Business in Vancouver

Business in Vancouver

Business in Vancouver is an award-winning weekly newspaper serving Greater Vancouver since 1989. Targeted at business decision-makers, it provides local business news and information every Tuesday and reaches the Lower Mainland's business leaders every week.

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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V5T 1G2

Blog Posts About Business in Vancouver

Retailers down on daily digital deals
Sharon Townsend points to her own use of “daily deal” websites to question just how beneficial their proliferation is to Vancouver retailers. The South Granville Business Improvement... [more]
B.C.’s Big Battery-powered Business Boom
Fuel cells and rechargeable batteries are getting bigger as heavy industry discovers their potential for storing and supplying power for everything from tugboats and buses to power plants.... [more]
BIV Profile: David Buffett of Radiant Communications
Radiant heat: David Buffett is as much at home leading a smaller broadband player like Radiant as he was leading Nortel Networks’ European invasion. Mission: Capitalize on... [more]
New semiconductor startup debugs the high-tech commercialization model
A Vancouver-based startup claims it has developed a breakthrough technology for debugging chips in the semiconductor industry. Veridae Systems Inc., which includes former members of technology... [more]
Techs-Mex mix sees expansion opportunities in Metro Vancouver
The Mexican government has launched an accelerator program in Vancouver to help Mexican digital media startups expand into Western Canada and other international markets. Vancouver is the second... [more]
Mobile manouevres in app land
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1097 - November 2 - 8, 2010. The flood of new mobile devices to the... [more]
Octothorpe Software’s decisive action plan
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1094 - October 12 - 18, 2010. The annual New Ventures BC (NVBC)... [more]
School tech sector provides lucrative lessons in overhauling business plans
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1093 - October 5 - 11, 2010. Faronics Corp. looks nothing like it did in... [more]
Aquinox, Cardiome raising BC’s profile among biotech investors
Every week Techvibes republishes an article (or two) from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1079 - July 6 - July 12, 2010. Recent milestones could... [more]
B.C. capitalizing on the new culture of openness in Japanese telecom market
Every week Techvibes republishes an article (or two) from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1078 - June 29 - July 5, 2010. Wireless developers in B.C.... [more]
Power shortage threatens to stall electric vehicle progress
Every week Techvibes republishes an article (or two) from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1077 - June 22 - 28, 2010. When Richmond-based Novex... [more]
New TV brand is Telus’ latest shot in battle for B.C. - Alberta consumers
Every week Techvibes republishes an article (or two) from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1076 - June 15 - 21, 2010. Telus Corp. (TSX:T,T.A; NYSE:TU)... [more]
A better 3-D TV experience, courtesy of University of British Columbia spinoff
Every week Techvibes republishes an article (or two) from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1075 - June 8 - 14, 2010. Zecotek Photonics Inc.... [more]
Playing to the crowd: Pooling ideas from online design community drives revenue and creativity
Every week Techvibes republishes an article (or two) from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1073 - May 25 - 31, 2010. A Vancouver-based website... [more]
New business incubator promises to spin out 30 startups per year
Every week Techvibes republishes an article (or two) from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1072 - May 18 - 24, 2010. A Silicon Valley-based... [more]
Vision Critical using its success in recent U.K. election as springboard into Europe
Every week Techvibes republishes an article (or two) from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1072 - May 11 - 17, 2010. Creating an election poll that... [more]
Vancouver’s Chrysalix closes US$123 million clean-tech fund
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1072 - May 11 - 17, 2010. It took more than two years, but... [more]
Employee stock option tax attacked
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1071 - May 4 - 10, 2010. Proposed changes to taxes on employee stock... [more]
Technology developers blurring the lines between real and virtual
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1071 - May 4 - 10, 2010. Virtual reality, augmented reality and... [more]
Wind-turbine maker pitches home energy generation
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1070 - April 27 - May 3, 2010. While some wind energy project... [more]
Switch Materials’ $11.6 million windows of opportunity
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1068 - April 13 - 19, 2010. After closing a $7.5 million Series B... [more]
Cloud control growing for more businesses
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1067 - April 6 - 12, 2010. It’s probably been four years since... [more]
Microsoft Corp. courts open-source community with Vancouver project
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1066 - March 30 - April 5, 2010. Microsoft Corp.’s Richmond... [more]
Collapse of virtual world creates business opportunities for Vancouver company
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1065 - March 23-29, 2010. Sixteen-thousand online worlds and counting... [more]
Retailers find new ways to boost walk-in business
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1064 - March 16-28, 2010. The Internet is typically seen as a tool to... [more]
VANOC’s online store becomes Olympic shopping refuge
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1062 - March 2-8, 2010. While official Olympic clothier Hudson’s Bay... [more]
CanWest auction heats up - Canpages in the mix?
The sale of CanWest Global Communications Corp. is expected to hit a crescendo in the next few weeks as rival groups begin their fight to buy the company’s newspapers and the Globe and Mail... [more]
