To survive tariffs, Canadian startups need plans “A through D”
Plus: Shopify quietly kills Indigenous Entrepreneurship program.
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Canadian tech is locked in on election season
Plus: Former Plooto CEO Hamed Abbasi on trial for alleged sexual assault.
It’s time for Canada to show “spine and toughness”
Plus: Big acquisition week for 1Password, Humi, and Carbon6.
What kind of entrepreneur will you be in 2025?
Plus: Bench had a crazier holiday break than your startup.
The biggest Canadian tech stories of 2024
Plus: Check your SR&ED history for a potential post-holiday windfall.
Liberals’ Fall Economic Statement contains more promises to Canadian tech
Plus: Geoffrey Hinton receives his Nobel Prize, delivers a warning.
Foreign and domestic AI with Tenstorrent and Cohere
Plus: Canada Post strike didn’t slow Shopify’s BFCM weekend.
Why Hopper might be the next Canadian tech company to play the secondary game
Plus: Canada sues Big Tech.
We need to talk about startup failure
Plus: Alberta Innovates the second provincial innovation to face a cyberattack this year.
One chart that will make you feel good about Canadian tech
Plus: Neo’s backers, Wealthsimple’s value, and Shopify’s concerns.
Meanwhile, in Canada
Plus: WonderFi CEO Dean Skurka unharmed after kidnapping incident.
What keeps Canada’s zombie startups alive?
Plus: Hear from BC tech leaders on funding, moving to the US, and true grit.
Canadian tech’s lost generation
Plus: VC departures, political mudslinging, and a new centaur startup.
Georgian Partners isn’t the only one
Plus: Meet the BetaKit Town Hall: Vancouver speakers.
Addressing the 600-pound beaver in the room
Plus: Koho’s banking roadmap (with fresh funding), GreenSky’s rarified air.