"BC has had legalized crowdfunding for a decade," super-angel Mike Volker said last night at the Vancouver Enterprise Forum event on crowdfunding. "It's the only place in North America, and there are no restrictions, no limits."
"We're kinda matching Zendesk and Evernote in user growth curve," Holmes said. "Our progressive cycle to each additional million is getting shorter and shorter, which is a good thing."
Ahh, the chaos, excitement, sheer terror, and sometimes, sadly, ennui of demo day.
The Startup Genome has analyzed 50,000 startups around the world to create what it is calling the first "data-driven ranking" of the top 20 tech hubs on the planet.
After spending the first ten years of her working life in the fashion industry, Landa moved from fashion to technology. She's become one of the most influential connectors in Silicon Valley, and has helped, invested in, or worked with over a thousand startups.
"Shit I'm Gonna Talk About."
That's how Dave McClure started his talk today at GROW conference in Vancouver, Canada, where he's already been busy investing. He's been doing a lot of speaking in Canada lately, having just recently flipped off Montreal's tech entrepreneurs.
Now it's Vancouver's turn.
I'm at local accelerator GrowLab's demo day today, where the Spring 2012 cohort of 11 startups will be presenting the fruits of their last four months of work in the GrowLab incubator.
Editor's Pick Hollywood North? L.A. with rain? The city that riots whenever its hockey team doesn't win the Stanley Cup?
Americans might think of Vancouver in many ways, but typically not as a tech startup mecca.
GameHouse, the game division of RealNetworks, said today it is expanding its social game studio to a new office in Victoria, British Columbia. The new office will double its staff to at least 45 people by the end of 2012.…
Are you an entrepreneur looking to change the world?
Well, grab one of the last spots left to present at the VentureBeat/DEMO meetup with Rogers Ventures in Vancouver this Thursday, June 23.
If you’re in the area and have a …
If you’re a technology entrepreneur or professional in the Vancouver area, please join us for a cocktail meetup at George Lounge in downtown Vancouver.
The meetup takes place on Thursday, December 2 from 6-8pm. The first 50 drinks are on …
Have you ever opened your RSS reader and felt like you’re gazing into the abyss at the gazillion unread items? Have you felt the guilty satisfaction of using the “Mark all as read” option? If so, Summify, a startup based …
