Regional Finalists Revealed for the BDC Mentorship Award
The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and the Canadian Business Youth Foundation (CYBF) today announced the regional…
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Ontario Lets Citizens Vote on Access to Open Data Sets
The government of Ontario is letting its citizens vote on a master list of 1,000 data sets they collect over which ones should…
Waterloo Man Creates Fake PR Agency In Ploy to Get Hired
Uniqueness seems to sell. We like what we aren’t and we want to surround ourselves with people who go against the status…
Canadian Tire to Unveil Cloud Computing Centre and “App Factory” Next Week
Canadian Tire will unveil the new Canadian Tire Cloud Computing Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, next Tuesday. “One of…
Waterlooâs BitSent On Track To Be Canadaâs Largest Bitcoin ATM Operator
Bitcoins may be a virtual currency but this isnât stopping it from having a very physical presence all across Canada. Bitcoin…
Real Ventures Fund III Gets First Close at $50 Million
It came with a lot of talk leading up to it, but this morning Montreal-based venture capital firm Real Ventures officially…
Montreal Startup Bylls Wants You To Live Off Bitcoins
Canadaâs largest Bitcoin Expo wrapped up this weekend in Toronto. It was clear from the type of exhibitors on the floor that…
Early Google Employee Reflects on Career, Startups At AccelerateMTL
We don’t often have one of Silicon Valley’s most influential builders speak at local Montreal tech events, so it…
Video: Frank & Oak Cofounder Talks About The Jump From Employee to Entrepreneur
Frank & Oak cofounder Hicham Ratnani recently gave a talk at a free Founder Institute startup event, and the entrepreneur…
The Truth About Accelerators: Some Accelerate Success, Others Accelerate Failure
It wasnât exactly the shining start that FounderFuel general manager Ian Jeffrey envisioned for one of the startup acceleratorâs…
International Startup Festival is Headed to The Big Apple
The International Startup Festival is bringing its Elevator World Tour to New York City’s One World Trade Centre. The…
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Through Glass To Work We Go
Earlier this week, Google launched its Glass at Work program in an effort to work with developers to create enterprise software…
Canada Revenue Agency Says No More Online Tax Filing Amid Heartbleed Concerns
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has temporarily halted online activity in light of security concerns stemming from a vulnerability…
Fundica and FundRazr Team Up for the $10K “Fundees Awards”
Montreal-based Fundica, creators of the 10-city, 2014 Funding Roadshow that began today in Toronto, is teaming up with crowdfunding…
Wattpad Secures $46 million in Funding, Aims to “Become One of the Most Successful Consumer Internet Companies in the World”
I always wonder at what point a company just has enough money. I suppose the Toronto-based writing platform Wattpad didn’t…