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Private investor behind ‘YOLO Ventures’ makes a bet on unproven startups
There’s a wealthy Montreal entrepreneur-investor who holds a unique mantra when he writes cheques.
He lives life according to the phras..
Blockstream is making bitcoin ‘Sidechains’ a reality
Blockstream, a Montreal startup made up of some of the best-known Bitcoin architects, cryptographers, cypherpunks, and entrepreneurs, has ..
You’ve raised money…Buckle up!
On September 16th Lightspeed announced a new $61M round of funding. On September 17th Breather announced $20M in new financing. And yester..
Meet the Montrealer helping to spur Cuba’s startup community
Noah Redler is reaching out to the greater community in an effort to raise funds for a new initiative aimed at building Cuba’s startup com..
New developer tool Immunio beefs up security for web applications
Montreal-based startup Immunio has launched its application security-as-a-software solution that makes developer web applications safe and..
‘Goliath-slayer’ Lickstats wants to do shortlink tracking better than Bit.ly
It’s just a one-man outfit in a Montreal office, but Sun Knudsen thinks his shortlink tracking tool Lickstats can do more for a startup th..
This is how to nail your elevator pitch
In my last post I wrote about why you should “Stop pitching your startup”. Today I’m going to tell you how to craft an amazing elevator p..
Stop pitching your startup
Wait, what? Don’t pitch your startup?
Yup, you read right.
You’re probably thinking that goes against everything you’ve ever been told…
This is who you should hire next
Last week I published a post to explain why everyone in your startup should have stock options.
In it I mentioned that CEOs have 3 main ..
A message to founders in the city
Over the last 10 years of running and building tech startups, I’ve built up my fair share of experiences. I’ve had businesses in Montreal ..
New $10 million foodtech fund Edō Capital has grand visions
Foodtech and ag-tech startups in Montreal and beyond have reason to smile these days. That’s because Hamnett Hill and his partners have ra..
Five university entrepreneurship initiatives in Montreal you need to check out
The golden statistic surrounding Montreal’s student ecosystem has always been this: as early as 2013, the city was credited as having the ..
McGill’s new X-1 accelerator models itself on MIT program
The manager of McGill University’s new X-1 accelerator program, Thibaud Marechal, had just ten minutes to speak to us before he was due fo..
Recruiting firm Stacked HR is building world-class startups in Canada
Nearly two years after Montreal entrepreneur Ilan Saks formed The FounderProject, a movement that spurred hundreds of the city’s talented ..
Selective Few’s high-end fashion marketplace received the boost it needed
Selective Few cofounders Andrew Peker and Jeremy Weiss aren’t buying recent criticisms surrounding Canadian accelerators.
“We did have ..