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Bulls*%t, Next Slide…
| June 19thWe had an entertaining speaker at last night’s meeting of Anges Quebec. Andy Nulman of Airborne Mobile and Just for Laughs fame, spoke about his experiences as… Read More
Bulls*%t, Next Slide…
| June 19thWe had an entertaining speaker at last night’s meeting of Anges Quebec. Andy Nulman of Airborne Mobile and Just for Laughs fame, spoke about his experiences as… Read More
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RT @BetaKit: #Report: Canadian angel investment reached record-breaking $163.9 million in 2019. betakit.com/report-canadian-an…
RT @bwat: Thank you @NavdeepSBains for your work on supporting Canadian companies and the Angel community through #Covid19! Great to hear your insightful questions on the @NACOCanada "Mobilizing Capital in the New Economy" round-table for @andrewdsouza and @heatherpayne! https://t.co/qljZrngvOv
RT @bwat: Ten years of Angel Data from Canada now! Amazing @NACOCanada! Good to see the new analysis as I believe it will help significantly influence policy as we cope with access to capital challenges brought on by #Covid19! https://t.co/oVfper4RXP
RT @bwat: Angel investing in Canada is heabily focused in ONtario & Quebec, But there is increased interprovincial investing, https://t.co/8sQYDCTYJf
RT @bwat: Follow-on investment is dominating the Angel landscape in Canada.
RT @bwat: 2019 was a record year in Angel Investiong
RT @bwat: Some interesting insights indeed, like the Angel group market being very mature.
RT @bwat: Wonderful to hear Colin Mason on the "Mobilizing Capital in the New Economy" webinar with NACO! The #AngelInvestor community certainly needs your insight. https://t.co/k4vZparRR2
RT @bwat: Want a blast from the past? Check out the 2010 report and compare it to this year's! www.nacocanada.com/down/eJwFwQ… https://t.co/yiOXiW3Tt5
More From Our Blog
June Startup Drinks + Montreal Girl Geeks
| June 9thStartup Drinks has joined forces with Montreal’s Girl Geeks to bring you the networking juggernaut of the summer! On location will be another fine installment in the Montreal Girl Geek speaker series featuring… Read More
Lead to Win: An Open source Business Accelerator
| June 8thHere’s an interesting idea: take a city that is experiencing high-tech job loss, create a program that helps laid-off workers create startups, run it like a summer school program using local experts, charge nothing for… Read More
Competitive Analysis for Startups: Being Better, Not Just Different
| May 25thIn the last post I talked about the goal of competitive analysis. In this post I’ll talk about why (and when) it’s ok to compete head-on. Let’s review why startups spend so… Read More
Competitive Analysis for Startups: The Goal
| May 22ndOne of the hardest things for emerging companies to get a handle on is analyzing the competition. Investors grimace when we hear “there is no competition” because outside of the world of patents, it’s just… Read More
Startup Drinks – May 27, 2009
| May 19thIt’s great to see so many startup enthusiasts out in force and we’re set to do it all again, as we do on the last Wednesday of every month. You are most welcome to bring… Read More
A Follow Up On Project Olympus
| May 18thThere was quite a lot of interest in our post about Project Olympus, the startup incubator at Carnegie-Mellon University. I think it’s a (good) sign that many people are trying… Read More
Project Olympus: A University Incubator That Works
| April 28thIt’s rare that I come across a tech incubator that can claim any more success than the square footage they’ve rented out. It’s not that incubators can’t work, it’s that most confuse office space with… Read More
Reminder: Startup Drinks al fresco, Wednesday, April 29
| April 27thCome on out this Wednesday, April 29 from 5:30pm to Brutopia (Crescent St, just south of Ste-Catherine) for beers and startup mayhem. The terrasse will be in full effect! All are welcome!… Read More
Startup Drinks April Edition: Next Wednesday
| April 22ndDepending on weather, next Wednesday could be the first “Patio Edition” of Startup Drinks. Hope to see you there and please spread the word! The details: Startup Drinks at Brutopia (Crescent St, just… Read More