Former 500 Startups Partner Paul Singh is Challenging Canadian Entrepreneurs
A US-based former investor with 500 Startups is saying that Canadian entrepreneurs need to get a bit more gutsy. It’s…
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Hacked: Festival Announces Speakers
Vancouver’s inaugrual Hacked: Festival has announced the first round of programming for its event August 11 –…
Incoming Accelerator Centre CEO Calls Waterloo “The Best Place in the World for Startups”
Dr. Paul Salvini seemed more of a selfless fan of the Kitchener-Waterloo startup region in general than the program he’s…
Bnotions Spinoff Company Wins Facebook Innovation Award for Mobile Apps
A Canadian company has struck gold with one of Silicon Valley’s finest. Facebook has a twice-yearly competition where…
Google Buys Music Streaming Service Songza
Yesterday Songza officially announced that they were now part of the Google team after weeks of rumors of the potential acquisition.…
Northern Uprising: eCommerce in Canada to Hit $34 Billion by 2016
Canadian ecommerce is set to hit $34 billion by 2016, according to a new infographic by Nextopia, a Toronto-based startup that…
Canadian Technology Accelerator in NYC Does the Job for Canadian Startups
“I thought I might relax a bit in New York and be a bit more creative, but that hasn’t happened,” 6S Marketing…
Raise Your Flag wins $10,000 at Microsoft’s Your Big Idea workshop
Toronto-based startup Raise Your Flag walked away with $10,000 in seed money and BizSpark mentorship after an impassioned presentation…
Why Startups Should Acqui-Fire Government Policies: Part One
Startups are often the subject of acquihires: one company buys another for their talent. The trend of acquihires speaks volumes,…
MaRS and Norton Rose Fulbright to Launch Free “Innovation Law Clinic”
The MaRS Discovery District has partnered with Norton Rose Fulbright to offer startups a new free “Innovation Law…
HotelTonight Will Put Up Some Pretty Sweet Deals on Canada Day
We usually don’t hear too much out of HotelTonight regarding Canadian news, but here’s some pretty cool info for people…
SalesForce to Beef Up Canadian Presence, Will Open Two New Data Centres
SalesForce today announced that it will launch two new data centres in Canada in a bid to further increase both investment…
Investor Analytics Platform HockeyStick Lands The NAO-O as a Client
One might think that the best kind of client to land might be an venture capital firm. It looks like Toronto’s HockeyStick…
Extreme Startups and 500 Startups Grad FameBit Allows Youtube Celebs to Get Paid (A lot)
There’s a 24-year-old Swedish guy who makes videos on Youtube, where he comments on horror and action video games. To…
The OCE and Extreme Startups are Extending the SmartStart Program
According to the Ontario Centres of Excellence and Toronto-based startup accelerator Extreme Startups, dozens of entrepreneurial-minded…