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by Rob Lewis
on Sun, March 21, 2010 8:19 AM
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Busy week in Vanocuver for events with Third Tuesday reflecting on the 2010 Games, the Vancouver Enterprise Forum tackling Cleantech, the Bootup Entrepreneurial Society hosting two events at their new space in Gastown, and the Social Agency's Appy Hour wrapping up the week.
Insights from the Silicon Valley: Building Revenue and...
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by Warren Frey
on Sat, March 20, 2010 8:41 PM
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Bloggers, open source aficionados and virtual map makers descended upon Goldfish, Yaletown's upscale seafood restaurant last night to attend the Open Data Vancouver Shindig, a showcase for the best open source apps currently drawing on Vancouver's Open Data Catalogue.
Amongst the apps shown were Vanguide, OData, May Way, Free Finder and the...
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by Rob Lewis
on Fri, March 19, 2010 10:10 AM
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The seminar schedule for the 2010 New Ventures BC Competition has been finalized and the first seminar on April 6th is a timely one for those considering entering the 2010 Competition.
New Ventures BC' Executive Director Bob de Wit and Elisabeth Maurer of LightIntegra Technology will be presenting Assessing the Opportunity...
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by Rob Lewis
on Thu, March 18, 2010 4:38 PM
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On Tuesday, March 23rd the Vancouver Enterprise Forum (VEF) is hosting Winning the Cleantech Game – Real Growth Stories hosted by Yaletown Venture Partners' Kirk Washington.
Cleantech is one of the fastest growing areas of technology in BC and the VEF have assembled a panel of Cleantech CEOs that are leading...
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by Rob Lewis
on Thu, March 18, 2010 9:57 AM
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Are you a first time CEO or founder worried about how to take your new technology to market? On behalf of the Discovery Foundation Education Program, ACETECH is delivering a Market Entry Program for very early stage technology companies.
Taught by Ralph Turfus, the program provides a structured process...
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by Karim Kanji
on Thu, March 18, 2010 7:57 AM
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Whether Canada owned the podium or not, one thing is clear: The Olympic Consortium, headed up by CTV, owned the Olympics. Over the course of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, over 28 million videos were viewed and more than 215 million pages were viewed on CTVOlympics.ca and RDSolympiques.ca.According to their...
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by Warren Frey
on Wed, March 17, 2010 12:09 PM
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Dylan Brown, the creative director of Pixar Canada, will make a special appearance at Emily Carr University on March 18th at 11:30 a.m. to present a session called "Pixar's Film Making Process". The lecture will emphasize the importance of applying traditional fine art skills to digital work.
Brown has worked on...
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by Geoff Devereux
on Wed, March 17, 2010 11:27 AM
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During introductory remarks for Cloudcamp Vancouver this past Saturday one of the organizers asked the group, ‘how many of you are technical people and how many are “from the business side”?’. The split was about 70/30 for the technical side. The witty rejoinder to this result was...
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by Rob Lewis
on Wed, March 17, 2010 10:41 AM
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Last September The Social Agency hosted Appy Hour to great fanfare and they've decided to bring it back with Appy Hour 2 coming up on March 26th.
Appy Hour is a new event series that combines mobile applications and a whole lotta networking. Join us for presentations by innovative...
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