By Sharon Hurley Hall Canadian startups and entrepreneurs no longer have to go it alone - at least not when it comes to office space. Instead of working at home or in a coffee shop, they can now develop their ideas in coworking spaces.
By Amanda Walgrove The checklist of essentials for leaving home usually goes like this: phone, keys, wallet. What if two of those components could be merged into one?
Posted May 29, 2012
By Joe Lazauskas Nonprofits are always looking for innovative ways to launch campaigns and raise money. The hottest new trend? Social gamification, which is emerging as a key strategy for getting people to an event and open their wallets while thoroughly enjoying the experience.
Posted May 28, 2012
By Andrew Klappholz When deciding on an investment, it's crucial that you know exactly what you're getting in to. This takes research - lots of research - also known as due diligence.
Posted May 25, 2012
By Erik Oster An improved ecosystem for startups seems to be emerging in Canada, where Prime Minister Harper recently put his full support behind the Startup Canada movement.
Posted May 24, 2012
By Sharon Hurley Hall Businesses are always looking for new ways to get customers through the door and keep them there. That's why loyalty programs were born, but "buy 10, get one free" is a little 2000-and-late, as Fergie would say if she were into retail marketing instead of mediocre pop music.
Posted May 22, 2012
By Joe Lazauskas Last week, Facebook bought Instagram for billion, surprising many investment analysts. After all, the company was valued at “just” 0 million a year ago, and just days before the transaction, it was rumored to be valued at 0 million by the people not nicknamed “Zuck Dawg” that were most optimistic about Instagram’s future -- their Series B investors.
Posted May 17, 2012
By Jamie Clarke Private investing seems to be a land of absolutes. If M&A activity is up, IPO activity will be down. It seems to be the trade off that investors and startups looking for liquidity have to deal with.
Posted May 16, 2012
By Harriette Halepis Mobile apps are tricky. Some hit the mark while others miss it entirely. The main difference between a mobile app that takes off and one that flops has a lot to do with focus: does the app do at least one thing really, really well?
Posted May 11, 2012
By Erik Oster Unique Solutions Design Ltd. is a Burnside, Nova Scotia data company poised to change fashion retail all across North America.
Posted May 10, 2012
By Jamie Clarke Risk is an inherent force in any investment. Nothing is 100% gauranteed ever. If you've ever been told otherwise, chances are you can see how that hasn't worked out in retrospect.
Posted May 9, 2012
By Ritika Puri Five years after launching, social and mobile games publisher OMGPOP was acquired by Zynga for 0 million in March 2012. The deal was the largest in Zynga's history, with previous buyouts ranging from to million. The acquisition of OMGPOP was an investment towards Zynga's core business.
Posted May 18, 2012
By Jamie Clarke The public and private markets of the world couldn't be further apart from each other. On all front the two seem worlds apart.
Posted Apr 27, 2012Original article appears via GUST David Rose, the CEO of Gust, recently took to Quora to answer the question of what the typical return on an angel investment would be. Or, after how many years could an investor hope to make a profit on a single investment. While the answer will inevitably vary from company to company, enough information has been released over time that data is becoming easier to compile.
Posted Apr 3, 2012
By Jamie Clarke Set the clock back less than a year and the IPO had all but disappeared for high tech startups. After the market collapse in 2000, the market was sheepish (and rightfully so) about up and coming technology companies which in turn created a limited set of liquidity options for investors and entrepreneurs.
Posted Mar 13, 2012
This is a summary of an article appearing from Fred Wilson at A VC Exits are a tricky business to be in. Exits are also the questions most often asked by investors and entrepreneurs. When is it coming, who is making it happen, and for how much? But as Wilson talks about in his post, it's important to understand your winners and losers.
Posted Feb 23, 2012By Andrew Klappholz When deciding on an investment, it's crucial that you know exactly what you're getting in to. This takes research - lots of research - also known as due diligence.
Posted May 25, 2012
By Sharon Hurley Hall What are the challenges facing Canadian entrepreneurs and how can they be best addressed? Startup Canada hopes to have the answers to these questions by September 2012.
Posted May 16, 2012
By Erik Oster Wouldn't you like to know where all the hottest startups are with one quick glance? MaRS Project Director Joe Greenwood is trying to make your dreams come true, directing a project compiling data on Toronto's startups and organizing them in a local heat map.
Posted May 15, 2012
By Andrew Klappholz Research in Motion. Telus. Rogers Communications. Before they went on to bring huge returns to investors throughout the world, they were smaller Canadian companies in need of startup capital.
Posted May 14, 2012
By Sharon Hurley Hall If ever a startup was designed to shake up the way we do things online,Engagio is it. The Canadian startup, led by William Mougayar, launched in January.
Posted May 9, 2012By Sharon Hurley Hall Businesses are always looking for new ways to get customers through the door and keep them there. That's why loyalty programs were born, but "buy 10, get one free" is a little 2000-and-late, as Fergie would say if she were into retail marketing instead of mediocre pop music.
Posted May 22, 2012
By Ritika Puri As evidenced by prominent blogs like Techcrunch, Business Insider, Women 2.0, and VentureBeat, startups are hot topics. Beyond investors and founders, tech aficionados are emerging in all forms: they're educators, students, journalists, and first-time entrepreneurs.
Posted May 8, 2012
By Joe Lazauskas Since the rise of Apple in the 80s, the tech industry has been obsessed with “garage innovation; Apple’s success proved that the best ideas on the planet might not come from giant corporations, but creative individuals tinkering in dorm rooms, incubators’ co-working spaces and, yes, garages, all over the world.
Posted Apr 30, 2012
By Joe Lazauskas On April 30, Decoded Fashion, a fashion and technology forum at Lincoln Center in New York City, will showcase the hot new tech startups that are revolutionizing the fashion industry.
Posted Apr 27, 2012
By Jamie Clarke Every entrepreneur and investor wants the same thing. To see their investment (whether its dollars or sweat) pay off, and pay off in a large multiple. The end goal is to make a difference and make money, one way or another it always comes back to what are you changing and how much money will it make.
Posted Apr 23, 2012By Amanda Walgrove The checklist of essentials for leaving home usually goes like this: phone, keys, wallet. What if two of those components could be merged into one?
Posted May 29, 2012By Joe Lazauskas Nonprofits are always looking for innovative ways to launch campaigns and raise money. The hottest new trend? Social gamification, which is emerging as a key strategy for getting people to an event and open their wallets while thoroughly enjoying the experience.
Posted May 28, 2012By Erik Oster An improved ecosystem for startups seems to be emerging in Canada, where Prime Minister Harper recently put his full support behind the Startup Canada movement.
Posted May 24, 2012
By Jamie Clarke & Calvin Bohdan The automotive industry has long been held as the original innovation sector in America, or at least it was.
Posted May 11, 2012By Joe Lazauskas Donating to a cause can be as simple as sending a text. Last month, the Obama campaign sent out "Quick Donate" SMS messages to tens of thousands of previous donors' cell phones, asking them to give more money. The result was an impressive boost to the campaign’s coiffures.
Posted May 10, 2012