Compared to others
“With the proper level of ambition, talent, and opportunity, even a small, islolated company can turn the world into its market” – Michael Cusumano, Dealing with the Venture Capital Crisis I’m reading...
View ArticleCisco looking for Canadian innovation
We understand that the good people at Cisco are poking around up North for some start-ups to play a role in the company’s expanded focus into the datacenter, virtualization and smart grid markets....
View ArticleRussia learning from Silicon Valley
While everyone in Quebec and Ontario were doing the shake-rattle-and-roll, the Silicon Valley establishment was playing host to Russia’s President Medvedev. Apparently having your economy rely solely...
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State of VC in five years?
Canada has a great financial sector, a growing economy, tons of smart people and a bunch of pretty snazzy exits recently. Yet, with all this Deloitte and the National Venture Capital Association still...
View ArticleHow to pitch to corporate VCs
One way to segment the world of VC is into two camps: (1) financial investors and (2) corporate investors. My guess is that a lot of the VCs lurking around here are what you would call financial...
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National Survey of Canadian Angel Group Activity
Snow Angel by Syymza Today, the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) released statistics regarding Canadian Angel group investment activity in the Investment Activity by Canadian Angel Groups:...
View ArticleAaarggh – VC Funds Are Drying Up?
Yesterday and today I’ve been trying to make sense of two different data points that came out on the Canadian business scene. One data point confirms that we are having a banner year across Canada....
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Trying to understand incubator math
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jesse Rodgers who is currently the Director of Student Innovation at the University of Waterloo responsible for the VeloCity Residence & he is also the...
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The Changing Landscape of Venture Capital
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Kevin Swan (LinkedIn, @kevin_swan). Kevin has cut his chops doing product management at Nexopia.com before becoming it’s CEO. He moved to the dark side with...
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9 Tips to Network Your Way into a VC Job
[Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Jared Gordon Follow @VCJG. Jared is an Investment Manager at IAF and is a lawyer by training (though we don’t hold that against him). The post summarizes Jared’s...
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National Survey of Canadian Angel Group Activity
Snow Angel by Syymza Today, the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) released statistics regarding Canadian Angel group investment activity in the Investment Activity by Canadian Angel Groups:...
View ArticleAaarggh – VC Funds Are Drying Up?
Yesterday and today I’ve been trying to make sense of two different data points that came out on the Canadian business scene. One data point confirms that we are having a banner year across Canada....
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Trying to understand incubator math
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Jesse Rodgers who is currently the Director of Student Innovation at the University of Waterloo responsible for the VeloCity Residence & he is also the...
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The Changing Landscape of Venture Capital
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Kevin Swan (LinkedIn, @kevin_swan). Kevin has cut his chops doing product management at Nexopia.com before becoming it’s CEO. He moved to the dark side with...
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9 Tips to Network Your Way into a VC Job
[Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Jared Gordon Follow @VCJG. Jared is an Investment Manager at IAF and is a lawyer by training (though we don’t hold that against him). The post summarizes Jared’s...
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