Small Business BC has partnered the CBC's Dragons' Den to bring you An Evening With the Dragons' Den on Thursday, February 16th from 5:30pm to 9:00pm at the Yaletown Roundhouse.
Join in on a conversation with Dragon Jim Treliving and two BC business owners who pitched on this year's season of Dragons' Den.
Discover the key ingredients of a winning pitch, what it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur, how to value your business and what it's like to work with a Dragon.
Also, the executive producer of Dragons' Den will answer your questions about the upcoming auditions for the show.
Tickets are $20 and are available online.
Earlier this week, Toronto-based startup Uniiverse, an online person-to-person marketplace for offline services and activities, launched on a worldwide scale.
Built as a layer on top of existing social networking platforms, Uniiverse enables its users to meet people in a trustworthy and authentic way.
“Uniiverse is building the sharing economy, where access and experiences are more important than ownership. This movement will help the environment, global financial issues, and build stronger communities,” says Craig Follett, CEO and Chairman of Uniiverse.
Users can identify the service or activity they’re offering, the price they charge (if it's not free), and when they are offering the service or activity. “For example, a baby sitter can list their availability each week, along with their hourly fee. Other users can then see whether they have mutual friends who’ve worked with that baby sitter before and find out if they liked working with them,” says Follett.
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What kind of smartphone - or "superphone" you have as Bell is calling some of these feature-laden mobile devices these days - is a hot topic of discussion at a social event.
The person struggling for a conversation piece takes out their phone and the guy next to them goes: "I have a Samsung smartphone too! We have the same phone!".
That's not the case very often with Samsung though as there's stunningly an unlucky thirteen different smartphones you could potentially own from the big three carriers- many of which look the exact same.
Click the jump to figure out how your Samsung phone stacks up to what else is out there.
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Oracle has agreed to buy Taleo Corp. for $1.9 Billion to add talent management software to its cloud computing strategy. According to today's announcement holders of Taleo will get $46 a share - that’s 18 percent higher than Taleo’s closing share price yesterday.
While any Billion dollar acquisition is big news, Techvibes tends to focus on Canadian news. So why are we covering the acquisition of Taleo?
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Chinese leadership announced today that Canada and China are finalizing details on an agreement that would see the Chinese loan two giant pandas to zoos in Calgary and Toronto for a period of five years each. But Harper wasn't done dealing with China.
Harper attended a signing ceremony along with representatives from Telus and Bell where it was announced that Huawei will be providing LTE RAN (radio access network) equipment for both company's LTE wireless networks across Canada.
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The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) will be hosting their Canadian Internet Forum (CIF) on February 27th in Ottawa and Robert Hejavec of CBC’s The Dragons’ Den Robert Hejavec will be delivering the keynote presentation.
This is the second year CIRA will be hosting a national dialogue on the development of the Internet with the 2012 CIF. The 2011 CIF was the first opportunity of its kind for Canadians to have a say on how they would like to see the Internet develop. The final report on the 2011 CIF can be found on CIRA’s website here.
A panel that draws from a diverse section of the Internet community will also be part of the event. Panellists include Michael Geist of the University of Ottawa, Steve Anderson of Open Media, and Bill Graham of the Internet Society.
The Canadian Internet Forum is on February 27th at the Westin Ottawa from 9:00am to 6:00pm. The event is free to attend and includes lunch - register online.
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The selection committee of the Quebec Technology Association today revealed the names of the three finalists for the prestigious 2012 Investissement Québec CEO of the Year Award and they are:
Since 2003, this award has been shining the spotlight on CEOs of technology companies in recognition of their exemplary leadership and contributions to the visibility of the Quebec Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry. The finalists were selected by an independent selection committee comprised of ICT CEOs and representatives of Investissement Québec and the Quebec Technology Association.
Awards will be presented during CEO Vision, an exclusive event for CEOs of technology companies, which will be held from February 22nd to 25th at Mont-Tremblant.
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Online group coupons are becoming a hot marketing tool for businesses– but do they actually work to build loyalty?
According to a recent issue of the Ipsos Canadian Inter@ctive Reid Report, Canadians are flocking to daily deal sites to try new companies, experience new products or services, and save on purchases. And customers aren’t the only ones reaping the rewards.
Websites such as Groupon.com and WagJag.com appear to be laying the groundwork for building loyal customer bases.
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When I worked on the Kraft Tassimo account as a brand representative in 2009 and 2010 the single-cup coffee machine was all the rage at outlets like Wal-Mart, Home Outfitters, Canadian Tire and more.
You'd often set up your coffee stand and you'd see the rival representatives from Keurig or Nestle working the same store as you. The single cup coffee market according to Reuters is 8% of worldwide coffee sales, but it was cheaper to buy the machine and the t-discs than go to the coffee shoppe on a daily basis.
After all, they say time waiting in line is money, too. It was just a genius idea- put in the t-disc and water, and the coffee would come out in a minute while reading a barcode versus brewing an entire pot!
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Telus announced today that its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless service will be available to Haligonians starting February 10th.
Telus plans to continue rolling out its 4G LTE coverage to more regions across Canada to reach more than 25 million Canadians by the end of 2012.
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