First grad class from startup incubator set to pursue bigger funding rounds
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1058 - Feb. 2 - 8, 2010. Having invested and helped develop five new... [more]
Rolling the dice in Las Vegas: For technology companies, it’s all about building relationships
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1057 - Jan. 26 - Feb. 1, 2010. It’s in Las Vegas, and it’s all... [more]
Island life has business challenges, but revenue in Victoria’s tech sector has doubled since 2000
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1055 - Jan. 12 - 18, 2010. Victoria’s leading technology industry... [more]
Angels get innovative in B.C.
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver. This article was originally published in issue #1054 - Dec. 5 - 11, 2010. The closing of new funds and other events in the... [more]
Piracy concerns temper B.C. tech’s embrace of Chinese development boom
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1051 - Dec. 15 - 21, 2009. Members of B.C.’s forestry and... [more]
From print to pixels: Internet news sites grapple with revenue realities
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1050 - Dec. 8 - 14, 2009. Clarity Digital Group LLC’s... [more]
Open-source software opens business doors for web development companies
Every week Techvibes republishes an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1048 - Nov. 24 - 30, 2009. The marketing phrase “your... [more]
Innovative drug research centre’s first private-sector project widens Xenon’s product pipeline
Every week Techvibes republished an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1046 - Nov. 10 - 16, 2009. After maintaining a low profile for much... [more]
Mingleverse making 3D ripples in telemeeting technology
Every week Techvibes republished an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1045 - Nov. 3 - Nov. 9, 2009. While it’s still an emerging... [more]
Calculating social media’s Return on Investment
Every week Techvibes republished an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1044 - Oct. 27 - Nov. 2, 2009. Canada appears to be lagging in... [more]
Virtual worlds now delivering genuine business opportunities
Every week Techvibes republished an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1043 - Oct. 20-26, 2009. As video games, social networks and... [more]
QLT pins company hopes on tiny plug
Every week Techvibes will be republishing an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1042 - Oct. 13 - Oct. 19, 2009. In a bid to reinvent... [more]
Canada’s export credit agency to finance MDA’s $254 million satellite contract with Ukraine
Every week Techvibes will be republishing an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1041 - Oct. 6 - Oct. 12, 2009. Canada’s export... [more]
De-regulation rattles junior Internet service providers
Every week Techvibes will be republishing an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1039 - September 22-28, 2009. Four B.C. companies have... [more]
Website developer ensnared in Novus-Shaw court battle
Every week Techvibes will be republishing an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1038 - September 15-21, 2009. Vancouver-based web-design... [more]
Local shots fired in Twitter technology wars
Every week Techvibes will be republishing an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1037 - September 8-15, 2009. Vancouver’s Nambu... [more]
Vancouver studio helps boosts YouTube conversions by 16%
Every week Techvibes will be republishing an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1036 - September 1-7, 2009. YouTube LLC admits that a... [more]
Canadians make smart choice with mobile phones
New phones, networks and consumer habits are bringing a new level of unpredictability to Canada’s wireless space, and are expected to leave much of the mobile-phone market up for grabs in the... [more]
Researchers and bioterrorism defence agencies are eyeing Boreal Genomic’s DNA technology
Every week Techvibes will be republishing an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1033 - August 11 - 17, 2009. A spinoff company from the... [more]
Scalpel, stat! Forceps, stat! iPod, stat!
Every week Techvibes will be republishing an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1032 - August 4 - 10, 2009. Kendall Ho, an emergency... [more]
Vancouver roundtable wrestles with copyright reform Round 2
Every week Techvibes will be republishing an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1031 - July 28 - August 3, 2009. A roundtable in... [more]
Cable company, broadcaster battle far from over following latest CRTC ruling
Every week Techvibes will be republishing an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1030 - July 21 - 27, 2009. Telus Corp. (TSX:T; NYSE:TU)... [more]
March of Club Penguin: Onward and upward
Every week Techvibes will be republishing an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1026 - June 23 - 29, 2009. One of Lane... [more]
Cheap B.C. hydro power attracting major data centres to the province
Every week Techvibes will be republishing an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1025 - June 16 - 22, 2009. A new generation of... [more]
Virtual dollars used to buy Internet game points generating real cash for online currency company
Every week Techvibes will be republishing an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1023 - June 2 - 8, 2009. A Vancouver company thinks it... [more]
New doors opening online for B.C. game developers
Every week Techvibes will be republishing an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1021 - May 19-25, 2009. The advent of new video game... [more]
Charting the rise and fall of Nortel Networks
Every Tuesday Techvibes will be republishing an article from Business in Vancouver newspaper. This article was originally published in issue #1020 - May 12-18, 2009. In September 2000, Jules... [more]
Do you work for a Web Development company in BC?
It's that time of year again. Business in Vancouver (BIV) is collecting information for their annual Biggest Web Development companies in BC list. The list ranks web development companies by number... [more]

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