SVB’s Barbara Dirks talks about keeping Canada at the forefront of innovation
Barbara Dirks is an industry veteran. Between her experience at RBC and BMO, she’s covered every facet of banking, and now…
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Acoustic Zoom closes $1.3 million from Goldcorp after #DisruptMining win
Newfoundland-based Acoustic Zoom, which maps geological formations deep within the earth’s micro-structure for the mineral…
Announcing the Startup Canada Award winners for Quebec and Atlantic Canada
Startup Canada has unveiled the Quebec and Atlantic Canada Startup Canada Award winners, which recognizes regional entrepreneurs…
Canadian Growth Hackers: How Logojoy used marketing automation to acquire over 2 million users
In this series brought to you by StackAdapt, a Toronto-based native advertising technology company, you’ll join COO Vitaly…
Ask an Investor: What metrics do VCs actually care about?
Welcome to a BetaKit weekly series designed to help startups and entrepreneurs. Each week, investors tackle the tough questions…
Squiggle Park raises $800,000 to support mission of increasing children’s literacy
Squiggle Park, a web-based platform that aims to help children learn how to read, announced that it has raised an $800,000…
Busting the myths behind quantum computing
Quantum computing is a complex subject, but for executives looking to future-proof their company, it’s worth putting in the…
MaRS embedded executive program gives startups up to $50,000 and C-level exec mentorship
The MaRS Discovery District has opened applications for another round of its embedded executive funding program. The program…
To build Shopify-like healthtech companies, Ontario must create more incentives
As a passionate advocate for a more technologically advanced and sustainable healthcare system that produces better patient…
How to Build an Agile Mindset Beyond Your Dev Team
If you Google business innovation, there’s a solid chance the world ‘agile’ will be in the top results. Whether referring…
Hack To Start Ep.196: Josh Brewer, co-founder and CEO of Abstract
Josh Brewer is the co-founder and CEO of Abstract, a platform for modern design teams to work together. Brewer’s career in…
Simplii Financial, BMO warn customers that ‘fraudsters’ may have breached customer accounts
The Bank of Montreal (BMO) and CIBC’s Simplii Financial direct banking subsidiary are warning customers about a potential…
WeWork opening new Vancouver location in Hootsuite tech hub
WeWork is planning a 43,000 square foot space at 2015 Main Street in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant area, according to several…
Canada’s House of Commons adopts motion to formally enshrine net neutrality into law
Canada’s House of Commons yesterday adopted a private member’s motion that argued in support of recognizing existing and…
Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes on the high-demand tech job no one talks about
Mention “tech jobs” and thoughts typically turn to developers — the programmers and engineers who translate great…