Lessons in leadership, hiring, and AI from SAAS NORTH 2024
Also discussed: how to make leather from mushrooms. SAAS NORTH 2024 was crazy.
Events
Mississauga’s rising entrepreneurs are cleaning water, transforming legal services, and making robot EV chargers
Sauga Startup Showcase recognizes promising startups.
Montréal tech marks year’s successes and struggles at sixth Startup Community Awards
Startups honoured included item-sharing app Partage Club and fundraising platform Zeffy.
Québec International to bring Finnish networking conference Slush’D to Québec City
Québec City will host first North American edition of founder-forward event in May 2025.
The story of Sampler (live at SAAS NORTH 2024)
“I’m using failure with intent today, because I don’t want to be ashamed of saying failure.”
Why Sampler failed, according to its founder
Marie Chevrier Schwartz explains how her company lost product-market fit after a decade in business.
The Reporting Hub, Moovez, and ResVR stand out among Calgary’s startups at Launch Party 2024
Award recipients among top 10 Calgary companies recognized at province’s premiere startup showcase.
Leaders from ZayZoon, Verano.AI, Toast recognized at 2024 Start Alberta Tech Awards
ZayZoon named scaleup of the year, while Verano.AI scoops up One to Watch and Most Promising Founder awards.
TechTO acquires Peerscale to broaden support for later-stage tech entrepreneurs
New CEO Marie Chevrier Schwartz sees Peerscale as the “graduating class of the TechTO ecosystem.”
Sonaro, Celestra, Oasis Learning AI among competition winners at SAAS NORTH 2024
Startup winners collectively took home more than $600,000 from the conference.
The state of Canadian software in 2024
Inovia’s Chris Arsenault came to SAAS NORTH armed with data and perspective.
ImaginAble Solutions founder Lianna Genovese recognized at 11th annual Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards
The young Canadian founder accepted the award on the same stage as Shaquille O’Neal.
Addressing Canada’s speed of financial innovation
Koho, Borrowell, Manzil—plus the Department of Finance—talk product velocity, risks & opportunity.
“The world’s biggest problems are not going to be solved with software”: HardTech talks semiconductors and AI
VentureLab’s HardTech event discusses the state of Canadian deep tech, re-shoring, and the investment landscape.
Alexis Ohanian and Matt Damon can help Xatoms clean water around the world
Diana Virgovicova explains how she’s using quantum chemistry, grants, and celebrity to solve a global problem.