Learn to build your billion dollar company at GROW 2015
The long-awaited ‘Grexit’ haunts a sickly and paranoid Europe. China’s stock market is about as toxic as the smog that…
Events
BattleHack Toronto 2015 winners move on to San Jose finals
After 24 hours of designing, coding and sleeplessness at the MaRS Discovery District, the winners of Toronto’s BattleHack…
Lighthouse Labs giving back with charity hackathon
A big part of startup culture is giving back, and next weekend, Lighthouse Labs is embracing that notion with a for-charity…
As Vancouver’s tech sector grows, will hiring top talent get harder?
We did it. Some of Vancouver’s most enthusiastic entrepreneurs and angel investors envisioned this outpost on Canada’s…
Founder Institute Montreal graduates its Spring 2015 cohort
Last night at Wunderbar, the Montreal chapter of the Founder Institute celebrated the graduation of its second cohort. The…
OneSet leads startup pack competing for $25k prizes at Velocity Fund Finals
It’s that time of year again for the Velocity Fund Finals: On July 23, the University of Waterloo’s Velocity program…
Submit your nominations for the 2015 Startup Canada Awards
Entrepreneurship organization Startup Canada announced that it has opened nominations for its 2015 Startup Canada Awards today.…
New tech school RED Academy launches in Vancouver
Vancouver’s newest digital media and technology school, RED Academy, has officially launched – and celebrated with an open…
IBM hosts a different type of women in tech event in Toronto
A new career event for women in tech isn’t easy to organize, and the pressure to give interesting, authentic advice can be…
#WWTO gets sporty in honour of Pan Am Games
While much of the conversation surrounding the upcoming Pan Am games centres on local frustration with the HOV lanes, BetaKit…
#Startupfest is next week: here’s what you need to know
It’s that time of year again: from July 15th to the 18th, thousands of investors, startups, analysts, and journalists gather…
#YVRTech trend: communities with a cause
BetaKit’s West Coast Editor John Gray often tells me that people do things a little differently on the “best coast.”…
Cisco’s #InnovationChallenge giving away $250,000 in prizes to IoT startups
Cisco has put out the call to “IoT trailblazers” around the world for its upcoming Innovation Challenge. The Challenge…
Airbnb Canada’s country manager shares what’s in the company’s “DNA”
Tech journalist and TV personality Amber Mac was all over Dx3 2015, interviewing founders and senior execs from some of Canada’s…
Tweet for a chance to get free Startup Train tickets to #StartupFest
The International Startup Festival is a Canadian tech spectacle that attracts hundreds of investors, startups, analysts,…