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iBegin – From Local Search To Business Data
iBegin has been doing all the right things, right from the beginning. It wasn’t that iBegin had the perfect business model from the start, they didn’t. Very few startups do, but instead of getting stuck on one idea,…
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StartupCamp Toronto – Thank You
StartupCamp Toronto took place last night and the room was packed. For the main event we had somewhere in the area of 90 people, and we think about 40 showed up for the after party. It was more…
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StartupCampToronto is tomorrow – open to all (8:30pm)
So, StartupCampToronto is tomorrow. Jonas and I are pretty sure we have taken care of everything we possibly can. Don’t forget for those who have tickets: Things start at 6pm As you probably know, we have tried to…
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One from the Den: HomeBox
Ryan Coleman blogged about the Dragon’s Den the other day and made a good observation that the actual makeup of the Dragons makes them almost useless. Ryan also mentioned one of the “deals” that got me to do…
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Conceptshare Announces Major Partnership and New Version
Conceptshare, who we have previously profiled, has two major new announcements today. We have a lot to cover, so lets dive right in: Partnership with Corel, Inc. Corel, Inc. has partnered with Conceptshare to provide a Corel branded…
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Digg.com, a client of Canadian web development firm silverorange, is now partnering with another Canadian company: Idée. Idée, who we previously profiled here, will be providing software to detect multiple submissions of the same image to Digg.com’s new…
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How to botch a launch: Razzle.ca
We were excited to cover the launch of Razzle.ca here last week. Things were looking up: Razzle.ca was cloning Woot.com, an American 1-deal per-day site which has been very successful, and while there were a few technical glitches…
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Finally, Wireless Competition Explodes in Canada
Shove over Rogers, Bell and Telus. In announcing the rules to the upcoming (May 2008) advanced spectrum auction, industry minister Jim Prentice has blasted open the doors to new wireless competition in Canada. Here is a quick overview…
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onaswarm – Lifestreaming in groups
In the world of RSS, and with users creating more of the actual content that popular sites are reselling to other users, we all start to create little islands of stuff out there on different sites, and rarely…
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StartupCamp Toronto – More Details
We are VERY excited to announce the line up for StartupCamp Toronto. But first, a big thank you to our sponsors. And not just because we couldn’t have put together this event without them. Sponsors These folks are…
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Back to Reality – Vancouver Enterprise Forum
While the rest of us are sitting around moaning about the state of canadian venture capital, it appears that Vancouver is so over it, the Vancouver Enterprise Forum is at least. This Tuesday, November 27th, they are hosting…
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Razzle Clones Woot
Update: Caveat Emptor Razzle made a serious misstep selling refurbished headphones as new. The first batch of customers felt burned and started discussing their experiences on Red Flag Deals. Razzle made another poor choice by posting a fake…
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Angel financing – What angels look for in a company: Management (part 4 of 6)
Now that you have given investors an overview of your product, market potential, and competition, they should have a good idea of what your company is all about and what its potential is. The next, and arguably most…
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Startup M&A – Raincity Studios acquires Bryght
Bryght, a Drupal managed hosting startup based in Vancouver, BC has been acquired by long time partner RainCity Studios, who have developed sites such as Ozzy.com and Ask a Ninja. While the terms of the deal weren’t disclosed,…
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mesheast.com – East Coast Startup Blog
MeshEast is the latest entrant on to the Canadian Startup blog scene. I was excited to get an email from Lisa Rousseau, who is also working on her own startup, to see that the east coast would finally…
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groovle.com – Customized Google Search Pages
You may have heard before: Google pays big money to people who send searchers their way. In the case of Mozilla, the search bar in the top right-hand corner of their webbrowser makes them something on the order…
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Coast to Coast: Amateur Sports Teams 2.0
One of the first startups we profiled on StartupNorth was New Brunswick based Yourteamonline. Since then Yourteamonline has launched version 2.0 of their sports team management suite and added a slew of new features. In the meanwhile, Victoria…
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New Brunswick Startup Competition Finalists (Breakthru)
The finalists have been announced for the New Brunswick startup competition we covered a few months ago. I have to say, without having seen the actual products, that this list of startups really surprised me. Things are happening…
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Angel financing – What angels look for in a company: Competitors and barriers to entry (part 3 of 6)
So now that you have generated interest in what your product does and its market potential, the next question from investors will be who are your competitors and what are the barriers to entry? This area of your…
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Defensio – Anti-Spam Startup
Ok, this takes guts: entering a market with a niche product where the incumbent is not only a darling of the industry, but owns the primary platform on which you are going to have to compete for users.…