Nominations are open for the fourth annual Startup Canada Awards, the hallmark event celebrating outstanding achievement in Canada’s entrepreneurship and innovation community.
One of Canada’s largest electrical products distributors has joined a growing list of B2B supply firms using ScreenScape’s cloud-based software platform to power a digital signage network.
Gescan Electrical is using ScreenScape to promote product offers and profile vendor partners in its retail locations across the country, and also to speak more effectively with staff at its Calgary head offices.
IHEC Montréal is pleased to announce the creation of the Sales Institute, the first university-level centre in Canada in this field. The Institute will bring together professors and researchers from the School along with six partners from the private and co-operative sectors. Its goal is to create advanced expertise and foster a “sales culture” in Quebec and throughout Canada so as to achieve their full economic potential.
FCNB is working with the Start-up weekend team to raise awareness and work towards finding solutions to address financial abuse and other issues facing seniors across our province.
Advancing Innovation Roundtable introduces recommendations to strengthen Canada’s innovation economy
The Advancing Innovation Roundtable, an independent working group funded by TMX Group, today published a report on how to increase access to growth capital for Canadian innovation economy companies as they progress beyond the seed and start-up stages. Announced in October 2016, the 12-member Roundtable is a private sector, investor-led initiative bringing together leaders across Canada’s financial services industry, including finance, investment and capital formation.
ITWC have heard repeatedly that Canadian companies need a better understanding of digital transformation. Perhaps more importantly, they need role models and mentors to guide them on the art and practice of digital transformation. As a result, ITWC has created an award program and a conference to explore leading digital transformation trends.
BDO’s mission is to drive innovation and growth within the technology industry.
For the 1st time in Atlantic Canada, we are facilitating an afternoon of business pitches to a panel of venture capitalists (VCs). This will provide an informal yet impactful opportunity for entrepreneurs to interact with leading VCs.
A report released today by Startup Canada reveals how Canadian small business owners (SBOs) leverage technology to start, operate and scale their businesses. The first in a four-part research series, this report highlights the greatest barriers to digital adoption for these businesses; and includes opportunities to address these barriers and encourage greater digital adoption rates amongst SBOs.
New Brunswick startup WellTrack, a company that provides access to online therapy for students, has been accepted into 500 Startups’ 20th batch of companies.
Propel ICT, in partnership with Alongside and GrowthHackers.com, are hosting Amplify, the first-ever growth marketing event in Atlantic Canada. The conference will be held in Halifax on March 28th at Pier 21. Headliner Sean Ellis, CEO and founder of GrowthHackers, will be joined by growth marketing experts from Silicon Valley, NYC and Toronto.