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This young company may have a 'green touch' for both the environment and financial success. Its Internet-connected home thermostat has seen the company find funding, early sales and recognition as an up-and-comer.
Report measures tech in 19 sectors and finds significant growth and improvement in Canada's largest metropolitan areas.
Suzanne Williams gleans more information on a parachute executive program run by Ontario Centres of Excellence.
The founder and CEO of Ottawa's T-base communications turned her disability into opportunity, winning the 2009 Sara Kirke award for Women Entrepreneurship in the process.
The OCE may well be the single most active early stage investor in Canada at the moment, says Suzie Williams, and she praises the idea of an 'embedded executive' program for young tech companies.
OCETA event to be held June 9th is session #10 in the 'Growing your Business' breakfast series.
Canadian VCs have several obstacles, says Suzie Williams. Among them, a stateside market that's difficult to crack, yet a survival imperative. As US investors fracture into two groups, she argues, there is an opportunity for local VCs to leverage their regional connections and expertise.
Suzie issues a warning about how interpretations of Ontario's Emerging Technologies Fund could hinder cash-positive startups by tying them to onerous terms from matching VC funds.
Ontario's $250m presence in the venture capital ecosystem hasn't started well, says Suzie Williams. The combination of a lack of deal transparency, foreign investees and a mandate to create jobs as well as fund young companies has clouded already murky waters, she says, and suggests oversight for a body that needs to act swiftly and boldly.
Suzie Williams dissects Ontario's new $250 fund and what it mean for local investors and VC firms. "The Ministry has thrown a lifeline to many of my clients,but it looks like in so doing it may have pushed local venture capital off the abyss."
Suzie covers an announcement from Sustainable Technology Development Canada, which recently earmarked $53 million in funding for new projects.
Wireless giant purchases developer of off-the-shelf rich media messaging platform for $20M.
Tamera reviews Toronto's municipal attempt at using social networking and media tools to share information and collect constituent feedback. Her opinion? A good first try, but that the city hasn't quite learned the value or nature of Web 2.0
Technology association announces that technology start-ups can now be a part of the organization’s network, with full privileges, free of charge.
Hundreds of product management professionals connected to the hi-tech industry responded to our survey, painting a great picture of what employees of fast-growth companies in Toronto, the Greater Toronto Area and Waterloo Region earn, and how happy they are.