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Week in Review
Reading: Startup Genome Report http://bit.ly/kNGKDk recommended by @sgblank #mustread # RT @wmougayar: Why New York City’s tech scene is thriving http://eqent.me/iWf3c0 #community #hype #culture #people #diversity # RT @vcsangels: Silicon Milkroundabout: How London Startups Took Hiring Back Into…
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PostRank acquired by Google
Ilya has confirmed today that PostRank has been acquired by Google. The launch of AideRSS, the precursor to PostRank, was one of the first things we covered here on Startupnorth, so we are happy to see such a…
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A Startup Marketing Framework (Version 2)
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by serial entrepreneur and marketing executive April Dunford who is currently the head of Enterprise Market Strategy for Huawei. April specializes in brining new products to market including messaging, positioning, market strategy,…
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GrowLab & FounderFuel Launch
Some rights reserved by Stig Nygaard Jake: Here’s the plan: we put the band back together, do some gigs, earn some bread, bang! We’ll have 5,000 bucks in no time. Seems like I’ve been talking a lot about incubators,…
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DemoCamp with Howard Lindzon – June 9, 2011
Some rights reserved photo by Andrew Louis (@hyfen) DemoCampToronto # 29 – The Dirty Details #dct Date: June 9, 2011 Time: 6:30 – 9 PM EST Location: Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, 55 Dundas St W, Toronto,…
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Week in Review
RT @jevon: Six Key Principles of a Successful Acquisition Strategy, Part 1 http://j.mp/mvN3uY by @mavolpi # Looking for sample pitch decks? Send the best and the worst examples # RT @truejebus: Experienced Django Developer Wanted (full-time, Halifax) http://ow.ly/50hkY…
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Incubators, incubators, every where
Some rights reserved by jurvetson Is there an incubator bubble? Perhaps it’s an incubator arms race. When I wrote Incubators, Accelerators, and Ignition in 2009 there were not a lot of Canadian based incubators (the now defunct BootupLabs was the…
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Don’t Overpay Developers
The cost of an engineer is inflated right now. Informally, I poll salary expectations each semester from Waterloo co-ops. 2-3 years ago it was $65k-$70k. Last year/this year its $95k (the base Google, Facebook new grad offer). On…
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Hack/Reduce Toronto
We are pleased to be supporting Hack/Reduce Toronto. The rise of real-time computing, distributed sensors and big data have provided the ground work for development of a way to distributed the processing of these emerging large data sets…
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Smart or Lucky? What Differentiates Successful Technology Companies?
I will be on a Focus.com panel tomorrow discussing whether it is better to be smart or lucky. I know which one I would pick. What do you think is more important? Share your answer of on Focus.com…
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Startup Weekend Toronto
Startup Weekend Toronto, which kicks off June 3, is almost sold out; if you’re on the fence, don’t wait much longer, StartupNorth readers can save 20% by using discount code: STARTUPNORTHSW This June’s event will have a strong focus…
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The Art of the Pitch
There are a lot of different formats and presentations about how to create a pitch for investors. I’ve included my favourites about the structure and template – the resources include Viagra, Sequencing, Hacks and the Art of it…
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Week in Review
New job posted: Core Software Developer – Effective and Independent – Full Time / Enable Imaging Technologies / … http://bit.ly/jN83cd # New job posted: GUI Developer – Talented and Creative – Full Time / Enable Imaging Technologies /…
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Hustle & Flow
Once upon a time in my startup life, we stumbled across the deal of a lifetime. A large company was spinning off a subsidiary, and they were paying someone a few million bucks to take it off their…
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Summer Lovin’
It feels like come the lazy days of July and August most of Canada shuts down for summer vacation. There are no new deals to be done. There are meetings, lunches, maybe even a golf foursome but not…
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Clark Kent works at CPPIB
Some rights reserved photo by Greenog By now you have heard Microsoft is purchasing Skype for $8.5B, a company which was spun out from eBay in 2009 for $2.75B. In 18 months nearly $6B of value was created for…
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Week in Review
RT @jaygoldman Excellent advice RT @joestump: HOWTO: Spend your investors’ money http://t.co/rSxzumi #startups #funding # Sign up for your 15 Minutes of Fame @MeshConference – http://smf.is/1sRH3Z # RT @VentureFizz: Brainstorming for New Startup Ideas: A Framework to Spur…
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Natural Resources
Some rights reserved photo by Chealion Ask a miner “What is Canada’s most precious natural resource?” and you’ll be sure to stump. The answer is easy… Canadians. One of the tricks to Silicon Valley’s winning streak is that they…
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The Backwardization of Risk/Reward in Startups
I’ve always thought it weird that there is a perception that risk is front-loaded for startups, i.e. the person(s) who start it take all the risk. In some ways, the risk of starting a company (especially a web…
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The Next 10 Years…
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by serial entrepreneur and investor Howard Lindzon of StockTwits andSocialLeverage. He was born and raised in Toronto and has a soft spot for his hometown and Canadian entrepreneurs. You can find this…