Former Twitter Developer Advocate Joins FounderFuel as New Head
Sylvain Carle, a former senior developer advocate at Twitter, will lead Montreal’s FounderFuel accelerator program as…
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Next 36’s Trip to New York City Is About Relationships, Not Cheques
Next 36 mentor Christian Lassonde was pretty blunt on the phone about what he tells a handful of startups from every cohort…
Recent Waterloo Visit Sees Prime Minister Harper Interact with Thalmic Labs and its “Myo” Armband
It looks like even the Prime Minister himself couldn’t wait to get a glimpse of the Myo. Prime Minister Stephen Harper…
Conversion Rate Optimization Made Easy, With AlterSpark’s Brian Cugelman
At NXNE Interactive 2014 we caught up with Brian Cugelman of Toronto’s AlterSpark, a a group of digital marketers, researchers,…
Microsoft is Giving One Startup Seed Money and Mentorship at Its New “Surface Cafe”
Microsoft Canada is unveiling its new tablet and it wants to party. The software giant will award one startup seed money and…
Uh-Oh: Nearly 60% of Canadian IT Teams Don’t Think They Can Stop Data Theft
In one of the more optimistic stories of the day, nearly three in every five Canadian IT professionals don’t feel that…
Canada is the Best Place in the World for Business Tax: KPMG Report
Startups working out of the Great White North may be living the good life after all. Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver placed…
Trio of Startups Win VentureLynx’s “Ready for Funding” Competition
Three startups were selected as winners of VentureLynx‘s “Ready for Funding” Competition. Altranex, an innovator…
Why Do Fewer Women Have STEM Jobs? Online Panel Discussion Points to Childhood Education
Toronto-based venture capital firm Georgian Partners and ScribbleLive, a content engagement platform, held a live online chat…
New Toronto Coworking Space Wants You to Design a Waterslide Beside the Building
BrightLane, an upcoming Toronto coworking space at the corner of King St. West and Spadina Avenue, wants to build something…
Startup Culture Needs a New Ethos: Stop Faking and Start ‘Being’
Editor’s note: The Canadian startup community’s (and beyond) greatest attribute is its greatest fault: its positivity.…
New MaRS Report Warns It May Be Time for Canadian Media Companies to Look Elsewhere for Opportunity
The second part of a new report on the state of Canadian media, tabled by MaRS Market Insights, warns that perhaps Canadian…
OpenText CEO Calls Ontario the “Silicon Valley of the North”
Mark J. Barrenechea called Ontario the “Silicon Valley of the North” in a recent opinion piece published by the…
SalesForce Wants to Build Apps for Wearables; Launches Software Program
Wanting to “jumpstart” wearable app development, SalesForce has launched a new wearable technology developer program,…
FounderFuel Brass Will Admit One Startup That Pitches Them At Startup Fest This Summer
Montreal startup accelerator FounderFuel will accept one startup into its next cohort while at this summer’s International…