A frisbee’s throw from the shores of Burrard Inlet, Park Royal Mall in West Vancouver was Canada’s first covered mall when it opened in 1950. It appears very modern, though corners of it still betray it’s age. Last night, I biked over the bridge for the launch of the mall’s latest facelift, the first of... [read more]

Via Twitter, Vancouver’s Raincity Studios relaunched their Bryght community content hosting service. You might remember it was last November that Raincity bought Bryght; the two companies were already partners and shared office space. In addition to a fresh look for the site, they’ve also modified their pricing structure, with Bryght Light shared hosting at $20... [read more]

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 that the major challenge in Canada is the lack of a sufficient number of fundable startups. Being fundable doesn’t mean that the... [read more]