Mogo CEO David Feller on Big Data and Busted Banks
Mogo is in the money. The Vancouver startup recently raised $50 million via IPO for its innovative online credit lending platform,…
How Picatic got customers to (actually) Pay What They Want
The ‘Pay What You Want’ (PWYW) model is intriguing to plenty of entrepreneurs. It’s got the instant buzz factor of a…
Camp Tech pitches its tent in Vancouver
The arrival of Canada’s popular in-person tech training program for “regular people” in Vancouver this week is likely…
Smarter cities and savvy citizens make living seamless
How smart is your city? If you’re a resident of Surrey, BC, you’ve already got reason to be proud, with the fastest-growing…
Learn to build your billion dollar company at GROW 2015
The long-awaited ‘Grexit’ haunts a sickly and paranoid Europe. China’s stock market is about as toxic as the smog that…
As Vancouver’s tech sector grows, will hiring top talent get harder?
We did it. Some of Vancouver’s most enthusiastic entrepreneurs and angel investors envisioned this outpost on Canada’s…
New tech school RED Academy launches in Vancouver
Vancouver’s newest digital media and technology school, RED Academy, has officially launched – and celebrated with an open…
Kathryn Loewen shares Control’s funding strategy
Vancouver startup Control recently announced $1.5 million in seed funding for its online payments management and analytics…
Traction Conference Roundup: growth hacking and other myths (Part 2)
Getting traction for your tech company isn’t easy. You need resources, whether that means bootstrapping or getting a lift…
Traction Conference Roundup: Wisdom from the Tech Set (Part 1)
How do you get traction for your tech company? Whether we’re talking customer, revenue, funding, branding or a half-dozen…
Holus Kickstarts a revolution to humanize technology
When you can pick up $50,000 through crowdfunding on Kickstarter, you might be on to something. H+Technology’s campaign for…
Recon Instruments and the Ironman Triathlon of startup success
Getting to the winner’s circle in the tech startup game requires the grit, determination and laser-like focus of an Ironman…
Looking at quantum computing from the inside out
When BetaKit last took a look at innovative startup D-Wave, the company was raising a new round of $28.4 million (out of a…
H+Technology projects a vision of success at NextBC 2015
“Our biggest challenge? This is such a new technology, that just getting people to understand what we do can take a really…
The next cancer-fighting wonder drug is an IBM computer
One of the most promising avenues of attack in the fight against cancer is the study of genes. If doctors could understand…