Toronto’s startup scene reveals itself at my first Startup Open House
While I’ve always known that Toronto has a budding tech startup community, I wasn’t aware of how large, strong, and influential…
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Female founders share their inspiration ahead of Vancouver Startup Week
Over the past 20 years, I have worked around the world in and around startups and big business. In that time, I have been honored…
Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes on the wrong way to run a billion-dollar company in 2016
When employees of Dropbox walked into their new San Francisco office this spring, they came face-to-face with a 5-foot-tall…
Ooka Island’s Joelle MacPhee says it’s okay for founders to not want to be CEOs
High-profile stories of CEOs finding success — whether that’s through exits or significant profit — after years of…
How banks are making friends with FinTech
Somewhere in an office in downtown Toronto, standing beside a ping-pong table, young engineers and software developers in jeans…
With $500,000 in seed funding, Sky Guys hopes to dominate the enterprise drone market
Adam Sax has always had a close connection to tech entrepreneurship; when he was 13, he started a data centre in Toronto before…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 29: Would a bank-backed fund help Canadian startups?
This week the CanCon podcast asks why no one wants to pay for anything. Facebook has found a way around adblocking programs.…
#WWTO looks at the past, present, and future of Toronto’s wearable tech scene
With the last We Are Wearables taking place in January, July’s #WWTO was a fitting time for self-reflection — both for…
With money from Power and product shipping, Daniel Eberhard awaits the Summer of Koho
Daniel Eberhard walks and talks like a man waiting for a delivery – with polite impatience. Except it’s not a delivery…
Responsive AI wants to beat the robo-advisors with AI-driven investing
Vancouver-based startup Responsive is launching an AI-driven, active management investment service this August. They aim to help…
With $1 million in funding, Toronto-based Drop hopes to dominate North America’s loyalty market
Until now, Derrick Fung is more likely known as the CEO of Tunezy, a platform that allows musicians to market experiences —…
Shop.ca has filed for bankruptcy in a last-ditch effort to find a buyer
Shop.ca has filed for bankruptcy, according to documents obtained by BetaKit. The news comes just six months after Shop.ca…
Five Canadians selected among 6,000 applicants for 2016 Thiel Fellowship
The Thiel Foundation has announced its 29 latest Thiel Fellows — a group of young people awarded $100,000 and mentorship…
@StartupCFO explains the long, winding road to a closed funding round
The typical way that startups raise capital is to wait until they have 6 months of runway and then start a roadshow. They put…
Metabridge attendees share advice on building your startup
At the Metabridge conference in Kelowna this month, 15 startups pitched their businesses and connected with investors, mentors…