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by Rob Lewis
on Mon, March 15, 2010 10:43 AM
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On the March 22nd the McGill Entrepreneurs’ Society is hosting the Perfect Pitch from 5:00pm - 6:30pm. The informal event will welcome an entrepreneur and a Venture Capitalist to guide attendees to the perfect pitch and begin with five students pitching their business ideas.
Entrepreneur Benjamin Yoskovitz will share...
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by Rob Lewis
on Fri, March 12, 2010 2:02 PM
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Thanks to the Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's recent Budget announcement on Section 116, this year's CVCA Annual Conference in Ottawa on May 26-28th should have a celebratory feel to it. And no doubt Conference headliner Rick Mercer will have plenty of new material ready for the audience after questioning Flaherty's...
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by Varun Mathur
on Tue, March 9, 2010 11:50 AM
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Remember John Kerry, the Democratic Presidential candidate in 2004 ? Well, couple of weeks ago he introduced a bill in the US Congress on a special visa for foreign start-up entrepreneurs. This bill is the result of extensive lobbying efforts by prominent Silicon Valley folks who figured that easing the...
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by Rob Lewis
on Sun, March 7, 2010 6:00 AM
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Last week was a pretty phenomenal one for Venture Capital and the Canadian tech startup community.
To start, on March 2nd Toronto's Mantella Venture Partners launched a $20 Million early stage technology fund lead by Robin Axon and Duncan Hill, both previously with Ventures West.
Then on March 3rd the Quebec Government...
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by Ian Bell
on Fri, March 5, 2010 1:54 PM
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Ian Andrew Bell is a Techvibes Guest Contributor and this post was published on his blog earlier today.
Over the past way-too-many years I’ve had occasion to interview north of 250 individuals for dozens of positions at both startups and large companies on both sides of the border. Having spent...
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by Rob Lewis
on Thu, March 4, 2010 5:14 PM
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As pointed out by Mark McQueen on Wellington Financial's blog, yesterday's Throne Speech was the beginning of the end for Section 116.
For those of you unfamiliar with this well-discussed section of the Income Tax Act, Section 116 requires the limited partners of US-based venture capital funds to make individual tax...
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by Rob Lewis
on Wed, March 3, 2010 4:26 PM
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In its 2009-2010 budget, the Québec government announced the creation of technology company seed funds to be awarded through a call for proposals. That process was overseen by an independent committee made up of industry experts and chaired by Martin Godbout, former President and CEO of Genome Canada.
Today the Québec...
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by Basil Peters
on Sun, February 28, 2010 11:06 AM
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This video series is a practical guide on selling a business, the exit process, the exit team and how to sell for 50% more.
The video is from my keynote speech at the National Angel Capital Organization Annual Summit late last year.
Some of the topics include:
Successful investing requires two things -...
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by Rob Lewis
on Fri, February 26, 2010 12:03 PM
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Between research and commercialization lie the critical stages of development and demonstration: the points at which technologies leave the laboratory and undergo conclusive real-world testing.
Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) supports clean-technology projects through these critical stages - without taking an equity stake, without requiring ownership of intellectual property or any...
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by Doug van Spronsen
on Wed, February 17, 2010 12:10 PM
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Its a big day for Rocketfuel Productions.
The Edmonton-based company officially announced a partnership with the American media giant Discovery Communcations, introducing a interactive online destination for kids called Seek Your Own Proof.
The interactive website falls directly into the rapidly growing category of learning based games. Seek Your Own Proof challenges...
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