This Vancouver Startup Sends High-Quality Condoms Directly to Your Mailbox
The burning lake of fire awaits. At least that’s where some people will want to cast this entrepreneur. All Alex Chuang cares…
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The Accelerator Series: FounderFuel
The Accelerator Series is a multi-part spotlight on Canada’s startup accelerators and the people who lead them. Canada’s…
2014 CRC Robotics Competition Showcases Student Innovation Today and Tomorrow
The 2014 CRC Robotics Competition at Vanier College in Montreal has already been underway for a day now. The competition’s…
This Weekend’s FailCamp in Montreal Sold Out in Seven Minutes
Failure might be celebrated in the goliath startup community of Silicon Valley, but as Rami Sayar explained to me this morning,…
GIRLsmarts Program is Fostering the Girl Geeks
There’s a huge disconnect. According Statscan, women represented the majority of university graduates in 2011, yet for only…
Mashable’s Piece on Quebec’s Startup Climate Twisted Reality
Mashable’s January 30th article entitled “Quebec’s Preoccupation With French Is Limiting It’s Startup Scene” didn’t…
Toronto and New York-Based BorderFree to Go Public
Toronto-based BorderFree (which also has offices in New York, Tel Aviv, Shanghai and Dublin) is reportedly set for an initial…
Google is Expanding into Larger Office Space in Kitchener
Google seems to like the Kitchener-Waterloo area. Today the Waterloo Record reported that the Silicon Valley-based tech giant…
Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest is Set to Give Away $600,000 in Prizes
Applications are now open for the Quebec Entrepreneurship Contest, a huge province-wide contest that will end up giving over…
Here’s How the Federal Budget 2014 Will Affect Canadian Tech
The federal budget was released yesterday and now all the speculation over where the money will flow is over. Justin gave the…
Startup Weekend Takes Montreal Next Month
Startup Weekend, the global, grassroots community that put on 54-hour marathon events where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs…
Busbud CEO Named to NYC 2014 Venture Fellow List
Busbud CEO LP Maurice has been named to the list of 2014 NYC Venture Fellows, which is a “world-class, year-long fellowship…
Several Canadian CEOs Named to Forbes 30 Under 30
Several Canadian startup CEOs today were named to Forbes’ third annual 30 Under 30 rankings. Overall, 450 leaders mostly…
BetaKit’s Most Interesting News Stories of 2013
It’s getting awfully close to 2014, so we decided to go through every article we’ve reported this year and create a list…
Young Canadian Women Are Facing Barriers at the Workplace (Yep, This is Still a Thing)
Canadian organizations are unintentionally underestimating young women as being too young or not ready to assume increasingly…