- OH @davemcclure "Srsly, we have monkeys driving some of the biggest trains on the Internet at the moment." http://bit.ly/500monkeys #
- WaveAccounting.com , based in Toronto, is launching today. #
- RT @bwertz: How to find awesome angels for your start-up? Post by @indochino CEO/co-founder @kylevucko on @techvibes http://bit.ly/cqdqVj #
- Founders & Funders – Need to reschedule due to Family Day statutory holiday – Leaning towards Mar 1, 2010 – Details pending #
- RT @chrisarsenault: Rumors are true… @davemcclure will keynote at Startup Camp Montreal May 6 http://bit.ly/dcKvf2 confirmed @ptelio #
- RT @jaygoldman: All startup people should read this RT @Jesse: Accepting Payments on the Real-Time Web by @dacort http://ff.im/-feLzq #
- Saying No Sucks http://bit.ly/bx7A64 "The problem with saying “No” as a venture capitalist is that there really isn’t anything to gain." #
- Dell Social Innovation Competition http://bit.ly/cELhgO $50k in prizes for university students #entrepreneurship #bizplan #
- CIX is hosting a bootcamp at the end of the month in Toronto: http://bit.ly/asObmd #
- First Round Capital is helping entrepreneurs diversify across the portfolio – http://bit.ly/cF8Iis would you chip in? #
- I'm hoping we can get the @firstround team to make the trek to Toronto, Vancouver & Montreal http://bit.ly/ar5BeV #
- RT @chris_long: Still a few spots available for EcommerceCamp3 on Feb 10th. A really exciting panel! Sign up! http://tr.im/MGbn #
- New job posted: Stealth Developer / Careerify Corp. / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/diCcRB #
- "finding deal flow is a social sport" @davidcohen http://bit.ly/9Bf8zo #
- Find dealflow by “establishing yourself as an expert in your field & meet people in the local community" Lisa Reeves http://bit.ly/9rLdZ5 #
- New job posted: Lead Developer / Security Compass / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/a3v2ph #
- Shopify $100,00 'build a business' contest in the NYT – http://bit.ly/aGNZnx #
- RT @chrisarsenault: Meetup w/@iNovia Partner @Chrisarsenault at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Feb 15-17th http://bit.ly/bGiR0t #
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- Startup Drinks is happening after DemoCamp on Jan 27 http://bit.ly/8273E2 #toronto #startups #social #
- Myths of the entrepreneur as risk taker. http://bit.ly/4XJ7pN #
- RT @RICCentre: Breakfast session on Angel and VC financing in Canada! Register at http://bit.ly/2zgCH9 #
- RT @bwertz: Speaking at the Angel Investing workshop in Vancouver today and hope to recruit more angels for BC #
- RT @CVCACanada: Proud sponsors of the next-gen of entrepreneurs: The Business Plan Competition adVenture 2010 http://bit.ly/7gJy7u #
- RT @danmartell: "Canadians are dangerous cause they can really drink." @bfeld on #twist http://bit.ly/8WnqQ8 #startupvisa #
- I'm at #TMTPred2010 all the usual suspects are here though I'm surprised to see @pkedrosky in the flesh #
- "What do entrepreneurs flock to loudmouths as mentors?" http://bit.ly/8LrsVI #mentorship < be selective #
- RT @DeloitteCanada: OH @BostonCigar "Government get out of the damn way" #TMTPred2010 #
- congratulations @TechCapital @GrowthWorks invest in Bering Media http://bit.ly/8U6rzp #toronto #startups #
- RT @jimmurphy: @bwat Wrote about this http://bit.ly/1C3zvC Sec 116 is largest single & fixable problem to Cdn innovation #TMTPred2010 #
- it is raining money. @ecobee raises $6.73 million from @techcapital, JLA, OETF http://bit.ly/8rnKGl #
- wow, Ottawa-based Tomoye has been bought by Newsgator http://bit.ly/6dfBb5 http://bit.ly/7kurbX #canada #acquisition #startup #
- Halifax HackerSpace looking at starting up. Developer developers developers! http://bit.ly/7GTP2L #
- RT @startupcfo: Post: What can go wrong? http://bit.ly/8q5AWs #
- VanEdge scores EA as an LP http://bit.ly/73U7iu #vancouver #vc #gaming #
- RT @bwertz: Great news for Vancouver & congrats to Paul Lee! RT @techvibes: Electronic Arts to invest in VanEdge Capital http://su.pr/1ArfKl #
- New job posted: Community Co-ordinator / Totally ADD / Mississauga, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/5DtBmM #
- RT @aliasaria: Reminder: TieQuest 2010 submissions for Canadian startups is soon — entry deadline Jan 30. http://bit.ly/6Kl4m8 #
