Why Canadian commerce startups are building “live shopping” into their marketing plans
Connie Lo of Three Ships sold $20,000 in beauty products in the company’s first hour live.
Events
Shopify president calls Montréal “the most entrepreneurial city on the planet” at North Star event
Event panel included insights from Stay22, Dialogue, Nesto, and PemPem founders.
Leaders from Clio, Certn, Humi and others talk M&A at TechExit.io
Join TechExit.io on Feb. 25 in Vancouver to learn how to navigate 2025’s dealmaking landscape.
‘Is there life after acquisition?’ Canadian founders get candid at TechTO
Founders from eSentire, Sensibill, Fable, and Sprout Family shared their stories at MaRS on Jan. 13.
Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne will not seek Liberal leadership
Champagne: “I will dedicate my energy … to defend Canadian businesses.”
Wrong answers only: industry continues to grapple with “inherent characteristic” of GenAI
Koho and Cohere discussed outputs and feedback, AWS previewed a proposed fix at re:Invent.
Koho rolls out AI tool to help investigate fraud and scams
FinTech startup not yet confident about generative AI in customer-facing products.
Geoffrey Hinton decries tech companies chasing “short-term profits” in Nobel Prize acceptance speech
British-Canadian calls for “urgent and forceful attention” to combat AI safety risks at Stockholm ceremony.
Lessons in leadership, hiring, and AI from SAAS NORTH 2024
Also discussed: how to make leather from mushrooms. SAAS NORTH 2024 was crazy.
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.