Vancouver’s SpaceList Says It’s Now the #1 Marketplace for Commercial Real Estate
Vancouver startup SpaceList is claiming that it’s now the #1 marketplace in Canada for commercial real estate. A company…
Quebec Wants to Create Its Own Fund-of-Funds Like Ontario’s ‘NorthLeaf Venture Catalyst’
It appears as though Quebec is about to follow in Ontario’s footsteps, as it pertains to a provincially and federally-funded…
Vancouver’s ShoeMe Made a Few Smart Hires Last Week
I’m usually not big on writing articles about people that you’ve never heard of being brought on as “C__”…
MaRS DD Fiasco: More Costly Surprises Surface, Bill Now Stands At Over $550 Million
In just weeks a taxpayer bill that was thought to be $371 million has inflated to $563 million, as the MaRS Discovery District’s…
Vancouver Tech Startups Honoured at BCTIA’s Technology Impact Awards
Several Vancouver-based startups and other technology companies were honoured at last week’s Technology Impact Awards,…
Ahead of Its IPO Later This Month, Toronto’s Acuity Ads Makes Two Big Hires
Last month a few media outlets broke the story that Acuity Ads would be going public on the TSXV, via a $5.75 million private…
Burnaby’s D-Wave Systems Quantum Computer Partners with Two Firms to Solve “Incredibly Complex Problems”
Ever since Burnaby’s D-Wave Systems landed on the cover of TIME magazine a few months ago it seems that everything the…
Cambridge 3D Printer Creator Can’t Think Up a Good Name, Will Give One Away to Whoever Can Help
Cambridge’s ORD Solutions, creators of a 3D printer, has announced that it will give away one printer to someone who…
Twitter’s ‘BC Bud’: Anonymous Twitter User in Vancouver Drops ‘Hidden Weed’ Around Town
An anonymous Twitter user in Vancouver is hiding free marijuana around town, similar to how Twitter accounts in San Francisco…
These Two 14-Year-Olds Hacked an ATM in Winnipeg Using an Online Manual
Two 14-year-olds are making headlines today for hacking into an ATM machine in Winnipeg using a programming manual they found…
New Incubator Program for Students Launches at University of Guelph
Just as much as entrepreneurship is the lifestyle through which people can start businesses and earn money, entrepreneurship…
Launch Academy Names its Six Finalists for Student Startup Challenge
Vancouver’s Launch Academy, the coworking space that houses several of the west coast city’s prominent startup…
Vancouver’s GrowLab Partners Up with Emily Carr, Lighthouse Labs and UBC
The final call for startups applying to be part of GrowLab‘s new cohort is June 6, and the Vancouver-based accelerator…
The Ten Types of Entrepreneurs You’ll Meet at an Accelerator
Ryerson’s Digital Media Zone (DMZ) blog posted a cheeky blog entry last week detailing the “ten entrepreneurs you’ll…
Study Finds that Cost and Know-How Are Small Businesses’ Biggest Obstacles to Digital Prominence
A new MasterCard study that tabled responses from small business owners in four countries (including Canada) says that small…