CEO Ryan Holmes rolling out guru employee track across Hootsuite
Hootsuite CEO Ryan Holmes is known for having an unique take, especially when it comes to developing new tech talent. Today,…
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#HTML500 by the numbers, words, pictures
They came, they sat, and they coded. Vancouver hosted its second #HTML500, which happens to be stop number one of a four city…
CapTherm’s cool tech is hot
Leading one of B.C.’s hottest tech companies (at least according to a recent NextBC competition) and winning acclaim with…
Uber really wants a Vancouver return
As Hailo pulls out of Canada, rival service Uber is hoping to return to one major Canadian city following problems with taxi…
The #HTML500 is More Than Another Learn to Code Event
“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.” ― Mark Twain Participating…
TRACE partners with Frankly, Hellaclips & SpeedSociety to enhance its live-streaming content platform
Just before the the holidays, TRACE closed a $2.5 million seed round to fuel the creation of a live-streamed content platform…
Vancouver 2015 tech trends: talent & culture
2015 promises continued growth and more success stories from Vancouver’s technology community. With the BCTIA ($10.4M),…
Reflecting on 2014: The big issue, the big idea, and the big win
Every Canadian technology startup that’s delighting and delivering value to its customers, while creating a meaningful workplace…
One Year Later: Looking back at the seven Canadian wearable tech companies changing the world
Back in November of last year I introduced seven Canadian wearable tech companies working on technologies that were set to…
MaRS and Virgin Unite Canada partner to create impact venture fund
This morning at the MaRS Discovery District, Sir Richard Branson announced a new initiative between MaRS and Virgin Unite Canada,…
Today in funding: BuildDirect, Versant Venture Capital, Gallop Labs
More big financing news in Canada, with a big dose of cash foreshadowing future healthcare investment. Here’s the latest…
H+ Technology bringing holographic hope to Ronald McDonald’s House B.C.
Vancouver-based H+ Technology announced a new partnership to bring some needed joy to ill children in British Columbia. The…
Talking and Taking Action: Tech, Gentrification, and Culture Wars in Vancouver
“I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government…
Koho wants to create a Canadian bank built for millennials
“We started with the assumption that banking is broken.” I’m speaking with Daniel Eberhard, co-founder and CEO of…
Slack CEO says they are “hiring pretty aggressively in Vancouver”
It seems that Slack is honouring its Canadian roots and plans to continue to hire employees for its Yaletown office in Vancouver.…