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…
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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…
Vancouver’s QuickMobile Named Fifth Fastest Growing Company in 2014 PROFIT 500
Vancouver startup QuickMobile was named as the number 5 company on Canadian Business and PROFITguide.com’s PROFIT 500…
Canadian ECommerce Hit $136 Billion in 2013
Statistics Canada revealed that Canadian businesses sold $136 billion worth of goods and services online in 2013, which was…
MaRS DD Fiasco: More Costly Surprises Surface, Bill Now Stands At Over $550 Million
In just weeks a taxpayer bill that was thought to be $371 million has inflated to $563Â million, as the MaRS Discovery District’s…
Vancouver Tech Startups Honoured at BCTIA’s Technology Impact Awards
Several Vancouver-based startups and other technology companies were honoured at last week’s Technology Impact Awards,…