Author: Jevon MacDonald

• Being a VC just isn’t as fun as it used to be: http://tinyurl.com/d7t472 #
• LoyaltyMatch and PlanetEye partner up – http://tinyurl.com/cpv7sn #
• Flow Ventures’ announces an investment in Symtext: http://bit.ly/eXnAG Nice work guys! #
• RT @CVCACanada: your startup needs an Unfair Advantage: http://www.vcrants.com/?p=64 #
• Only a couple tickets left for MeshU! Great lineup this year. If you plan to attend, better register asap – http://www.meshu.ca #
• b5media makes tough decisions, reduces head count and burn rate, CEO on minimum wage – http://tinyurl.com/ddxd3k http://tinyurl.com/cfu3hh #
• RIM launched BlackBerry App World http://tinyurl.com/c368do BlackBerry Partners consider funding a fart app http://tinyurl.com/dhyw2x #
• Wishing I had a Blackberry to test out Parkvu #
• Don’t forget about the StartupNorth/Meshu after party next week. Entertainment includes @jaygoldman doing the sprinkler http://tr.im/i9NY #
• Don’t forget to post on or read http://www.meshjobs.com during the next week. Great place to find new hires and to find a new gig. #
• “The VC industry is broken. Let’s build our own non VC startups.” @MarkSkapinker – http://tinyurl.com/dxf73b #

• RT @bmann: Beers with @bfeld on April 22nd in Vancouver, first 50 tickets are available now: http://tr.im/hK9r #
• CoolIT Systems, based in Calgary, secures a $6.2M follow on round led by iNovia Capital – http://tinyurl.com/dg2cdu #
• A great overview of SR&ED for startups: http://tinyurl.com/c8p2x7 #
• BlackBerry Partners Fund invests in Xobni – http://tinyurl.com/c5tf7z #

• The right way to do bonuses: http://tinyurl.com/cc8w82 #
• TeamPages scores a second round: http://tinyurl.com/cpghvl #
• Ontario Government as VC? – http://tinyurl.com/cap7jh #
• Quebec comes out swinging with big numbers and bigger ambitions: http://tinyurl.com/dzcors click on Budget Plan #qcbudget hat tip @rayluk #
• iNovia’s Chris Arsenault on the $825M Quebec Gov VC Fund of Funds – http://tinyurl.com/dgqg4f #

• Overlay.tv launches iJustine for SXSW win a Wii contest, hilarity ensues: http://ijustine.overlay.tv/ #

Changed behavior an indicator of customer satisfaction vs. requiring a change of behavior as a sure way to fail.

Success is never a straight line, Mark MacLeod on iskoot.

When asked for an employee number… here is what to say.

And some great announcements you might have missed:

SmartHippo added 200 new lenders to its mortgage comparison engine.

GigPark announced a great new partnership with Autohound.ca, where they are powering a dealer testimonial tool. This partnership is part of a bigger strategy to open up GigPark so other companies can use their social recommendation tool.

fOTOGLIF announced making available over one million free images for embedding across the web.

Akoha launched TED inspired mission cards.

Airborne Mobile raised $2M from iNovia Capital.

Mashup Arts raised $1.6M in seed financing.