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- RT @phankinson: Tether is now the #1 top paid application on BlackBerry AppWorld (on the BlackBerry)… That was quick! #
- Just had my butt handed to me in squash a 6 games in a row . . . #
- RT @tpurves: Pssst it's Live! CommunityLend Canada's social-lending bank killer is now alive http://bit.ly/7VLgJE < congrats! #
- RT @sgblank Victory From Adversity: http://wp.me/prGQZ-1cm #
- RT @RobOstfield: We're excited to announce that @Jordan_Banks Thunder Road Capital has made an investment in @andpop http://bit.ly/4ZEg67 #
- RT @startupcfo Blog Post: Internet Sector Funding Report http://bit.ly/5Wbv1L #startups #funding #internet #
- RT @thoughtfarmer screenshots of ThoughtFarmer 3.6 on Flickr: http://bit.ly/5ffTLu. #thoughtfarmer #3.6 #launchday #
- Why @HubSpot won't exhibit at Tradeshows & Events anymore? http://bit.ly/6TwkUx #marketing #metrics #
- RT @RICCentre: Raising capital from local angels & VCs? Breakfast session on Jan 20th! Visit http://bit.ly/74KGfx #peelregion #gta #
- RT @suziedingwall: Exit trends: earn-out provisions are used ~100% of the time to deal w/ gaps in perceived value between startup & acquiror #
- RT @bwertz @TechFlash: Amazing list of Seattle startups started by RealNetworks alumni http://bit.ly/4ZawJq #fairchildren #
- RT @rayluk: Meeting with @RogersVentures this morning < this is a powerhouse meeting #
- RT @sgblank: A Startup is Not a Smaller Version of a Large Company: http://wp.me/prGQZ-1du #
- RT @leilaboujnane iStockphoto & Photoshelter fully integrated in TinEye index! Attribution is your friend http://bit.ly/6I4ARm Go #TinEye #
- RT @rhh New post: Organization – The Shareholder Agreement: http://bit.ly/8x7LJk #
- RT @jacquimurphy *Drumroll !* RT @postrank: Announcing the PostRank Top Blogs of 2009! http://bit.ly/5syOxx http://bit.ly/4X8jb0 #
- RT @mastermaq @CityofEdmonton: Microsoft highlighting the great work the #yegdata team is doing http://bit.ly/5lJVRi! #
- RT @VCMike: New Blog Post: The Product Guy Myth http://bit.ly/7i0aJm #
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- Alberta innovates innovation through innovation http://bit.ly/5Q2k9Q #
- RT @Desix Nice article about pricing models – gets you thinking in the right way if nothing else: http://bit.ly/4qX792 #
- New job posted: Marketing Manager / Kryptiva inc. / Sherbrooke, QC, Canada http://bit.ly/860yks #
- Great opportunity for an Entrepreneur-In-Residence in Vancouver with @bwertz http://bit.ly/69gEE5 #consumer #internet #ventures #
- The Innovation Age Bias at Sequoia Capital http://bit.ly/8j2ECn Innovator <30 while us old folk, >30 are ok for management #
- RT @CVCACanada VC's on the move: @rogerchabra moves from GrowthWorks Capital to Rho Canada (Rho Ventures) #
- Pre-launch marketing for stealthy startups http://bit.ly/6QTGXM by @aprildunford #marketing #
- #DemoCamp Toronto 25 – Silver Anniversary Edition with @gchahal + @albertupdates http://bit.ly/4BCRCm on Jan 27, 2010 #dct25 #
- RT @afrognthevalley: StartupCamp Québec City all day event January 19th 2010 (I'm planning on attending) – # bit.ly/7THzFC #startups #canada #
- Apps4good gets some press! http://bit.ly/7VsbPL #
- RT @innovacorp: Recession is over ! Or is it ? http://innovacorp.ca/bob-recession #
- RT @phankinson: In case you missed it, TetherBerry is now Tether and is now for sale on BlackBerry App World: http://bit.ly/4Gi1hq #
- RT @leilaboujnane: in case you missed it: In addition to the 66 million images added to TinEye in Dec, we added 25 million today. #TinEye #
- Is entrepreneurship a management sciences? http://bit.ly/800XDI by @ericreis on @HarvardBiz #
- RT @camlinke: DemoCamp Edmonton 10 set for January 27th. See you there! http://bit.ly/8A5jpd #democampyeg #democamp #yeg #
- RT @bwertz: Congrats, well deserved! RT @maurar: Way to go @invoker! @HootSuite Raises $1.9M For Social Media Dashboard: http://tr.im/JPM6 #
- RT @propelict: How to Protect Directors on Your Startup’s Board – Startups often desire to shield members of their board http://ow.ly/16ixlV #
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- 10 Things you can learn from Lady Gaga http://bit.ly/7FsooZ #
- New job posted: Business Development Lead / Assetize / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/87c5gf #
