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May 14th, 2008

More than idea, startups need work, luck, and money

Cambrian House of Calgary closed its doors recently leading many to suggest that is was crowdsourcing that was to blame, but I think Mathew Ingram hit the nail on the head:
Does this mean that crowdsourcing startup ideas doesn’t work? I don’t think so — but it shows that simply coming up with good ideas isn’t […]

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April 25th, 2008

b5media welcomes Rachel Segal to the fold

It’s a busy time here at b5media.  We’re growing, expanding, and gearing up for great stuff.  We got word internally last week that Rachel Segal is joining us at b5 media–word is as a marketing honcho–which is very, very cool.  I waited until Rachel had made this public before I blabbed–good thing I didn’t have […]

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April 21st, 2008

Tech Channel Theme Day-Lists: Top 10 Reasons Your Tech Startup Should Be In Canada

This morning Rick Segal was here for the Victoria VC Roundtable .  One of the things that I really like about Rick is that he is passionate about the companies he invests in, but the thing I like most is that he is unabashedly pro-Canadian.  Rick, like me, is American–I took the leap and […]

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April 1st, 2008

Congrats to StartupNorth! Lands $3.2 million series A funding

People who think that the startup climate in Canada might need some help, well I think this announcement should suggest otherwise:
Today we are announcing that we have taken an initial round of financing to expand StartupNorth, launch new startup focused projects and to further expand our blog-related publishing business. Most of you are aware of […]

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March 21st, 2008

VC Roundtable Canadian Tour: Round One Eastern Canada

Rick Segal of JLA Ventures (JLA Ventures is one of the founders of b5media) is starting his Canadian tour of VC Roundtables starting in Eastern Canada:
April 14th Morning - Halifax NS
April 14th Evening - Moncton NB
April 15th Evening - St John’s NF

Here are the ground rules/information for entrepreneurs who would like to present ideas:

About 2 […]

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March 16th, 2008

Start up advice from a bunch of folks–good reads for all

Regardless of whether you’re in a start up or not, reading good advice is key.  Okay reading and following the advice is key.
Going through my feeds and such over the weekend I have a few good articles to share with you…
First off is Chris Heuer’s Golden Rules of marketing.  Chris sent this out via Twitter […]

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January 20th, 2008

Congrats to all the Crunchies winners, but especially Techmeme, StumbleUpon, Automattic, & Toni Schneider

The Crunchies were given out on Friday and the complete winners list was put up on Saturday.  Congrats, of course, go out to all of the winners, but there are a few winners who I want to give special attention to:
Best bootstrapped startup: Techmeme.Founded and developed solely by Gabe Rivera, Techmeme serves as the front […]

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