The new realities for Canadian entrepreneurs
First Round Capital published their latest LP letter last Friday. It details how the early stage venture capital firm is anticipating…
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Ask @StartupCFO: Should I hire a COO or CFO?
Venturebeat recently declared in an article that “The CFO is dead, long live the COO.” The premise of this piece, written…
Hootsuite’s Ryan Holmes on how to make tough decisions
It’s said that President Obama prefers to keep his work outfits limited to two color choices: gray or blue. He says it’s…
@StartupCFO asks: Is your revenue model accurate?
We specialize in three sectors at SurePath: SaaS, E-Commerce and Marketplaces. The commonality across these segments is that…
Top 10 Digital Marketing Trends for 2016
As BetaKit expands its coverage in 2016, we’ll delve not only into more startup verticals, but the specific trials and…
@StartupCFO asks: should founders get stock options?
Founders often ask me whether they should be asking for stock options in their own company. Some of them feel sheepish for…
11 Canadian tech companies to watch in 2016
January is always an exciting time for entrepreneurs. The start of a new year kicks the drive and optimism in us into high…
Mark MacLeod (@StartupCFO) on achieving financial success in 2016
I’m not one for making bold predictions. So, rather than offering up a list of things that may or may not happen this year,…
What does this $100 million government fund mean to BC #FinTech?
To all the scrappy BC entrepreneurs, building innovative technology on a cash-strapped budget: help is coming. To all of the…
Ryan Holmes’ open letter to BC Premier Christy Clark
Christy, Congratulations on the new program. This is an amazing commitment to technology and our future. Congratulations…
How to break up with really bad customers killing your bottom line
As an entrepreneur, I’ve built and run several different types of businesses over the last few decades. Throughout it all,…
A SAFE model for early-stage investing in Canada
Overly complex, non-standardized term sheets are a real problem for the Canadian startup ecosystem at the early stages. Too…
Applying the Three Rules of Silicon Valley to #WaterlooRegion
At the end of September, Velocity held its “Big Dinner” event, where entrepreneurs in our programs are invited to join…
5 mistakes firms make when implementing tech in their business
Companies aren’t paying enough attention to change-management when they decide to implement a new technology. That was the…
#WaterlooRegion: one person’s revitalization is another’s gentrification
I’m thrilled with the growth of the NetSuite office in downtown Kitchener – seeded with the TribeHR team as part of an…