CanCon Podcast Ep. 34: The wrong way to run a billion-dollar company
Last year, the TO-KW corridor was home to a frenzy of tech events coinciding with the Toronto International Film Festival.…
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Fortay believes in developing a startup culture beyond free booze and office dogs
As startup success stories get more publicity, many large companies have attempted to emulate startup culture within their…
TouchBistro talks building in Canada and scaling globally on #TheDisruptors
When a large group of people go out for dinner after work, it can be a tedious and time-consuming process for waiters to manually…
Vantage’s growth a reminder that great product is nothing without market fit
2015 was a good year for Vantage. Following a $1.1 million seed round the year prior, the Toronto-based ecommerce analytics…
How Edusight’s platform wants to help school boards make better decisions with data
While school boards regularly collect data about students’ grades and performance, they aren’t always able to collect and…
#firesideconf brings 250 people to the middle of nowhere and asks them to connect
Last year, the first-ever Fireside Conference brought together 80 members of Toronto’s tech community, put them in a campground…
Building a collaborative global FinTech ecosystem
“Software is eating the world,” explained Marc Andreessen, Netscape co-founder and partner at venture capitalist firm Andreessen…
Announcing the BetaKit Next selectees
BetaKit isn’t particularly fond of awards for entrepreneurship. For example, how can anyone reasonably name an ‘entrepreneur…
Financeit and Concentra acquire TD Bank’s indirect home improvement financing assets
Toronto-based POS financing platform Financeit and Concentra, which provides wholesale finance and trust solutions for Canadian…
Startup Canada partners with Google Canada, SSHRC for public consultations on Canada’s innovation strategy
Startup Canada has partnered with Google Canada and the federal government’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 33: How to build a critically acclaimed chatbot
This week the CanCon podcast dives into the details behind design decisions for the next generation of tech. The Toronto International…
#WWTO examines the long road to embracing healthtech wearables
While many past We Are Wearables Toronto events have explored the wearable industry’s impact on lighter, consumer-facing…
SlimCut Media’s Damien Veran on why Drake is a good advisor for your startup
When building a startup, entrepreneurs are likely to turn to successful companies for advice. But speaking at TechToronto,…
Startup jobs of the week: UDIO AgTech, Easy Automated Sales, Linquet, QuickTapSurvey
Every day, Canada’s best startups post their latest and greatest job opportunities on the BetaKit Job Board. From early stage…
Real Ventures hires Facebook’s Mike Shaver, Frank & Oak’s Isaac Souweine
Real Ventures has announced two major hires to its investment team in an effort to “better support our portfolio companies…