and…
PlexiDrone by DreamQii raises over $460,000 on Indiegogo, signs on Henry’s as distributor
The Drones are coming. DreamQii, a robotics company out of the Digital Media Zone at Ryerson University, has successfully managed…
Dispatches from TEDx Vancouver: Terry Pearson’s Personalizing Diagnostic Medicine
TEDxVancouver made enjoyed a sold out come back after hitting the pause button for a year. It’s fifth incarnation packed…
CIX names the top 20 hottest innovative Canadian companies for 2014
The Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX), a yearly event seeking to bring together key leaders in the innovation economy to learn…
Windsor’s Smoke and Spice Southern Barbeque fuels its success by great customer loyalty initiatives
Though it’s the only restaurant of its kind in Windsor, Ontario, Smoke and Spice Southern Barbeque still faces fierce competition…
Pebble’s CEO talks how they found success by making ‘the biggest bets of their entire company life’
“Never give up,” was the advice Pebble CEO and founder, Eric Migicovsky, gave to aspiring entrepreneurs at the JOLT Uncensored…
5 Reasons Why Small Businesses Need a Loyalty Rewards Program
Loyalty programs are nothing new to the Starbucks, Wal-Marts and Best Buys of this world, but lately small firms are discovering…