Grocery brands are caught in the middle of the ecommerce transformation of food delivery
There’s no doubt that retail has undergone significant change in the last several years. One area of interest to me is the grocery business….
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Path to Canada: Hiring global tech talent requires trial and error while overcoming fear of the unknown
As part of a regular series, Global Skills Hub asks their clients to share their experience hiring globally and asks technologists around the world…
Canadian Growth Hackers: Abacus’ Peter Reitano on using adtech to power digital marketing
In this series, brought to you by StackAdapt, a Toronto-based native advertising technology company, you’ll join Vitaly Pecherskiy as he meets with the top…
How AI and empathy could modernize the role of retail associates
I still remember very clearly back in 2012, when I walked inside Eddie Bauer, nervously dropping off my resume with the assistant manager, expressing…
Signs you’re confusing product-market fit with a niche market
The most universal challenge of every startup—and for that matter, every new product—is finding product-market fit. There are lots of different definitions of this,…
Small data, big problems, and the future of machine learning: NetraMark’s Dr. Joseph Geraci
As part of a regular series powered by Microsoft, BetaKit interviews prominent Canadian CTOs speaking earnestly on the biggest challenges they face in their…
Ask a Lawyer: How should I design my employee stock option plan (ESOP)?
Welcome to a regular series powered by Blakes to help startups and entrepreneurs. In each article, a Blakes legal expert tackles common scenarios facing…
Cinchy’s Karanjot Jaswal on keeping enterprise customers comfortable (and happy)
As part of a regular series powered by Microsoft, BetaKit interviews prominent Canadian CTOs speaking earnestly on the biggest challenges they face in their…
SVB’s Barbara Dirks talks about keeping Canada at the forefront of innovation
Barbara Dirks is an industry veteran. Between her experience at RBC and BMO, she’s covered every facet of banking, and now she’s back to…
Feedback’s Ben Walters: Don’t tell customers how to solve their problems (let them tell you)
As part of a regular series powered by Dell Small Business, BetaKit asks entrepreneurs to share lessons learned as they’ve grown their small business….
Canadian Growth Hackers: How Logojoy used marketing automation to acquire over 2 million users
In this series brought to you by StackAdapt, a Toronto-based native advertising technology company, you’ll join COO Vitaly Pecherskiy as he meets with top…
Shopify’s Satish Kanwar says ‘hybrid’ retail requires brands to be flexible
In today’s digital landscape, people have more paths to purchase than ever before. While fashions change from season to season, an omnichannel approach is…
Flybits’ Hossein Rahnama on the vertical shifts AI might enable for FinTech
Hossein Rahnama is an expert in AI. He’s an entrepreneur, a visiting professor at MIT, and teaches computer science at Ryerson University. As co-founder…