By Alexandra Reid “A million people walk into a bar in Silicon Valley. Nobody buys anything. The bar is declared a huge success.” Harley Finkelstein, CPO of Shopify, shared that illuminating joke during the
PostMedia Network Inc. is teaming up with Toronto-based firm GaggleUp Inc. to launch a daily deal site targeting Canadian small and medium sized businesses on April 2.The site, called GaggleBiz.com, will be marketed
Published on: March 6th, 2012
ITBusiness Staff
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Sprouter Inc., the Toronto-based question and answer site for entrepreneurs, is launching a new publication targeted at emerging technology worldwide. The launch of the new online publication follows Sprouter’s acquisition by Postmedia Network
Published on: February 15th, 2012
ITBusiness Staff
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Sprouter Inc. has sprouted wings again.The Toronto-based social media site for startups has been acquired by Postmedia Network Inc., resurrecting Sprouter just two months after its surprise announcement that it was folding after
At the beginning of the month, it looked like strong and committed user communities didn’t mean much for cash-strapped social networking startups Sprouter and Akoha, but now those communities appear to have revived
Canada’s online community has taken a major hit this month as two social networking sites with a positive bent had no choice but to shut down after running out of cash. First Sprouter,
Sprouter announced this week that it will be turning off the lights on its question-and-answer Web site for entrepreneurs on Aug. 2.The notice caught many of the site's users off guard, as the
Toronto-based Sprouter announced this morning that it will be closing up shop on Aug. 2, taking an engaged community of both entrepreneurial greenhorns and experts offline.“We're devastated to have to shut down the
LinkedIn Corp. has a new boss in Canada, the company announced June 16, as it celebrates its first year anniversary here. Brian Church, formerly LinkedIn’s Canadian director of hiring solutions, will now be
Published on: June 17th, 2011
Harmeet Singh
@itbusinessca
Got a business question? There are lots of ways to find answers online. So many, in fact, that one of the questions you're scratching your head about might be how to make the
Sprouter, the social network for entrepreneurs, launched a redesign to its site yesterday to make its service less like Twitter and more like Quora. The Toronto-based site that offers free online collaboration to
A capital crunch isn't usually the most critical issue confronting entrepreneurs and startups. For many, the sense of isolation -- not knowing who to turn to or from where to get help as
Published on: July 22nd, 2010
Joaquim P. Menezes
@itbusinessca
