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When the disruptive get disrupted

When the disruptive get disrupted

Rob Whent

Published: August 8th, 2012 Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+
Waterloo will be razed by RIM’s funeral pyre

Waterloo will be razed by RIM’s funeral pyre

By Francis Moran A recent article in The Verge posited the not uncommon suggestion that as goes RIM, so go the fortunes of its home town, Waterloo. Now, I’ve been travelling down to Waterloo

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: August 7th, 2012 Francis Moran
Alberta Enterprise seeks new CEO

Alberta Enterprise seeks new CEO

Alberta Enterprise Corp., the venture capital arm of the Alberta government, is looking for a new CEO. In a posting on its Web site, the agency said it is looking for a person

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: August 2nd, 2012 Howard Solomon
Webcast replay: Early stage uber-investor Howard Morgan

Webcast replay: Early stage uber-investor Howard Morgan

function popup(){test=window.open("http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/24245113","window","height=300,width=480")}Howard Morgan has a strange motto that has guided his investments over more than 25 years of successful entrepreneurial endeavours - "invest early, and invest way too early." As president of New

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 25th, 2012 Brian Jackson
Where is Ottawa’s International Startup Festival?

Where is Ottawa’s International Startup Festival?

By Leo Valiquette  In an earlier post, Francis Moran shared some highlights from the International Startup Festival in Montreal, which of course raises the obvious question, why do we not have these kinds of

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 24th, 2012 Francis Moran
The best time to start a business

The best time to start a business

By Francis Moran To hear many of the speakers at last week’s International Startup Festival in Montréal tell it, there has rarely been as good a time as the present to start a new business. “Now is

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 20th, 2012 Francis Moran
Tech CEOs all over ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ awards

Tech CEOs all over ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ awards

Canadian technology entrepreneurs are featuring prominently in this year's Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.The awards show is in its 19th year and is featuring finalists from four regions of Canada;

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: July 19th, 2012 Brian Jackson
Big data requires big privacy

Big data requires big privacy

By Dr. Ann Cavoukian I am a great lover of quotes. The thirteenth century Persian poet Jalal-e-din Mohammad Rumi once beautifully wrote that it is necessary to “speak a new language so that

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 27th, 2012 Ann Cavoukian
Government invests $1.1 million seed funding into STEM startups

Government invests $1.1 million seed funding into STEM startups

The federal government has provided $1.1 million to the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) today to fund 30 startups in the science, technology, education, and medical (STEM) fields, Conservative MP Kellie Leitch announced

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 26th, 2012 Brian Jackson
Ingredients in Waterloo region’s ‘secret sauce’

Ingredients in Waterloo region’s ‘secret sauce’

Waterloo Region aims to be the second-best place on earth to start a tech business. We believe in this goal because we know something special is going on here. We have over 30,000

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 18th, 2012 Kayleigh Platz
Putting Ottawa’s puzzle together

Putting Ottawa’s puzzle together

By Leo Valiquette In early May, I blogged about the need for everyone in the National Capital Region involved with getting technology to market to check their baggage at the door and work together for

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 15th, 2012 Francis Moran
Are startups just for young, single guys?

Are startups just for young, single guys?

When I met Aliza Pulver a few weeks ago, I felt like I’d just met an alien. A woman. Over 30. With two young kids. Who founded a startup!? Yet there she was,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 13th, 2012 Christine Wong
Electric bike design firm races ahead of competition for $10K prize

Electric bike design firm races ahead of competition for $10K prize

Henry Chong rode into start his pitch on the electric bike of his design and left the competition with a $10,000 cheque in his back pocket.The founder and president of Revelo LIFEbike was

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 31st, 2012 Brian Jackson
ITBusiness.ca’s bloggers

ITBusiness.ca’s bloggers

A remarkable collection of thought leaders in the Canadian tech community provide their unique take on small business and technology trends and issues for the ITBusiness.ca’s blog page.  Here’s a rundown of our

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 25th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff
CEOs pinning their hopes on IT, especially social media: IBM survey

CEOs pinning their hopes on IT, especially social media: IBM survey

CEOs around the world say information technology will be the biggest business game changer over the next three years, topping even global economic conditions that continue to wreak havoc on their best laid

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: May 22nd, 2012 ITBusiness Staff