HomeLeadership

Leadership

The Canadian content in Say Media’s $27-million VC deal

Canadian digital media pioneer Troy Young helped grow the company for the past six years prior to today's blockbuster financing announcement.

Tech CEOs all over ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ awards

Ernst & Young have highlighted emerging IT firms across Canada as possible winners in its annual awards show.

Canadian entrepreneurs are the world’s most optimistic, eh?

A new Ernst & Young survey finds canuck entrepreneurs are the most bullish about the future even as the global downturn drags on.

CATA pressures government to provide broadband Internet for all

New online petition calls for 100 Mbps national network.

Wanted: President and COO for MaRS Discovery District

Canada's largest tech incubator is on the hunt to hire a president and COO, a brand new dual role it just created.

The Big Apple’s ‘silicon alley’ architect comes to Toronto

Seth Pinsky is spearheading construction of a new $2-billion tech engineering campus in New York City. This week he'll share his vision of cities as innovation hubs at a conference in Toronto.

XConnect: From lawyer to sports entrepreneur

Learn about Huddlers, the social network for amateur athletes, and its lawyer CEO.

Robot Olympics, banana DNA and other fun at tech camp for girls

This year's annual summer camp gives 26 Toronto area girls the chance to get pumped up about technology in some very fun ways.

U.S. and IBM dominate new list of top 500 supercomputers

The U.S. has regained the lead in global supercomputing from Japan while IBM boasts over 200 of the machines on the updated rankings.

Number of crowdfunding sites jumped 60 per cent globally in 2011

Equity crowdfunding opens up huge opportunities for startups and investors, but the portals and companies must lay out the potential risks for investors in a clear way, British researchers recommend.

$30 million accelerator reveals first 8 startups

Eight companies in the Waterloo, Ont. Region will try to prove their worth over a two-year period to Canadian venture capital firms.

Webcast replay: Fireside chat with crowdfunding architect Sherwood Neiss

Tune in at 7 PM on Monday, July 16 for a chance to ask questions of Sherwood Neiss, one of the chief architects behind the U.S. JOBS Act that transformed how businesses are raising money.

Canada’s Web domain celebrates 25 years

John Demco volunteered to start the dot-ca registry in 1987 at the University of British Columbia. Today it has nearly 2 million Web sites registered.

Poynt’s creditor protection move a result of disagreement with Toronto-based partner

Poynt works with Toronto-based Intertainment Media Group to provide language translation services to its local listings mobile app. But last week a disagreement between the two arose. Poynt elected to make a filing under the bankruptcy and insolvency act to arrange financing and says its operations have not been affected.

INcubes debuts a highly social group of Internet startups

The technology innovation incubator has announced their picks for demo day, scheduled for Sept. 12.

Popular Posts

Leadership Blogs

Slideshows

Data: The language of modern business leaders

“Time changes all things; there is no reason why language should escape this universal law.”— Ferdinand De Saussure Regardless of the region or country you...

The mining transformation: Trends to watch in 2017 and beyond

It’s been a turbulent year for miners, with metal prices starting near multi-year lows as executives drew from a common playbook: slashing spending, costs...