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by Brendon Wilson
on Fri, June 12, 2009 12:57 PM
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Vito Pilieci has written an interesting rebuttal to Macleans’ “You can’t buy that here” article - an article which mirrors many of the concerns I raised in my own “Borders Keep Out Innovation, Too” post. I can’t fault Vito’s logic - yes, Canadian developers could create iPhone applications using the...
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by Brendon Wilson
on Fri, October 17, 2008 11:51 AM
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Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal covered SAP's looming cost-cutting measures - a prudent response to the slowing global economy and expected revenue shortfalls (ValleyWag has the original email text). One question that should be mind of many in Vancouver: what does this mean for the local Business Objects/SAP...
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by Brendon Wilson
on Tue, September 30, 2008 11:37 PM
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VEF Momentum kicked off its series of events for younger entrepreneurs with its first event at Tunnel Multi-Lounge last night. In the keeping with its goal of inspiring young and aspiring entrepreneurs, the event kicked off with a quick "battle of the screencasts" from five young local companies:
PeerFX: A peer-to-peer...
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by Brendon Wilson
on Thu, September 25, 2008 8:27 AM
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Deloitte's Paul Fletcher and Fraser Liptrot hosted an intimate gathering last night at La Terrazza to distribute the spoils of business success to a number of successful local technology firms as part of the annual Deloitte Technology Fast 50 program. The Technology Fast 50 ranks "the country’s 50 fastest-growing technology...
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by Brendon Wilson
on Wed, September 17, 2008 9:54 PM
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This year's Vancouver Enterprise Forum kicked off its new season last night, the first in a series on its "Technology Legends"-theme. A theme designed to encourage local entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs to come listen, learn, and be inspired by experience and wisdom of local stalwart entrepreneurs. As always, the event...
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by Brendon Wilson
on Sat, September 6, 2008 8:54 AM
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The young turks behind VEF's Momentum haven't wasted any time getting things rolling. Since we last mentioned them, they've launched their web site, and have announced their first event:
The night will begin with icebreakers and introductions, followed by an invigorating presentation by Geordie Rose, the founder and Chief Technology Officer...
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by Brendon Wilson
on Wed, August 6, 2008 10:34 AM
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Jevon MacDonald's "How Startups will save Venture Capital in Canada" identifies the lack of a sufficient number of startups as the core problem in Canada's VC/entrepreneurship ecosystem. I have to agree with him in that the major challenge in Canada is the lack of a sufficient number of fundable startups....
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by Brendon Wilson
on Tue, June 17, 2008 4:39 PM
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Popular photo-sharing site Flickr started in Vancouver in 2004 and become the darling of the emerging trend that would become Web 2.0. Its sale to Yahoo! for a rumoured $30 million should have been a proud home-town success story; however, the fairy tale was marred when Yahoo! required the company...
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Posted
by Brendon Wilson
on Thu, May 22, 2008 8:42 AM
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I spoke briefly at yesterday's Techvibes Start-Up Career Fair, introducing ten bright-eyed local startups who are trying to shake things up and are looking for some help along the way. I spent some time thinking about what I could tell the audience about why they should join a startup, or...
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by Brendon Wilson
on Wed, May 14, 2008 8:43 PM
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Social Media
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John Fluevog's fabulous new digs in Gastown hosted a cozy gathering of friends and selected media (that would be us) this evening for the launch of Richard J. Goossen's new book, "e-Preneur: From Wall Street to Wiki: Succeeding as a Crowdpreneur in the New Virtual Marketplace". The book examines the...
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