Victoria’s Sendwithus Is Headed to Y Combinator
Getting accepted to join Y Combinator must feel like winning the Super Bowl. With alumni like Reddit, DropBox, AirBnB, and…
BCIC-New Ventures Competition Means Lessons Learned and Cash Earned
Faced with the reality of being idea-rich and resource-challenged, the lure of the BCIC-New Ventures Competition catches the…
BC Tech Financings Had a Monster Year in 2013
The BCTIA has reviewed the numbers and the story reveals that 2013 was a banner year for BC Tech. BC was not only home to Godzilla’s…
Teachings from the Digerati at Invoke University
Just like there’s no such thing anymore as a job for life, there’s no such thing as an education for life either. Getting…
The Life of Brian: Kiip’s Founder is Always Looking on the Bright Side
Vancouver’s tech “child prodigy” and Kiip (Founder & CEO) Brian Wong swung through town on his way to SXSW, when Startup…
BroadbandTV is Leading the Seismic Shift in our Viewing Habits
It’s long odds that many university undergrad papers transform into a winning business. After attending CES in 2002 and seeing…
Vancouver’s GrowLab Freshens Up For Spring, Introduces Its Newest Cohort
For the next three weeks it might as well be called GoLab, because a van full of founders has hit the road. With new GrowLab…
Gottacon Convention Shows Victoria Has a Pulse
It’s a city that’s viewed as pristine and proper. BC’s capital city is also seen by some as a place of the newly wed,…
Collaboration is More Than Just Talk: Vancouver Enterprise Forum Brings Together Academia, Government and Innovation
Collaboration is about taking action, and so many important technologies exist because business, academia, and government find…
Be Social By Turning Off The Phone With Vancouver’s Unplug App
Social graces are going down the toilet in 2014 and we blame our devices. We blame social media and we blame ourselves. Should…
Donde Helps You Find The Stuff You Want, Where You Want
Moving forward often involves pulling up well-established roots. Having taken flight from the Vancouver startup community,…
This Vancouver Startup Sends High-Quality Condoms Directly to Your Mailbox
The burning lake of fire awaits. At least that’s where some people will want to cast this entrepreneur. All Alex Chuang cares…
LGTmedical’s “Phone Oximeter” Could Prevent Deaths on a Global Scale
Death is inevitable, but preventable death is a tragedy. In the poorest regions of the world, tragedy happens everyday. The…
BuildDirect’s Jeff Booth is Always Learning
“Build it and they will come.” A great movie line, but also the mantra of how many tech companies rolled. Remember the…
GIRLsmarts Program is Fostering the Girl Geeks
There’s a huge disconnect. According Statscan, women represented the majority of university graduates in 2011, yet for only…