Vancouver’s Brands for the People Takes Branding Really, Really Seriously
A logo is not a brand: a great brand is really a great story. Too many startups confuse the two. Often the confusion turns…
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Bitcoin Enablers Bex.io Raise $500,000 Seed Round
With some expecting the Bitcoin economy be valued at nearly $3 trillion in late 2016, the virtual currency’s appeal is…
Vancouver’s Beanworks is Ready for Business
Since graduating from Communitech’s Hyperdrive accelerator program eight months ago, Vancouver-based “accounts…
Women Are Starting the Most Crowdfunding Campaigns According to FundRazr’s 2013 Data
Women are creating the majority of the crowdfunding projects listed on FundRazr‘s crowdfunding platform, and the majority…
Vancouver’s FundRazr to Help Americans Crowdfund Healthcare Costs
Vancouver-based crowdfunding site FundRazr is partnering up with San Francisco-based startup Healthline to allow visitors to…
Vancouver’s Medeo Thinks the Future of Healthcare is Right in Front of Us
I’ve seen the future of healthcare: it’s my doctor’s presence on the screen in front of me. From the comfort of my home,…
Vancouver’s Launch Academy Releases Startup Stats After 18 Months
Vancouver-based Launch Academy recently released an infographic detailing some of the stats revolving around the incubator-coworking…
Vancouver’s LX Ventures To Acquire Strutta Media
Vancouver’s seed-stage venture capital investment firm, LX Ventures, has signed a letter of intent to acquire Vancouver-based…
For DataHero’s “Big Data Star” Chris Neumann, Vancouver is a Familiar Place
For many people home is simply where the heart is. For DataHero cofounder and CEO Chris Neumann, even with a Palo Alto zip…
More Than Just Contests, BrightKit is Changing the Engagement Game
Marketers have always wanted something in return for the chance to win the concert, car, or cash. They want us, and we’re…
Following Vancouver Expansion, San Francisco’s Homejoy Raises $38 Million
San Francisco-based home cleaning network Homejoy expanded to Vancouver a few months ago, its second Canadian city among a…
The 100 Mile Diet for Tech: In Conversation with the BCTIA’s Bill Tam
When a startup doesn’t grow up it becomes just another footnote. Part of growing up is having something sell, being able…
Broadband TV CEO First Female to Win Digi for Executive of the Year
Last week I issued a challenge to Montreal women leaders in tech to step forward and make their presence known like many of…
Vancouver’s Hootsuite Lands Spot on Mashable’s “Winners of Tech 2013”
It’s been going so well for Vancouver-based startup Hootsuite that Mashable has proclaimed that the social media dashboard…
Courier Services Meets the Sharing Economy: Zipments Expands to Canada
New York-based startup Zipments launched in Vancouver yesterday, and is a site that provides low cost, same day courier services…