PressReader’s chief content officer on monetizing media and dealing with fake news blues
Some say fake news helped swing the US election for Trump – or at the very least, is helping infantilize and weaponize ordinary Americans…
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BC tech sector gets ‘A’ grade nationally, but big picture is more mixed
In another sign that the west coast’s tech industry is surging ahead, the BC Tech Association (BC Tech) together with KPMG Canada, released a favourable…
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 traditional commerce is only…
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The federal government has opened applications for two previously-announced programs aimed to increase and support Black entrepreneurship in Canada The National Ecosystem Fund and…
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Toronto-Waterloo named top global FinTech ecosystem in Startup Genome report
The Toronto-Waterloo region is among the top FinTech ecosystems globally, according to the latest report from Startup Genome. The Global Fintech Ecosystem Report 2020,…
Wealthsimple rolls out first feature of Cash product to select customers
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Lightspeed adds former Videotron CEO Manon Brouillette to board
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – BlackBerry selloff, Google antitrust
The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe. Subscribe to S|W using the form at…
Telus announces $100 million tech-focused social impact fund
Telecommunications giant Telus has announced a new $100 million corporate venture capital fund focused on investing in early-stage technology startups that aim to drive…
BetaKit Live: How Canada can become a cybersecurity leader
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Five ways SaaS CFOs can help their company scale
Despite the role that CEOs, CTOs, and product managers play in a startup’s success, finance is the only department in a SaaS startup that…