Ten years ago, Robert Buren's career was taking off. He had started multiple ventures, including IT security education conference SecTor, enjoyed a five-year run with CMS Consulting Inc. (now known as New Signature),
Published on: October 4th, 2018
Eric Emin Wood
@ericewood
When Human Resource Systems Group (HRSG) founder, president, and CEO Suzanne Simpson accepted the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA)'s Sara Kirke award for entrepreneurship and innovation, one of the facts she was proudest
Published on: May 17th, 2018
Eric Emin Wood
@ericewood
If you think Tinder (and related apps) is the scourge of the earth, you may not like that LinkedIn is taking a page from its book. The professional social network is launching a
Great mentors are one key to every successful career path, my own included. Early in my career, I worked in the Canadian joint venture of DICKEY-john and FOSS, respectively U.S. and Danish electronic
Published on: December 18th, 2015
Cheryl Sylvester
@csylvester
Many successful companies use mentoring to address complex workforce challenges such as improving productivity and retaining top talent. Corporate mentoring is on the rise and is being driven more and more these days
If you start a company, chances are that you'll fail within the first year of operating. What might improve your prospects is having a good mentor. Someone who's been down that entrepreneurial path
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 connect Canadian women in IT with their peers
By Francis Moran Last week I had a call with a CEO who has twice been a client. Along with a technical founder, he's been working on a new startup for about a
Published on: February 11th, 2013
Francis Moran
@FrancisMoran
Waterloo, Ont.-based Communitech is calling for startup applications to take part in the second cohort of its Hyperdrive accelerator program, it announced today.With events in Vancouver Nov. 14 and in Toronto Nov. 20,
Published on: November 13th, 2012
ITBusiness Staff
@itbusinessca
A new startup accelerator program in the Waterloo region is out of the gates. Communitech today announced the first round of budding companies it hopes will build themselves up into competitive players with
Visa Inc. recently unveiled the Visa Business Network, an application built on Facebook to help small business operators network and drive new business -- while generating $2 million in advertising revenue for Facebook
Published on: July 29th, 2008
Heather Havenstein
@itbusinessca
Lance Wilson traces a 17-year history of mentoring in his life, as both a mentor and a mentee. From each one of those relationships, he says, he carries a treasured lesson. One of
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