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Applications for TechWomen Canada mentorship program due Friday

If you’re interested in applying for the Canadian Consulate in San Francisco’s TechWomen Canada mentorship program, applications are due Apr. 5th. The program aims to...

Waterloo students competing in ‘March Madness’ of computer programming

As March Madness – the month of NCAA basketball playoff matches that is also viewed as the tournament that recognizes the best post-secondary school...

More powerful LinkedIn search promises better results

Smarter search. That’s the promise from social networking web site LinkedIn with its revamped search capabilities. In a blog post announcing the new search tools,...

Ontario tax credits, talent pool used to lure video game firms

Why would a parent hand a $600 piece of breakable technology they depend on every day over to their two-year-old? It’s a good question,...

Ottawa-area tech startups get nearly $4M in federal investment

Six Ottawa-area technology start-ups are splitting $3.67 million in investment from the federal government through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev...

VCs and accelerators get some love from Budget 2013

In a federal budget characterized by a minimum of new spending and investment, the small business and startup communities of Canada did receive some...

Crowdfunding for change agents now live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRsjCzDcrCA The Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), in partnership with HiveWire, has just launched its new crowdfunding platform – Catalyst. CSI’s Catalyst allows change agents to...

Ontario invests $50 million in new venture capital fund

More governments in Canada seem to be dipping their toes into the venture capital business. The most recent to test the waters is the...

Telus, Globe and Mail kick-off $100,000 ‘Challenge’ competition

Canadian small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that can articulately describe a challenge they are facing and how $100,000 could help overcome that challenge have...

Vine making the case for business use

Earlier this year Twitter released the mobile video-sharing app, Vine. I also shared my early thoughts about Vine on my agency blog here. As soon...

The best advice from Adobe Summit 2013

When some of the greatest minds in marketing have advice on the why they are successful, it’s time to take a knee and listen. Last...

Five elevator pitch tips from the CN Tower contest winner

Preparing a pitch to investors is not an easy exercise -- especially when you have to sum up what your company does in just...

British Columbia startups are “ready to rocket”

Rocket Builders, a market strategy and consulting firm based in Vancouver, has released its 11th annual “Ready to Rocket” lists of British Columbia technology...

Big data startups a magnet for venture capital: study

Big data startups are getting big money. According to CB Insights, which tracks venture capital investment in the U.S., big data startups have attracted...

Venture capital drought over, would-be entrepreneurs told

After a decade-long drought, venture capital has become plentiful again in Canada, attendees at the National Business and Technology Conference in Toronto were told on...

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