Incubes to offer cash, IT services with new partners

Toronto-based startup incubator Incubes will have something new to offer its next cohort thanks to partnerships with IT solutions firm T4G Inc. and the Canadian Youth Business Foundation (CYBF). Toronto-based IT services outfit

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 16th, 2013 Brian Jackson

York Region’s ventureLAB joins Canadian Digital Media Network

At its Web 3.0 conference this week, the Canadian Digital Media Network announced that York Region's  ventureLAB  has become part of its national network.  CDMN  now has more than 20 member hubs like

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 15th, 2013 Jonathon Shore

entrepreneurship@Alacrity

Program targets students in and recent graduates of engineering and business programs. Participants receive grants to cover their basic costs, living expenses and are provided office space at Wavefront in Vancouver. Graduating companies

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Accelerator bringing international connections to Calgary

When Michael Gilbert first arrived in Chile to promote his startup, he was floored to find the Chilean representatives of major telcos had already heard of him – and they were even familiar

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 10th, 2013 Candice So


CIX Canadian Technology Accelerator

Accelerator program supported by Canadian Trade Commissioner Service. Applicants must submit their profiles to CIX Top 20 program to be considered. Two addresses: Plug and Play Tech Center North Wolfe Road Sunnyvale, CA,

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Canadian Life Sciences Accelerator (CTA@Mission Bay)

Accelerator program supported by Canadian Trade Commissioner Service. QB3/PharmChem Digital Garage Genentech Hall University of California, San Francisco

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Canadian Clean Technology Accelerator (CTA@EBC)

Accelerator program supported by Canadian Trade Commissioner Service and operated by Environmental Business Cluster (EBC).

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Want CRM for small business? Look to the cloud

Once your small business operation is launched and off the ground enough to have a few customers under your belt, it's natural to start considering customer relationship management (CRM) software. It comes to

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 9th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Creating a report card for accelerators

A number of incubators and accelerators promising to help Canadian startups fast-track the entrepreneurial process and gain access to venture capital money have been popping up nation-wide in the last couple of years.

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 9th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Driven

We are a mentorship driven start-up accelerator designed to provide training, support and access to capital to start-ups led by under-represented tech founders in technology. Our mission is to Teach, Engage and Inspire entrepreneurs across the globe. Our 5 month program was designed to take

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 8th, 2013 ITBusiness Staff

Canadian startups building rather than selling, report says

Fewer Canadian startup CEOs are thinking of up and selling their companies, preferring to stick it out for the long haul, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). In a report released

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 6th, 2013 Candice So

Kytetime gives parents access control over teens’ smartphone

Guest post from Angela Serednicki A recent study from Harvard University has found that 78 per cent of all American teenagers now own smartphones, and one in four of them use it as

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 2nd, 2013 Lauren Clegg

Revenue replaces talent as most ulcer-inducing issue for Canadian startup CEOs

Concerns about how to grow revenue have replaced talent woes as the biggest worry keeping Canada’s startup CEOs awake at night, according to a new report. Revenue growth was named the top challenge

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 19th, 2013 Christine Wong