New Report Says Most Canadian Businesses Aren’t Ready for New CASL Laws
Aside from the flood of emails over the last two weeks from Internet marketers begging us to give them permission to continue…
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Vancouver’s Retsly Acquired by Real Estate Marketplace Zillow
Former GrowLab startup Retsly has been acquired. Zillow, Inc, the Seattle-based real estate and home-related marketplace,…
New Event Seeks to Convince Canuck Expats to Return and Work for Canadian Startups
A group of business leaders in Toronto are seeking to convince Canadian techies working abroad to return home and work within…
Vancouver’s LemonStand Now Available to European Merchants
Vancouver’s ecommerce platform LemonStand is expanding to the European market via a new partnership with German online…
Thunder Bay Ventures Invests in Three Companies from Costarter Accelerator Program
Thunder Bay Ventures has invested $50,000 in three companies that recently graduated Thunder Bay’s Costarter accelerator…
Wound-Sensing Shirts and Wireless Umbilical Cords Were on Display at The Fashion Zone’s Hack N’ Talk Event
Last week’s HackânâTalk event at Ryerson University’s new Fashion Zone brought together entrepreneurs, researchers,…
Cisco Invests in Toronto’s Georgian Partners, Likely Under $50 Million
Cisco made it clear in June that it was ready to head up a fund-of-funds for Canadian innovation and it looks like it has…
Communitech to Host ‘Women Entrepreneurs Bootcamp’
Waterloo’s Communitech startup hub is accepting applications for a new “Women Entrepreneurs Bootcamp” on…
Backstreet’s Back: Extreme Venture Partners Returns with a New Accelerator, But No Amar Varma
The Extreme Venture Partners (EVP) brand is back from the dead with a vengeance. Along with this resurrection has come a new…
Are Too Many Accelerators a Problem? Extreme Startups and INcubes Heads Drop Knowledge at Startup Fest
“Czikk, Daniels and Zlotnick to join forces for new, ‘super-accelerator’ in Canada.” Well no, not really,…
Startup Fest Founder Phil Telio Tells Us His Favourite Festival Memories
At International Startup Festival in Montreal we caught up with the founder of the event himself, Phil Telio. As head of the…
Video: Busbud’s LP Maurice Tells Us What it’s Like Having $9 Million in Funding
At International Startup Festival in Montreal, we caught up with Busbud founder LP Maurice, who leads the startup that recently…
[Video] Adeo Ressi At Startup Fest: “We Want to Create a Million Jobs in Technology”
At International Startup Festival our Joseph Czikk caught up with Founder Institute‘s founder, Adeo Ressi. The veteran…
The 10th VeloCity Fund Finals Are Set for July 24
The University of Waterloo’s VeloCity Fund Finals are just two weeks away. The contenders come from diverse backgrounds…
EY Announces Finalists for Entrepreneur of the Year
Ernst & Young’s popular Entrepreneur of the Year award has named its regional finalists for 2014. Entrepreneur Of…