“We Wanted to Do Something Bigger Than Vancouver”: HIGHLINE’s Bixby Talks New Accelerator Program
What started as a simple collaboration on a CAIP funding application ended in one of Canada’s most talked-about stories in the startup space. It…
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Extreme Startups and GrowLab Merge to Become New ‘Highline’ Accelerator
Toronto’s Extreme Startups and Vancouver-based startup accelerator GrowLab Ventures have announced their merger and the launch of HIGHLINE, the first pan-Canadian accelerator platform, at the…
Backstreet’s Back: Extreme Venture Partners Returns with a New Accelerator, But No Amar Varma
The Extreme Venture Partners (EVP) brand is back from the dead with a vengeance. Along with this resurrection has come a new accelerator program…
Are Too Many Accelerators a Problem? Extreme Startups and INcubes Heads Drop Knowledge at Startup Fest
“Czikk, Daniels and Zlotnick to join forces for new, ‘super-accelerator’ in Canada.” Well no, not really, but that faux-headline points to a larger issue…
Extreme Startups, FounderFuel and GrowLab to Put on Joint Pitch Event at Startup Fest
Three of Canada’s longest-serving accelerator programs are putting on a joint pitching event for BDC-backed startups at this week’s International Startup Festival. Two startups…
Extreme Startups and 500 Startups Grad FameBit Allows Youtube Celebs to Get Paid (A lot)
There’s a 24-year-old Swedish guy who makes videos on Youtube, where he comments on horror and action video games. To date he’s earned more…
The OCE and Extreme Startups are Extending the SmartStart Program
According to the Ontario Centres of Excellence and Toronto-based startup accelerator Extreme Startups, dozens of entrepreneurial-minded young Ontarians have benefitted from millions of dollars…
GrowLab and Extreme Startups Teamed Up to Get on Harper’s Golden CAIP List
At Waterloo’s Communitech Hub Friday, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the 15 accelerator or incubator programs that have reached the due diligence stage of…
Extreme Startups to Graduate Its Fifth Cohort Tonight
Toronto startup accelerator Extreme Startups is set to formally unveil its fifth cohort of startups tonight after the entire group opened the Toronto Stock…
Want a Job in Social Media? #SocialMediaTO Brings Together Expert Panel from Twitter, Hootsuite, More
I’ve always assumed that a social media role really only requires one to be nice and helpful to people, even if they tweet nasty…
Extreme Startups Alum Shoebox Raises $1.2 million from BDC
Former Extreme Startups alumnus Shoebox has raised $1.2 million in venture capital from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Venture Capital. Darrell Etherington…
The Truth About Accelerators: Some Accelerate Success, Others Accelerate Failure
It wasn’t exactly the shining start that FounderFuel general manager Ian Jeffrey envisioned for one of the startup accelerator’s new companies. It was Spring…
Video: Innohub’s Dynamic Mobile Landing Pages Snared 65% Conversion For Pepsi
In our final instalment of the Extreme Startups video series at DX3 2014 conference, our Joseph Czikk chatted with Innohub CEO Amanda Parker. Sometimes…