CTRL ALT DEL: Vancouver talks disrupting with passion
How are you disrupting the status quo? Thatâs what the CTRL ALT DEL event at SFU Woodwardâs in downtown Vancouver last…
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Startup Open House gives you an inside peek into Canadian startups
For the third year in a row, Startup Open House â a citywide open house event where participants have free access to visit…
Beyond the Code conference brings diverse perspective to tech
The tech sector has a rep for being a boys’ club, and perhaps rightly so â according to StatsCan, in 2011, 39 per cent…
Payso co-founder Nat Cartwright: Women founders in tech can turn the tables
When it comes to the gender imbalance in tech, the numbers still arenât pretty. Investors are twice as likely to invest in…
August #WWTO redefines disability
Thereâs a perception that tech communities can be self-serving. We read the news that startups like Uber have raised another…
Third National Learn to Code Day will spark Canadian digital literacy September 26th
Ladies Learning Code, the national not-for-profit promoting beginner-friendly tech education, announced today the third annual…
#YVRTech trend: communities with a cause
BetaKitâs West Coast Editor John Gray often tells me that people do things a little differently on the âbest coast.â…
BNOTIONS acquired by Symbility Solutions for $5 million
After a nine-year ride, BNOTIONS, the Toronto-based mobile, data and analytics innovation firm, announced today that it was…
Rangle.io chooses winner of Angular U conference contest for female coders
After holding a contest, Rangle.io, a Toronto-based Javascript and HTML5 consultancy firm, has decided to send a Seattle woman…
Nicoya Lifesciences, RENOMii and TeTechS graduate from the Accelerator Centre
Kitchener-Waterloo based Accelerator Centre has announced that Nicoya Lifesciences, RENOMii and TeTechS have graduated from…
Hootsuite attains B Corporation status to further social impact focus
Last week, Ryan Holmes, CEO of Hootsuite, announced in a blog post that the company is now a B Corporation. Joining the ranks…
Andreas Antonopoulos doesn’t know what happens next
Our title is slightly misleading. Speaking at #Dec_Tech, MaRS’ first event since it launched its FinTech cluster in February,…
MaRS Study: Toronto startups with women, foreign founders less likely to raise funding
Last December, the MaRS Data Catalyst team published a study investigating the ethnic and gender diversity of Toronto startups.…
Teehan+Lax is Shutting Down. What’s next for Toronto’s design community?
Following the Teehan+Lax shutdown news, BetaKit reached out to Toronto design community for comment. If youâve followed the…
Canadian startup founders share what will keep them up at night in 2015
Itâs New Yearâs Eve. Everyone else is watching the ball drop and counting down. But something about your business is stuck…