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HootSuite’s big funding round earmarked for global expansion 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
The conventional wisdom in Canada is that if you want to make it as a tech company, you have to go to the United States. The common question on many lips is: If you’re so good, why aren’t you down the...
Extreme Venture Partners rumoured to be bowing out of the fund business 19 Aug 2013 | 09:26 pm
Companies in the Internet startup space vying for a notoriously short supply of Canadian venture capital may find it even harder to get funding. That’s because Extreme Venture Partners, a Toronto-base...
Take a lesson from Next 36’s standouts and keep going in face of knock-out setbacks 18 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Most of us try to avoid mistakes and eliminate problems both in our lives and work. But wouldn’t it be ironic if constraints were actually essential ingredients of business success? “To achieve great...
The Next 36 venture day: Program adds 36 new graduates 14 Aug 2013 | 01:08 am
Steven Heidel, valedictorian of The Next 36 graduating class of 2012/2013, put it best: “On day one, I along with many of the other programmers here would’ve been happy just taking a job at Google. Bu...
Should more startups hire experienced CEOs? 12 Aug 2013 | 08:52 pm
Peter Hickey and Andrew Doyle believed they had a business with global potential, and one that could be Atlantic Canada’s first billion-dollar technology company. They also believed they would likely ...
Made-in-Canada music app Groove takes on big players in bid to win music lovers’ loyalty 10 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Discovering the next best mobile music app is a tricky formula that includes a sound algorithm, novel idea, flashy specs, and a dollop of luck. The industry is a buyer’s market in which the majority o...
13 tech leaders reveal their favourite productivity hacks to help you get more done 10 Aug 2013 | 04:30 pm
Becoming more productive is something that everyone wants to achieve. It’s a difficult task though, because thinking about becoming more productive and actually setting things in motion are two diffe...
Thinking of hiring? You need to ask yourself these questions 7 Aug 2013 | 06:49 pm
Hiring new employees for your startup can be a tricky proposition. After investing your money, time and sweat into your own company, it can be difficult to determine whether hiring help is a good idea...
How tech’s young millionaires spend their money 5 Aug 2013 | 08:58 pm
NEW YORK — When Josh McFarland graduated from Stanford he owed $40,000 in student loans and couldn’t fathom a way he’d ever pay it off and have a future for himself – not unusual for the typical young...
Do-it-yourself IPOs help fill capital gap 2 Aug 2013 | 03:08 am
Flying back to California, empty-handed, after one last investor pitch in late 2011, Brahm Ahmadi was ready to call it quits. Despite a track record, a clear market opportunity and a loan pledge, he h...
