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Running away with top votes in 4 out of 5 categories, Red Canary’s 2009 Hot Starts Survey showed that Well.ca (Canada’s Online DrugStore) is one of Southwestern Ontario’s most promising young tech companies.
The results are in! Do most people have 2 weeks, 3 weeks or 4 weeks vacation? Check the results out now!
Looking for a new job? Let the Waterloo-area employers see you're 'hot on the market' by including your info on our site today!
Primal Fusion had been percolating its Web 3.0 strategy in secret until early this year. Now, with a well-publicized demo, an alpha launch and more products on the way, the company is moving and growing fast. Kristina McDougall caught up with Founder Peter Sweeney and Director of Product Design Robert Barlow-Busch to talk about product strategy, attracting top talent, and the company's future.
Left: Logic, detail, patterns, facts. Right: Meaning, possibility, imagination. How do you use your brain at work, or how does it use you? Choose your discipline and compare your answer.
Elizabeth has been making personnel decisions at RIM since the BlackBerry looked more like a pager than a smartphone. She shares over a decade of wisdom and strategies for keeping a startup attitude in a global enterprise.
What does a low credit score say about a potential hire? Would you pass that person over? Are there extenuating circumstances? What if they were otherwise perfect for the job?
From his vantage point in San Fran, Canadian entrepreneur Dan Martell has a unique perspective on the strengths and weaknesses of fast-growth tech companies running north of the 49th. He shares both insight and fixes for the startup mistakes he sees most frequently.
What a mix this week! From the Cold War nod of "how social media can tell you if an employee is unhappy at work" to why CIOs need to be like warm-blooded egg-layers, to the usefulness of 'Productive Narcissists' (and why Obama may be one), this BoW has something for everyone.
The results are in! Red Canary readers evaluated 16 emerging tech companies from Waterloo Region and the surrounding area. See how they fared.
Anecdotal evidence suggests that more Canadian CEOs come from R&D than their stateside counterparts. What’s your CEO’s alma discipline?
US venture capital has caught on to a Canadian secret, says Suzie Dingwall. Immigrants make great entrepreneurs. She argues that as more stateside investment shifts to companies led by newly-minted Americans, Canada may lose not only it's edge, but it's entrepreneurial brainpower as well.
A study of the top fifty game-changing innovations over a hundred-year period showed that nearly 80 per cent were sparked by someone whose primary expertise was outside the field in which the breakthrough took place. Why do you think that is?
How many 'average' developers is one 'great' developer worth? Steve Jobs says 50-to-1, others say 1000-to-1, some say none-to-1. Just how valuable are the best devs and engineers when it comes to building a product?
Recent recipient of $7.8M from SDTC wins award for its nanotechnology crop protection applications, garners Toronto-based company extra $60,000 in promotion and publicity.
Home to technology heavyweights like RIM and OpenText, Waterloo Region also hosts many of Canada’s most promising startups. Help us rank 16 hot companies. Results will be released October 15th.
One of RIM's top executives talks about preserving quality in the face of explosive growth, shares the secret of great developer/tester relationships and talks about the company's unique perk.
Speakers include private-sector executives and public officials from across Canada, tackling topics from cloud computing and virtualization through energy conservation and the emergence of green-mandated executive positions.
Agency looking for post-research, pre-commercial startups from across the cleantech spectrum.