- Great coverage of @CommunityLend in the Financial Post http://bit.ly/55tg9t #toronto #startups #
- True Growth Capital never takes a holiday – http://bit.ly/8l1mee #
- What's the right amount of seed money to raise? by @cdixon http://bit.ly/6cn5Uj #startups #fundraising #
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- RT @startupcfo: This is why most startups should not bother pitching big VC funds http://bit.ly/1hc8r #startups #vc #pitching #
- RT @TTaxChels: Hey startups – have any tax questions you'd like help with? I'm looking for tips for a blog post I'm pulling together. LMK. #
- RT @eastcoastcanada: StartUpDrinks Halifax is on tonight Dec 21 – inaugural event for the #hfx startup community http://bit.ly/1pbpCp #
- Ten questions to ask yourself every month http://bit.ly/7SdRzh by @asmartbear #startups #bizplan #
- The Great Abdication: Consumer Internet, Venture Capital and Angels http://bit.ly/8D4gM8 #startups < sounds a lot like Canada #
- New York Startup Movement http://bit.ly/4D53YL #nyc #startups great list of manhattan startups, vcs, and events #
- More seed incubators in SF with The Start Project http://bit.ly/8Pybgg and http://bit.ly/7EWdcy #startups #incubators #
- RT @davemcclure: Startup Metamorphosis: ITERATE: learn, discover prod/mkt fit -> EXECUTE: grow, make $$$ http://bit.ly/4ngNsN by @sgblank #
- Games industry VC investment down 35% in 2009 http://bit.ly/4vs2z7 #hopeful #2010 #
- RT @SteveCase Start-Ups Are Poised to Get Cash in 2010 (WSJ) http://bit.ly/8caS1v #startups #2010 #
- RT @wattechnews Accelerator Centre Client DossierView Closes $750K Financing Round http://bit.ly/7CkAhk #waterloo #startup #
- Interested in what it means to be a Canadian Controlled Private Corporation? http://bit.ly/6mIQv8 #
- W Media Ventures predictions for 2010 – http://bit.ly/5v0Cen #
- once bitten, twice shy – http://howardlindzon.com/?p=4632 #
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- 7 Lessons from AlphaLab Experience by @Dontrepreneur http://bit.ly/6hhrdf "Demo Day is not magical" #mustread #startps #incubators #
- Getting media coverage for your startup: making the pitch by @krusk http://bit.ly/8qPWIJ at @startupottawa #startups #media #
- It's All About Selling for Survival http://bit.ly/7f55v8 by @vwadhwa on @techcrunch #startups #selling #mustread #
- Founders & Funders in Toronto on Feb 15, 2010 details http://bit.ly/8dUU3k and application http://bit.ly/8OpyPf #foundersandfunders #
- Voices.com in the NYTimes today – http://bit.ly/6HhR0j @voicesdotcom #
- RT @chrisarsenault Congrats Scott & @johnelton LegiTime $1.5M Series A with @iNovia & Connecticut Innovations http://bit.ly/5OAnex #
- RT @rayluk: Flow is hiring a Web app developer for one of our projects: http://tinyurl.com/y9yannf #
- RT @maurar: Startups, you need to get in on this: Apply for Bootup Demo Days – Vancouver & Silicon Valley http://eepurl.com/fTTn #
- RT @RedCanary: Ontario begins program to subsidize game dev. Qualified companies can receive max rebate of $150,000 http://bit.ly/6SV3Md #
- "Half the marketing battle is the product" by @seanellis on @venturehacks http://bit.ly/5a7YkC #startup #marketing #
- "No one cares about your stupid little startup" @cdixon & "5 tips to make them care" http://bit.ly/6GSIY4 by @brezina #startup #marketing #
- RT @Fin4Founders: BeyondVC: Startups and financial models for SAAS companies http://bit.ly/6Uyx1K #
- Building a Company with Customer Data – Why Metrics are Not Enough by @sgblank http://bit.ly/7cDGeA #mustread #
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- Lessons Learned – Viral Marketing http://bit.ly/5NhoEF #viralcoefficient #
- Does a VCs brand matter? by @cdixon http://bit.ly/8TzF9Y – "the quality of the individual partner making the offer matters a lot" #
- New job posted: Software Sales Specialist / Quasar Apps / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/8AdQOF #
- RT @Jordan_Banks: Local start-up Polar Mobile and its success w/ mobile media apps: http://bit.ly/6OZWZl #
- great coverage of @polarmobile by @thehartley http://bit.ly/6JbafU and in the Globe http://bit.ly/7N9E8e #toronto #startup #
- Google Goggles is sick http://bit.ly/5ghSVk contact info looks killer for me! #
