Twitter Canada’s new boss has “very large shoes” to fill
Last week, we got the opportunity to visit the offices of Twitter Canada to meet Rory Capern, the outpost’s new managing…
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Rogers NHL VR experience puts Mark Messier in your living room
Virtual reality is an immersive experience that, at times, can leave one really lonely. Last year, when I first tried…
Read the first 30 pages of The Growth Hacker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Jeff Goldenberg is a veteran of the Canadian startup space. A serial entrepreneur and committed Canadian startup mentor, he…
iCONECT’s partnership with Lockheed Martin is an overnight success 20 years in the making
London’s iCONECT provides a secure mini-Google for teams of lawyers to collaborate. As the founder of iCONECT, Ian Campbell,…
Grow Financial and First West Credit Union signal beginning of FinTech partnership trend
FinTech startups in Canada have a reputation for taking direct aim at the traditional bank status quo, working against a bogged-down…
Lessons learned from pitching tech on Dragons’ Den
Auditions for CBC’s Dragons’ Den TV show have begun again – and for tech startups from coast to coast, this can be a…
Wattpad is your brand’s last, best hope for native advertising
Banner and pop-up ads haven’t changed much since their first appearance in the mid-90s, but the way people have responded…
Canadian video game developers bet big on VR
Soon we’ll all be able to take the red pill. Virtual reality is thrilling, but it is often difficult to describe,…
Mike McDerment opens up on the decision to revamp FreshBooks
FreshBooks is looking for a fresh start. In an open letter sent to customers this week, FreshBooks co-founder Mike McDerment…
A view from the Valley on BC’s new source of tech funding
Vancouver’s tech ecosystem has a supportive community. Until recently, it didn’t match that with access to capital.…
Crew’s new office is part coffee shop, part coworking space, part 1920s bank
Connecting creative people runs through the blood of the Crew business; the Montreal-based startup provides a platform featuring…
Feast takes a ‘full-stack’ approach to food delivery
It’s warm for mid-December and I’m sitting on a park bench on Toronto’s east side, bare trees swaying softly…
Canadian Forbes Top 30 Under 30 winners share their plans for 2016
A few weeks ago, Forbes released its comprehensive Top 30 Under 30 list, presenting the under-30-year-olds that are killing…
Top ten wearable trends from CES 2016
Another CES has come and gone, and it was clear that this year was a big one for wearable tech. From smart clothing to virtual…
With $3.1 million in seed funding, Limelight transitions from service to product with its agency-in-a-box
When Jonah Midanik started Immersion marketing agency in 2003, the advertising scene was, obviously, very different from today.…