Shoes.com shuts down operations
Shoes.com has announced that it will be shutting down operations as of today. The company is taking its three properties — SHOES.com,…
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Rubicon Project shuts down division created after Chango acquisition
According to a report from Business Insider, Rubicon Project is closing down the division it created after acquiring Toronto-based…
Kevin Sandhu reviews his 11 Canadian tech companies to watch in 2016
Last year, I wrote an article about the 11 Canadian tech companies to watch in 2016, which highlighted tech companies of all…
What to do when it all falls apart
The hardest month in my life as a leader was in the spring of 2014. I was VP Firefox at Mozilla. I was one of the senior leaders…
W|W: The Wearable Weekly – Intel scales back
Welcome to The Wearable Weekly, your trusted guide to all things wearable tech. If you only have time to read one thing about…
Valley extraction: How to hire senior talent away from Silicon Valley in four easy steps
In 2001, I moved to San Francisco. I didn’t have a job lined up. I had a sublet for two months. I figured if I got a job,…
Cymax cuts staff after Deloitte financial audit warns of “material uncertainty”
Burnaby-based Cymax, an ecommerce company that sells home and office furniture directly from the manufacturer, has been pushed…
Hootsuite opening Toronto and Sydney offices
Buried deep in a media release about Hootsuite achieving cash flow positive status last week was this little tidbit: the Vancouver-based…
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…
Influitive lays off 13 percent of staff, citing need to “focus on sustainability”
After a year of aggressive growth, Toronto-based Influitive told BetaKit today that the company is laying off 13 percent of…
Shop.ca lays off 30 employees in advance of potential sale
Earlier this week, BetaKit broke the news that Toronto-based e-commerce startup Shop.ca had filed for creditor protection from…
CanCon Podcast Ep. 22: Canada’s got (tech) talent?
This week’s CanCon podcast is all about mistakes, or at least, how tech companies move forward once they make one. Apple’s…
Joist’s former employees share their side of the story
Earlier this week, BetaKit broke the news of significant layoffs at Toronto-based startup Joist. Speaking with CEO Justin Kathan…
Joist lays off 60 employees as company relocates to San Francisco
Toronto-based Joist is relocating to San Francisco. While approximately 30 employees have or will soon be making the move to…
NBA launches multi-platform basketball network on BroadbandTV
Raptors fans getting hype for the eastern conference finals are in luck — Vancouver-based BroadbandTV, in partnership with…