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Strong US presence drives $2.1 billion in investments in 2007, with Biopharmaceutical and other life science investments up by 23%. Both Ontario and BC see increase in local funding.
More losers than winners? A TechFinance.ca study looks at the stock price performance of 41 Canadian tech companies that went public in the last 24 months. This article was reprinted with the permission of www.TechFinance.ca
"Successful leaders—and, therefore, successful founders—invest the time to clearly identify, prioritize, and communicate key goals. They then measure their success by real progress against those desired outcomes." This piece comes by way of FoundRead, a blog-style publication that runs under the umbrella of respected technology guru Om Malik.
Craig Fitzpatrick, CEO of Devshop, warns new companies about the danger of the seductive "big deal."
"No one (except for your mother) is going to give you money just because they want to see you succeed," says Roy Pereira, as he writes on startup funding strategies.
When Todd DeLaughter told his colleagues he was stepping down as VP of Hewlett-Packard to join Opalis, people were shocked. It didn’t make sense, they said, that he would give up his high-profile position in a global organization to head an unknown, 60-person company... Three tech professionals who have gone from a large employer to a small one share their experiences.
New development and research will always court failure, but they don't have to wed a startup to bankruptcy.
Rohan reports on the disparity between the free spending dot-com era and today's frugal, more sensible startups.
Red Canary asks six prominent business women why they think female Canadian startup execs are few and far between.