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…
Opinion
@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
Iâm 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, Iâve 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 âBig Dinnerâ event, where entrepreneurs in our programs are invited to join…
5 mistakes firms make when implementing tech in their business
Companies arenât 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
Iâm thrilled with the growth of the NetSuite office in downtown Kitchener â seeded with the TribeHR team as part of an…
Making sense of early-stage funding options
Itâs a good time to be a startup in North America. Venture capital investing in the US reached a record $59.8 billion for…
Justin Trudeau Should Do Nothing for Startups
Amid the long list of things that newly-elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau needs to âfixâ, there has been a flurry of…
Why Kik lets co-ops build major features
University of Waterloo Systems Design Engineering student Katherine Carras recently shared a Medium post about her time as…
Do you need a mentor for your startup?
This summer, Internet entrepreneur Markus Frind turned Plenty of Fish into plenty of dollars. In July, Frind sold his companyâââone…