EY and RBC Report “Hidden” Opportunity for Startups to Build More Diverse Teams
Newsflash: employees have biases, will argue their ideas because of those biases, and CEOs must remain impartial. That’s…
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Waterloo Startups Hit the 401 for Toronto Pitch Fest Next Week
Two Ontario-based incubator programs have joined forces to create an invite-only startup showcase to investors next week called…
Heading to Canada? Toronto’s Similicious Helps Non-Canucks Avoid Crazy Roaming Fees
Toronto-based startup Similicious may be the answer to Americans, Europeans and anyone else frequently travelling to Canada…
Taxi Battle Heats Up in Montreal as Hailo Makes Its Presence Known
On the same week that Uber Montreal is offering three free taxi rides under $20 to anyone who downloads the app, its main competitor…
Pipes, Screens, and Filler: Conversations from Merging Media 2013
Vancouver recently played host to the 4th annual Merging Media conference for two days, Canada’s leading Cross-Media Event.…
Montreal’s PasswordBox Raises $6 Million in Venture Cap, Hits One Million Users
PasswordBox has already won over a lot of users and now they can call a few high profile angel investors, including a Facebook…
An App in 60 Days? Dandy Wants to Help
Waterloo-based startup Dandy, the group of guys that I first met at the CN Tower Elevator World Tour event last winter in Toronto,…
Kids Health Record Lets Parents Take the Information Online…Forever
Toronto-based startup Kids Health Record launched this weekend at the Babytime Show at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre…
VeloCity Gives 10 Startups the Nod for $100K Competition
University of Waterloo-based student startup and innovation hub VeloCity has named the ten startups that will compete in the…
Ryerson University Helps As The “Indian Startup Story” Continues to Grow
Ryerson University, Ryerson Futures Inc. (RFI) and Bombay Stock Exchange Institute Ltd. (BSEI) have announced the winners of…
Adzuna Says If You Want a Startup Job, Go to Toronto
“If you build it, they will come”: those are the eternal words spoken in a whisper to Kevin Costner in the 1989…
Google Stops Disabling Resold Glass Devices (But They’re Still Not Ok With It)
If you are frothing at the mouth for a pair of Google Glass, you may not have to wait until sometime next year to get your…
CIX Names Its Top 20 Hottest Innovative Companies Ahead of Toronto Event
The Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX), a yearly event seeking to bring together key leaders in the innovation economy to…
New LinkedIn Data Says Kids Rank Entrepreneurship as Most Desirable Job
A new LinkedIn survey aimed at promoting the company’s recent “LinkedIn Bring In Your Parents Day” suggests…
Positive Vibes Were Abuzz as FounderProject’s Toronto Event Kicks off November Series
On the heels of a newly redesigned logo and website, FounderProject kicked off their November series of events on Wednesday…