- Bridgescale invests $11M in BlueCat Networks http://bit.ly/6gCQla (missed this 30 days ago) #toronto #startup #
- Bridgescale is lead by Rob Chaplinsky a Waterloo grad http://bit.ly/5SlGVh previous experience at MDV #Canadians #siliconvalley #
- "Someone stole my startup idea, part 2 – they raised money with my slides" by @sgblank http://bit.ly/7MnlqK #mustread #
- RT @jacquimurphy@techcapital: New blog post by @timothyjackson "Time, Treasure and Talent" http://bit.ly/5QNbdP #
- RT @dapshore Can they restart Cdn tech financing? Tandem backing Canadian tech fund raises $300m http://bit.ly/4v6daM (via @StreetwiseBlog) #
- meetmehere out of Halifax. Nice work! http://bit.ly/5ANNi8 #
- New job posted: Director of Community / AdaptiveBlue / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/8sxXnc #
- RT @RedCanary 95 Per Cent of foreign investors find Canada an investment nightmare http://bit.ly/6zhK84 #
- RT @RedCanary U.S. Venture Capital Industry Says No To Funding Canadian Innovation http://bit.ly/7901AY #
- Simplycast raises a round http://bit.ly/4Dg6HY #
- RT @davidcrow: If you can't tell me what you do in 30 secs without giving up your secret sauce, you don't have any secret sauce #
- RT @maurar @bootuplabs Demo Days Event in YVR & SF. Great opportunity for early stage digital media BC startups. Apply now http://tr.im/Hm0y #
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- 240 applications have been sent through jobs.startupnorth.ca so far in 2 months. Glad to see the community is using it. #
- "On the border, a hard line." http://bit.ly/76jtx3 #
- RT @davidcrow Looks like next Toronto Founders & Funders will be in Jan 2010 follow @foundersfunders #toronto #startups #founders #funders #
- New job posted: Interaction Architect / FreshBooks / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/5COi7q #
- RT @chrisarsenault: Great job guys! iNovia's latest investment Vizu closes $6.75M round http://bit.ly/5puJe2 #
- RT @howardlindzon: happy to tell you that Stocktwits has closed on $3 million in funding from Foundry and True Ventures http://stk.ly/6gPcZM #
- Last chance for Founders and Funders Ottawa http://bit.ly/7k5neI #
- New job posted: Web Interface Developer / FreshBooks / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/6jvg0x #
- RT @CVCACanada VC deals: Vizu closes $6.75M round from iNovia Capital, Greycroft, DFJ & Esther Dyson http://bit.ly/8kOW7h #
- New job posted: Director of Software Development / Kovasys Inc. / Montreal, QC, Canada http://bit.ly/5LkUMC #
- New job posted: QA Engineer / Kovasys Inc. / Montreal, QC, Canada http://bit.ly/8nVxip #
- RT @sklive: #SirTerry: I start about five companies a year. I'm about to scale it up. Never in my life have I seen such opportunity #CIX #
- RT @sklive: #SirTerry: In China new grads are $5,000 year. In India they're $8,000. Why do I hire Canadian grads? They're better. #CIX #
- Screenscape http://screenscape.net/ in the news http://bit.ly/6HyM9e #
- New job posted: Star Ruby Developer / Eqentia / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/7OIvQJ #
- RT @bwertz Join the movement! RT @CATAAlliance Canada's tech industry wants tax law change (116 Campaign) http://bit.ly/68Hoq2 #
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- RT @techstars Applications are now open for #Boston! -> http://www.techstars.org/apply #
- RT @dharmesh How To Price Software Without Just Rolling The Dice http://bit.ly/4qzu33 #
- RT @markpeterdavis: @NYTech Bootstrapping vs. Venture Funding http://bit.ly/6rblZg #
- RT @confusement Startup Drinks Waterloo is in 1 week, Dec 1st 6pm at McMullan's: http://bit.ly/4cov2k RSVP: http://bit.ly/g6qnG #
- RT @davidcrow: DemoCamp Toronto #24 Demoers @timtoronto @thody @5blocksout @jamesstanden @wmougayar @jayair http://bit.ly/62kUyu #democamp #
- RT @byosko Finally decided to offer FREE career site reviews to anyone that wants 'em: http://bit.ly/8EYwxi #montreal #startup #
- New job posted: Web Developer / Suntra Consulting Inc / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/87tlUO #
- A lot of people talk a big game in the startup world, but DOers are rare. Doers win every time. #
- New job posted: Hot Developer (RoR, Python / Django) / JazLabs, Inc / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/7OcMXq #